Apply In-Person

1. To Apply for Private Service Vehicle Permit, the applicant has to approach the nearest RTO office (Department of Transport) – link
2. The applicant has to download the form from the following link – link
3. The applicant has to enter all the details in the application form.
4. Make sure that the applicant has to attach all the necessary documents which is mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. Submit the document along with the form to the RTO officer.
6. The officer will check the submitted documents.
7. Also, the inspection will be done for the vehicle to check the condition.
8. The fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority’s request.
9. Once all the process gets completed, the applicant has to collect the permit by visiting the office.
10. The processing time for this procedure is within 5 days.

Apply Online:

1. To apply for private service vehicle permit, the applicant has to visit the official portal of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways: Link to Portal
2. In the homepage, please scroll down to “Informational Services” and click on the “more” button in the “Citizen Guide” tab.
3. The applicant will be taken to the “Manual” page where all the available services will be listed.
4. Please click on the name of the required service and click on “Step by Step procedure” from the drop down menu.
5. The applicant will be taken to a new PDF page where the process for applying will be explained clearly.
6. Please follow the steps to complete the application.

• Link for online application forms: Application Form
• Respective application form for the permit (obtained from RTO)
• PROOF OF ADDRESS (any one of the following to be produced)
  • Ration Card
  • Aadhaar Card
  • Electoral Roll
  • LIC Policy
  • Passport
  • Pay slip issued - Govt. Office (or) a Local Body
• School Certificate
• Birth Certificate
• Affidavit Sworn by the applicant before an Executive (or) a First Class Judicial Magistrate (or) Notary Public
• Registration Certificate
• Insurance Certificate
• Pollution under control certificate
• Valid tax
• Copy of registration of Company/Firm/Institute
• Passport size photo-2

Commissioner for Transport and Road Safety
1st Floor, 'A' Block, TTMC. Building,
Shantinagar, Bengaluru-560027
PRO-phone : 080-22210994 Fax : 080-22235804
Mobile: 9449863459
E-mail : transcom@nic.in
Karnataka State - Transport Department Contacts: Link for contacts
Full List of Karnataka RTO Office Locations

You should be the owner of the vehicle.

• Fees related information can be obtained from the following link: Fee Link
• RTO authorities may provide more information on fees

Private Service Vehicle Permit is valid for 5 years and issued for concerned region only.

Application forms (Form 39 KMV) can be obtained from the RTO office.

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

It takes 5 working days to get permit

Karnataka - Apply For Private Service Vehicle Permit
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Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

• Private Service Vehicle Permits are issued to institutions that operate the vehicle for their own use.
• An application for a permit to use a motor vehicle as a private service vehicle shall contain the following particulars, namely:--
  • Type and seating capacity of the vehicle
  • The area or the route or routes to which the application relates
  • The manner in which it is claimed that the purpose of carrying persons

• One needs to provide the declaration to use the vehicle only for faring employees or laborers of a Company/Firm/Institute to ferry them to the place of business or back.
• Disproportionate asset case should not be pending against the vehicle for issue of permit.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

More information can be obtained from this link

More information which might help people.