Amravati RTO: MH-27 office near the Collector Office

Every vehicle registered in Amravati district carries MH-27, the code of the Regional Transport Office near the Collector Office. The same RTO also heads the Deputy RTO at Yavatmal, which is why MH-29 plates are sometimes taken for Amravati ones.

On a plate such as MH 27 AB 1234, the first pair of letters tells you the car is from Maharashtra and 27 points to the Amravati office. The plate ends with a letter series, AB in this case, then the four-digit number 1234.

Worth knowing: Sell your MH-27 car to a buyer in Akola, or take it with you to a new job in Pune, and the code on it does not change, as it changes only if the car is re-registered outside Maharashtra or its registration details are changed.

MH-27 cars sold new on or after 1 April 2019 already wear a High Security Registration Plate (HSRP), fitted before delivery, and the state transport department does not ask those owners to reapply.

Older Amravati vehicles get theirs through the booking portal named on the Maharashtra transport department website, where the date for MH vehicles is also shown. A fitment centre fits the plate without an extra charge, and home fitting costs more. Our Maharashtra RTO guide has the plate details.

Only one code, MH-27, is used for Amravati. Its neighbours each register under their own code, and one of them, Yavatmal, sends its office reports to Amravati, so both tables are worth a look before you visit.

Registrations, licences, transfers and road tax for an Amravati district address all go to the MH-27 office. The Transport Department lists it near the Collector Office, Amravati 444602. Office timings could not be confirmed from an official source, so ask MH-27 for them before you make the trip.

Amravati RTO office, MH-27

The department’s list of regional offices places MH-27 near the Collector Office, and its newer address list puts it behind the Collector Office in Camp, with the same pincode. Both point to the Collectorate area, so confirm the exact location with the office.

Yavatmal Deputy RTO office, MH-29

Yavatmal is a separate district with its own Deputy RTO, and that office reports to Amravati. A Yavatmal address is therefore registered at Kalamb Chowk under MH-29, not at the Collectorate in Amravati.

Worth knowing: The three check posts under MH-27 deal with vehicles at the borders and are not places to register or renew a private car. That work stays at the Amravati office.

An address anywhere in Amravati district points to MH-27, since the Transport Department lists no other office in the district. What decides it is the address on your Registration Certificate (RC), not the showroom or the place you park.

To confirm the office behind a number you already have, enter it in the finder at the top of this page, say MH27AB1234, and the result shows the registering office.

Worth knowing: Moving house within Amravati, or to any other Maharashtra district, leaves the MH-27 number as it is. The RC simply needs the new address, after which you inform your insurer as well.

Amravati follows the Maharashtra road tax table, so the MH-27 office charges what any office in the state would. It is a one-time tax for a car owned by an individual, worked out from the fuel type and the price.

For example: On a ₹6 lakh petrol car registered at MH-27, the 11% rate comes to ₹66,000, and the road safety cess is added to that. Register the same car to a company and the rate is 20%.

The MH-27 office charges national RTO fees, the same amounts an Akola owner pays at MH-30 or a Yavatmal owner at MH-29. Pay them on the Vahan portal; when the car is new, the dealer collects them with the on-road price.

For example: A new car on finance registered at Amravati runs up ₹2,300 in RTO fees before tax, being ₹600 to register it, ₹200 for the smart card and ₹1,500 to record the loan.

An MH-27 car that is 15 years old pays ₹5,000 to keep its registration, and ₹10,000 once it is over 20. Miss the renewal date and a car adds ₹500 for each month, a motorcycle ₹300.

Road tax, the HSRP plate and any state service charge come on top of these amounts.

The dealer applies on Vahan, and MH-27 issues the number for an Amravati address

For an Amravati district address, the dealer applies on Vahan and the MH-27 office approves the registration. Someone living in Yavatmal who buys in Amravati still gets an MH-29 number, as the home address on the papers decides the office.

Selling a used MH-27 car goes through Vahan or the Amravati office. The seller gives notice on Form 29, the buyer and seller apply together on Form 30, and the transfer fee is ₹300 for a car and ₹150 for a motorcycle.

Once the RC shows the new owner, the buyer gets 14 days to transfer the policy.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) from an Amravati RC

With the loan closed, upload Form 35 and the bank’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) on Vahan for a clean RC, at no fee. Our Maharashtra RTO guide lists the papers each step needs.

Amravati RTO work is mostly started online: Vehicle tasks on the Vahan portal and licence tasks on the Sarathi portal, both sent on to MH-27. Learners in Amravati can sit the learner licence test online, as Maharashtra runs it with Aadhaar authentication.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Amravati

A lost or torn RC is replaced through Form 26 at MH-27, with the fee shown in the fees table. For an MH-27 record, the Kiwi Insurance RC status check gives its current state.

Driving licence services in Amravati

Book your test on Sarathi and drive it at the Amravati office on the chosen day. Other services are on our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Any challan against an MH-27 number can be looked up and paid on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or the mParivahan app, with the amount listed for each offence.

For more offences, see our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Arriving from Nagpur, Akola or anywhere else in Maharashtra, you change only the address on the RC and keep the number. Arriving with a car from another state, you have 12 months in Maharashtra before it needs re-registration with an MH number.

If you are leaving Maharashtra, the same steps apply in reverse: MH-27 issues the No Objection Certificate (NOC) on Form 28, free of charge, and the car is registered in the new state.

Worth knowing: Inform your insurer once when the address changes and again when a new number is issued. The documents to carry are listed on our Maharashtra RTO guide.

Staff who are posted from state to state can ask an Amravati dealer for a Bharat series (BH) number rather than MH-27, so a transfer out of Maharashtra does not mean a fresh registration.

Private sector buyers bring the dealer a Form 60 signed by their employer, who needs 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.

Eligibility and the BH tax paid every 2 years are set out on our Maharashtra RTO guide.

You can complete most of these on the Vahan portal or the Sarathi portal. Keep a printed copy only for the odd occasion the Amravati office wants one on paper.

When each form is needed is explained on our Maharashtra RTO guide. If your form is not among them, look in the list of RTO forms on the Parivahan Sewa website.

How insurance links to the Amravati RTO

MH-27 registers a new car only after it sees a valid policy. In a sale, the RC is transferred first and the buyer then moves the policy within 14 days. Inform your insurer whenever the RC gets a new address or number, so both documents agree.