Clear unpaid user fees to get NOC for ownership transfer of vehicles, says govt

New Delhi: The ministry of road transport and highways on Tuesday said a no-objection certificate (NOC) for transfer of ownership or transfer of a vehicle from one state to another shall not be granted until any unpaid user fee is cleared.

In addition, renewal or generation of a certificate of fitness for a vehicle will not be permitted unless outstanding user fee dues have been paid, while commercial vehicles seeking a national permit have been mandated to clear all unpaid user fees to get the permit. The changes have been introduced in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, and the amended Central Motor Vehicles (Second Amendment) Rules, 2026 have been notified. The ministry said, "The amendments are aimed at improving user fee compliance, enhancing efficiency of electronic toll collection and discouraging user fee evasion on national highways."

Under the amended rules, a new definition of 'unpaid user fee' has been introduced: it is the user fee payable for using a national highway section where electronic toll collection (ETC) system has recorded the vehicle's passage, but the applicable fee has not been received in accordance with the National Highways Act, 1956.


Henceforth, an applicant seeking NOC will be required to disclose whether any demand for an unpaid user fee at a toll plaza is pending against the vehicle, along with relevant details.

For this, the ministry made necessary amendments in Form 28 which is an application for an NOC, a key document required for transferring vehicle ownership.