MH-30 Akola RTO: Office, code and address

MH-30 is the code of the Akola office, and that office now appears in the Transport Department’s structure as a full Regional Transport Office, reported to have been upgraded from a Deputy RTO in 2023. Three Deputy RTOs, Washim, Buldhana and Khamgaon, report to it.

Split MH 30 AB 1234 into four and the plate explains itself. MH marks Maharashtra and 30 marks the Akola office; AB is the letter series that office was issuing, and 1234 is the four-digit number.

Worth knowing: An MH-30 car driven to a new home in Washim or Nagpur still shows 30, since the code changes only if the car is re-registered outside Maharashtra or its registration details are changed. A news report in April 2026 said the Akola office had opened the CD letters for two-wheelers, with applications taken for preferred numbers.

If your Akola car was registered on or after 1 April 2019, its High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) was fitted at delivery, and the state does not ask you to apply for another.

Owners of earlier MH-30 cars book the installation on the booking portal named on the Maharashtra transport department website, which shows the date for MH vehicles too. At a fitment centre there is no fitment charge on top; a home visit is charged extra. What the plate must carry is explained on our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Akola district registers vehicles under MH-30. MH-37, MH-28 and MH-56 are often filed under Akola too, as their offices report to it, but they serve Washim, Buldhana and the town of Khamgaon.

The Transport Department’s list of regional offices gives the Akola address as Municipal Corporation School No. 21, Railway Station Chowk, Akola 444001. Its newer address list names a different site, so check where the office is working before you go. Check the timings with the MH-30 office before you set out, as they could not be confirmed from an official source.

Akola RTO office, MH-30

Two department lists, two addresses. The list of regional offices still has MH-30 in a municipal school building at Railway Station Chowk, while the 2026 address list puts it opposite the Regional Workshop on Mangrulpir Road, Khadki. Until the department settles it, confirm before the trip.

Washim, Buldhana and Khamgaon offices

Washim was part of Akola district until 1 July 1998, when it became a district of its own. Today it has its own Deputy RTO, MH-37, which reports to Akola along with the Buldhana office (MH-28) and the Khamgaon office (MH-56), which serves that town in Buldhana district.

Akola district has seven tehsils, Akola, Balapur, Patur, Barshitakli, Murtizapur, Akot and Telhara, and the Transport Department lists no other office inside the district, so an RC address in any of them points to MH-30. For Washim and Buldhana addresses, the district’s own office applies.

Already have an MH number? Put it, for example MH30AB1234, into the finder at the top of the page and it names the office that first registered the car.

Worth knowing: A move from Akot to Akola city, or out to another Maharashtra district, keeps the registration number unchanged. Only the RC address needs updating, and your insurer needs to be informed.

Road tax on an Akola car is paid once, at the Maharashtra rate, when MH-30 issues the number. For a car owned by an individual, the rate rises with the price and differs by fuel.

For example: An Akola buyer of a ₹6 lakh petrol car pays 11%, which is ₹66,000, with the road safety cess charged on top. A company that buys the same petrol car pays 20%.

Whether MH-30 is called an RTO or a Deputy RTO makes no difference to the fees, which are national. The Washim office charges the same as Akola, the amount is paid on the Vahan portal, and a dealer includes it in a new car’s on-road price.

For example: Buy a new car with a loan in Akola and MH-30 takes ₹2,300 in fees ahead of road tax, adding up ₹600 for registration, ₹200 for the smart card RC and ₹1,500 for the loan entry.

For an Akola car past 15 years the renewal is ₹5,000, and past 20 years ₹10,000. Each month late means ₹500 extra for a car and ₹300 for a motorcycle.

These amounts leave out the road tax, the HSRP and any state service charge.

The showroom files on Vahan and the Akola office allots an MH-30 number

An Akola showroom files your new car on Vahan, and MH-30 approves it for an address in any of the seven tehsils. A buyer from Washim gets an MH-37 number even when the car comes from an Akola dealer.

Selling an Akola-registered car is handled on Vahan or at MH-30 itself. Form 29 is the seller’s notice of sale, Form 30 is signed by both sides, and the office collects ₹300 for a car, ₹150 for a motorcycle.

A window of 14 days then opens for the buyer to put the insurance in their own name.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) from an Akola RC

Once the bank is repaid, its No Objection Certificate (NOC) and Form 35 go on Vahan, and the loan comes off the RC free. Our Maharashtra RTO guide covers the documents.

For MH-30 work, start online: The Vahan portal handles the vehicle side and the Sarathi portal the licence side, and the application reaches the Akola office. The learner licence test itself is now online in Maharashtra, with Aadhaar authentication.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Akola

An Akola owner who loses the RC applies to MH-30 on Form 26 and pays the amount in the fees table. For the current status of the record, try the Kiwi Insurance RC status check.

Driving licence services in Akola

A driving test slot is booked on Sarathi, and the test is held at the Akola office. Everything else Sarathi and Vahan offer is summarised on our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Enter an MH-30 number on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in mParivahan to find any challan, see the fine for each offence and pay it.

Other offences and fines appear on our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Moving to Akola from Amravati, Pune or any Maharashtra city, the car keeps its MH number and you update the address. Moving with a car from another state, it can stay on its old plate for 12 months in Maharashtra and then needs an MH number.

If you are leaving Maharashtra, the same steps apply in reverse: The Akola office gives the No Objection Certificate (NOC) on Form 28 at no charge, and the car is registered afresh in the other state.

Worth knowing: Each change on the RC, first the address and later any new number, means you should inform your insurer. Document lists are on our Maharashtra RTO guide.

An Akola buyer whose job moves across state lines can ask the dealer for a Bharat series (BH) number in place of MH-30, and then needs no new registration after a posting outside Maharashtra.

For private sector staff, Form 60 is the key document, signed by an employer with offices in 4 or more states or union territories. The format is YY BH #### XX, where YY is the year of first registration, the four digits are allotted at random, and XX represents the alphabetic series, which can be a single letter or two letters. It is black on a white plate, like any other private car.

Who qualifies and how the tax is paid every 2 years: See our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Almost all of these are filed on the Vahan portal or the Sarathi portal now. A printed form is worth having only if the Akola office asks to see one on paper.

Our Maharashtra RTO guide explains when to use each one. Should you need a form that is not shown, use the list of RTO forms on the Parivahan Sewa website.

How insurance links to the Akola RTO

The Akola office needs a valid policy before it registers a new car. When an MH-30 car is sold, its RC is moved to the buyer at Akola before anything else, and the buyer has 14 days after that to shift the policy. If the RC address or number changes, inform your insurer so the two match.