Organization :Andhra Pradesh Transport Department
Facility :Trade Certificate Registration
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Trade Certificate
An Application for the grant or renewal of a trade certificate shall be made in Form 16 and shall be accompanied by the appropriate fee as specified in rule 81.
Separate applications shall be made for each of the following classes of vehicles, namely :
** motor cycle;
** invalid carriage;
** light motor vehicle;
** medium passenger motor vehicle;
** medium goods vehicle;
** heavy passenger motor vehicle;
** heavy goods vehicle;
** any other motor vehicle of a specified description.
Grant or renewal of trade certificate :
On receipt of an application for the grant or renewal of a trade certificate in respect of a vehicle , the registering authority may, if satisfied that the applicant is a bonafide dealer and requires the certificates specified in the applicant one or more certificate , as the case may be , in Form 17[within thirty days from the date of receipt of such an application] and shall assign in respect of each certificate a trade registration mark consisting of the registration mark referred to in notification made under sub-section (6) of section 41 and followed by two letters and a number containing not more than three digits for each vehicle, for example
** AB – Represent State Code.
** 12 – Registration District Code.
** TC1 – Trade certificate number for the vehicle.
No applicant for trade certificate shall be refused by the registering authority unless the applicant is given an opportunity of being heard and reasons for such refusal are given in writing.
Refund :
where the registering authority refuses to issue or renew a trade certificate, it shall refund to the applicant fifty percent of the fee paid along with the application.
Period of validity :
A trade certificate granted or renewed under rule 35 shall be in force for a period of twelve months from the date of issue or renewal there of shall be effective throughout India.
Issue of duplicate certificates :
If at any time the trade certificate is lost or destroyed, its holder shall report to the police station in the jurisdiction of which the loss or destruction has occurred and intimate the fact in writing to the registering authority by whom the certificate was issued and apply in Form 18 to the said authority for a duplicate certificate accompanied by the appropriate fee as specified in rule 81.