Located in the Indian State of Gujarat, Mahisagar has Tirupati oil industries, Balaji food industries, and groundnut oil industries which are major sources of economy in the district. Mahisagar with a high number of popilation is a major railway, highway and air transport making it mandatory for providing RTO services to people in and around this place. The RTO code of this city is GJ-35 which operates all the registered vehicles in the district.

In Mahisagar RTO, the officials maintain a comprehensive database of every vehicle on the streets. These are:

• Collect vehicle taxes
• Issue and renew a driving licence
• Issue and carry vehicle RC renewal
• Provide NOC for vehicle ownership transfer
• Issue vehicle fitness certificate
• Issue tourist and motor vehicle permit
• Undertake measures for pollution control
• Provide international driving licence

Mahisagar RTO offers several types of driving licence to its residents. These include:

• Motorcycles licence (without gears)
• Motorcycles with an engine capacity of 50 ccs or less
• Light motor vehicles licence (LMVs and cars)
• Heavy goods motor vehicle licence
• Medium goods vehicle licence
• Light motor vehicles licence (non-transport purpose)
• Heavy motor vehicles licence
• Heavy transport vehicle licence
• Light motor vehicles licence (motorcars, jeeps, taxis, delivery vans)
• Motorcycles licence(of 50CC or above and with gear)
• Personal heavy vehicle driving licence

Mahisagar RTO provides 2 types of vehicle registration certificate under the jurisdiction of the Transport Department of the State. These are:

1. Permanent Registration

2. Temporary Registration

Once you complete the registration process, you will get a unique registration number after the officials verify the documents.

Mahisagar RTO takes a few charges from the citizens for several types of registration processes. These charges are as follows:

• Number Plate Fees: ₹230 to ₹400
• Vehicle Registration Fees: ₹600
• Temporary Registration Fees: ₹1200 to ₹1500 (up to 1 month)
• Parking Fee/State Development Fees: ₹2000 (cars under ₹4 lakhs), 4000 (above ₹4 lakhs)
• Hypothecation Fees: ₹1500

Mahisagar RTO follows the Gujarat road tax of the State Transport Department, depending on the vehicle type, capacity and age. These taxes are as follows:

• Motor Vehicles (older than 15 years): 1% of vehicle’s value
• Two-Wheelers (older than 8 years): 15% of vehicle’s value
• Two-Wheelers (new or up to 8 years old): 6% of vehicle’s value
• New Four-Wheelers: 6% of vehicle’s value
• Commercial Vehicles: 6% of vehicle’s value

Mahisagar RTO imposes the same rate as per traffic fines in Gujarat under the Transport Commissioner of the state. A few of them include:

• Driving With No helmet: ₹500
• Driving/Riding With No licence: ₹2000 to ₹3000
• Overloading Two-Wheelers: ₹100
• Blocking Emergency Vehicles: ₹1000
• Driving Without a Seatbelt: ₹500
• Driving on Wrong Sides: ₹1500 to ₹5000
• Drunk driving: ₹10000 and/or 6 months in prison and ₹15000 and/or 2 years of imprisonment for the repetition
• Using mobiles while driving: ₹500 for first-time offenders and ₹1000 for subsequent offenders
• Breaching pollution norms: ₹1000 (three-wheelers and lightweight two-wheelers) and ₹3000 (others)
• Disregarding traffic lights: ₹1000 to ₹5000 and/or 6 months to 1 year of imprisonment along with licence seizure

Yes, it is mandatory to have motor insurance. Thus, one must acquire third-party insurance in Mahisagar while driving on the streets. Otherwise, the RTO officials of Mahisagar will charge a fine of ₹2000 for the first offence and ₹4000 for the subsequent violation of this same offence according to the Indian Road Rules.

A recent report of 22nd February 2023, states that 5 were killed and 15 injured as a Tempo collided with a car in the Mahisagar district of Gujarat.

Another recent report confirms a speeding car rammed into the dancing 'Baraatis' during a wedding procession leaving 1 dead, and 20 injured near Balasinor in the Mahisagar district of Gujarat.

As road accidents are increasing every day with the increase of cars on the roads, the traffic police department of Mahisagar distributed pamphlets with rules and clauses of road safety. It was conducted on the instructions of Mahisagar District Police Chief Rakesh Barot, Marg Darshan and others to raise awareness of road safety campaign and minimise road accidents.