Kerala (KL) RTO

Kerala’s RTOs are tasked with a set of responsibilities that are carried out on a daily basis.

Driving License

Kerala’s RTOs provide the following driving license services.

• Learner’s license
• New driving license
• Renewal of driving license
• Duplicate driving license
• Change of address
• International driving permit
• Additional endorsement on driving license
• Replacement of driving license
• DL extract
• Change of date of birth
• Change of name
• Change in biometrics

Registration of Motor Vehicles

The following motor vehicle registration services are offered by the Kerala RTO.

• Registration of new vehicle
• Transfer of ownership
• Change of address
• Addition, continuation, or termination of hypothecation
• Fitness certificate renewal and re-application
• Duplicate fitness certificate
• NOC
• Registration renewal
• Registration certificate particulars
• Cancellation of registration certificate
• Vehicle alteration
• Re-assignment of vehicle

Permit

The Kerala RTO issues permit for the following:

• Stage carriages – temporary and special
• Goods vehicle
• All India tourist vehicles
• Buses owned by educational institutions
• Auto rickshaws

Taxes

Taxes are collected by the Kerala RTO for the following.

• Non-transport Vehicles and contract carriages kept in Kerala
• Stage carriages
• Transport vehicles other than contract carriages and the stage carriages
• Newly purchased vehicles that are registered in the state or transferred from outside the state for permanent use in the state within the quarter

Fees

Kerala’s RTOs levy fees for the services it renders:

• Learner’s license services
• Fees for learner’s license test
• Fees for driving license test
• Driving license application
• Vehicle registration – new, renewal, transfer of ownership
• Fitness certificate – new, renewal, re-application
• NOC
• Change of name
• Change of address
• Change of date of birth
• The additional endorsement in driving license
• Conversion of a private vehicle to a commercial one

Penalties

Penalties are levied for the following offenses. Few general offenses are as follows:

• Disobedience of orders, obstruction, and refusal of information
• Allowing unauthorized individuals to drive vehicles
• License-related offences
• The disqualified person holding conductors license or acting as a conductor
• Driving at excessive speed
• Allowing any person to drive the vehicle at excessive speed
• Driving dangerously
• Driving when mentally or physically unfit to drive
• Racing and trials of speed
• Violating the road safety standards and control of noise and pollution

Few driver-related offenses are as follows:

• Driving a vehicle without a valid license
• Driving a transport vehicle without authorization
• Disqualified person driving /applying and obtaining a driver license
• Driving a vehicle without a valid registration certificate
• Driving a vehicle without valid CF
• Driving a vehicle without insurance against third party risk
• Using the vehicle in unsafe conditions and violating the standards of road safety
• Driving a vehicle recklessly or dangerously

Few owner-related offenses are as follows:

• Allowing the use of a vehicle without valid registration
• Allowing the use of transport vehicles without a valid CF
• Allowing use of transport vehicles without valid a third-party insurance
• Allowing an unauthorized person to drive the vehicle(without a license, without a badge, or being underage)
• Allowing an unlicensed or an unauthorized person to act as a conductor of a stage carriage
• Allowing the use of vehicles to violate the standards of road safety noise and air pollution
• Alteration of the vehicle without sanction
• Leaving the vehicle in a dangerous position or causing inconvenience to others (only when the owner is in charge at the time)
• Failure to fit the taxi meter, get it sealed, or running with a defective meter

A few conductor-related offenses are as follows:

• Functioning as a conductor without a license
• Disqualified person acting as a conductor
• Giving false information or withholding information
• Allowing passengers to be in the vehicle when the fuel tank is replenished
• Not conduct duties and function of the conductor (dereliction of duty on the part of the conductor)
• Disobeying lawful direction obstructing discharge of the function
• Failure to produce license and badge on demand
• Failure to wear the prescribed uniform
• Failure to write trip sheet
• Failure to keep first aid box

Environmental Due Diligence

Kerala has set up Pollution Under Control or PUC centres across the state. A PUC certificate is issued for vehicles to their owners if the pollution emitted is within the norms set by the law of the state and country.