Vehicle Registration (RC) Verification

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Vehicle Registration (RC) Verification — Parivahan / VAHAN

Last Updated

9th May 2026

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Verify any Indian vehicle's registration certificate, owner details and fitness status through Parivahan VAHAN.

Short Information

VAHAN is the national vehicle-registration database under Parivahan Sewa, consolidating registration certificates (RCs) issued by every State and Union Territory RTO. Citizens, prospective buyers and law-enforcement agencies can verify a vehicle by entering its registration number to fetch the make, model, year of manufacture, fuel type, owner's masked name, vehicle class, fitness and pollution-control validity, and any flagged hypothecation or theft status. The portal is integrated with FASTag, e-Challan and the RTO-fitness ecosystem so outstanding traffic violations are surfaced during the same verification flow. RCs in DigiLocker carry a QR code that returns identical authentication data off-line and is increasingly used at toll plazas and border check-posts.

Department

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Government of India

Stage Level

National

Form Instructions

To verify a vehicle's RC: 1) Visit https://parivahan.gov.in/rcdlstatus/?pur_cd=102.
2) Enter the registration number (e.g.
KA01AB1234) and last 5 characters of the chassis number.
3) Submit the captcha and click 'Vahan Search'.
4) The result page shows owner name (masked), make/model, fuel type, vehicle class, registration date, fitness validity, insurance validity, hypothecation, and any 'lost' or 'stolen' flag.
For purchase due-diligence, also check pending e-Challan dues at https://echallan.parivahan.gov.in/.
Citizens can pay road tax, transfer ownership and apply for duplicate RCs through the same Parivahan portal.

Common Information

Job Type

Permanent

Exam Mode

Offline Computer Based

Applicants Gender

All

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