Here's how to check your RC status

You might be aware of the utility of an RC if you are a vehicle owner. When you register a new vehicle with the Regional Transport Office (RTO), the RTO issues you a Registration Certificate (RC) which contains comprehensive information about yourself, your vehicle, and other vital details, such as the termination of the validity of the certificate.

Some of the details mentioned in an RC certificate include:

• Vehicle registration number
• The date of registration
• The class of the vehicle
• The month and year of the vehicle’s manufacture
• The type of fuel used in the vehicle
• The vehicle’s chassis number
• The vehicle’s engine number
• The vehicle’s cubic capacity
• The vehicle’s dry or unladed weight
• The expiry date of the vehicle’s registration’s validity
• The vehicle’s insurance’s expiry date
• Emission norms
• RC status
• If the vehicle is financed or not

What are the uses of an RC?
 

There are many uses of a registration certificate. Some of the key ones include:

1. Establishes the vehicle’s identity
 

A vehicle’s RC is the official document to recognize a vehicle. It helps tell apart from another vehicle of a similar make. It can hence be used to establish a vehicle’s identity.

2. Used while selling the vehicle
 

You will also need your vehicle’s RC certificate while selling it to a third party. This is because the new vehicle owner’s name must be present in the RC certificate of your vehicle.

3. Used to claim the vehicle’s insurance

If you have opted for car insurance, for example, and wish to claim it after an incident of theft or an accident, you will require your car’s RC certificate to do the same.

4. Used to recover a stolen or abandoned vehicle
 

As the RC certificate gives a vehicle its unique identity, it comes in handy when a vehicle is lost or stolen. Hence, if a forensic procedure undertaken by the local police requires the police to track down a car, the RC certificate is used to identify it.

How to check bike RC status online?
 

If you wish to check the details of your RC online instead of visiting the RTO, some procedures enable you to do the same. Follow the below-detailed process step-by-step to check your vehicle’s RC details online.

1. Visit the Parivahan Sewa site
 

Visit the Parivahan Sewa Portal or click on this link.

2. Click on ‘Online Services’
 

Among the tabs on the top section of the site’s page, locate the tab Online Services and click on it.

3. Select ‘Vehicle Related Services’
 

Upon clicking the tab, a drop-down list shall appear, in which you must select the first option – Vehicle Related Services.

4. Select your state from the drop-down list
 

In the new window, you will be required to select your state’s name from another drop-down list of state names.

5. Enter your vehicle registration number
 

You shall now be led to another page on whose left-hand side you shall see the Choose option to avail services section. Click on Vehicle Registration No., and enter your vehicle’s registration number.

6. Select ‘State RTO’ from the drop-down menu
 

In the same section, select State RTO as the default option in the final field and click on Proceed.

7. Click on ‘Status’ and then on ‘Know your application status’
 

Locate the Status tab and click on Know your application status if you have already applied for an RC and wish to know your application’s status.

8. Enter your application number
 

Enter your RC application number and click on Proceed.

9. Click on ‘View Report’
 

Clicking on View Report shows you a detailed status of your RC application.

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