Did anyone re-register their vehicle recently to different state? If anyone did it from Maharashtra (Pune RTO) to other state, how long does it take to get NOC?

@orange-mouse-66795 why do you want to do this? You will pay road tax afresh and there is almost zero chance of you getting back the original road tax paid.

@cold-school-3088 Permanently shifting to my native state. Although, no one has caught me till now but want to be on the safer side as I travel frequently and would be ideal to legally register the car in my state. Do you have experience using the car without re-registering and any troubles caused by it?

This is a big loss of money, so do think it through. I am a big proponent of paying taxes, but this is just impractical. Here is the legalese (I am not a lawyer, so please treat this as what I understand and follow). 1. You are required to move your vehicle registration up to 1 year after you have moved. However what constitutes a move, and when the clock starts is not only ambiguous, but also not explicit. 2. When you make the move, the road tax is to be collected back from the original state, pro-rated; and they have no incentive to give you the money. I know of only 1 case out of hundreds, where the refund went through, and that was after 8 years, with no interest. So if you want to be on the right side of the law, I make sure that I have one trip where the vehicle has entered from outside the state, at least once a year and keep a record of it. I did this with toll receipts, which is now easier with FasTag. As far as the law is concerned, I am just visiting and have no intention of moving the car/bike. I know >>100 cars that are in my society complex, that are out of state reg. This is in Bangalore. I have know similar numbers in Mumbai and Delhi. If the cops want to harass you they can of course. But the high court in Karnataka gave them a nice dressing down the last time they had organised a ruckus about this, 4 years ago. I myself have used an MH car in KA for a years. And 80% of my friends have out of state vehicles in Bangalore. The only ones that have local reg ones, are the ones who bought a car here. On a more evangelical note, one nation, one tax, one registration method needs to be desperately put in place to break the RTO mafia. Don't bend over backwards for them and waste money.

I am myself waiting for one nation one tax. This is really painful for people migrating between states every few years. I am driving my car over here since 2 years, no issues in my local city but ya was just thinking of what will be penalty if not done. Your point make sense to make a trip to that state once every year. Will think through it. Only problem would be when I wish to sell the car.

Just drive the car back to MH and sell. Some second-hand dealers will even do this for you.

There was a reddit thread with the conclusion that you don't need to re-register while moving states.

When my brother temporarily moved to Hyd from Pune for some years, we'd get a PUC from Pune with a validity of a year every once in a while to not get into the trouble with cops. But I think just getting out of the state once in a while would make sense and I agree with VB that I'd just sell the car and buy another one if there is not much sentiment attached to the vehicle 🙂

Ya, I will just travel to Maharashtra once in a year that would be much easier compared to all the hassles. Car is just 3 years old so can't sell right now 😛