Bike documents are of much importance. Without a proper set of documents, you lose the legality of riding a bike. The authorities will punish you with fines for such cases and even send you upper-level punishments as well. However, many bikers have faced the bitter taste of losing those crucial papers. Many bikers often ask for the process to solve such problems. “What to do if I lost my bike paper in BD?” If you lose your bike documents or papers, what will you do to reissue them? Here Deshi Biker reveals the detailed process.
What to do if Bike Papers are Lost in Bangladesh?
Bike papers may include the registration certificate, tax token, and insurance documents. If you, unfortunately, lose any of those or all mentioned documents, you need an immediate solution to set yourself trouble-free. Well, don’t be afraid. There are ways to solve it if you have already lost it. Let’s check the step-by-step solution
If the Bike Insurance Paper is Lost
The insurance Certificate of the bike is actually a formality. It doesn’t hold that much value at all. However, you still need a solution right? Whenever you lose a bike-related paper or document, the first thing you would do is to make a GD at the nearest police station. However, in case of a lost insurance paper, it isn’t mandatory. Why? Because you can get a new insurance paper with a very minimal amount of fee.
By the way, you can claim a duplicate copy of the paper as well. From where? Well, right from the related insurance office. To claim the duplicate copy you have to submit the copy of the GD and in that case, you need to make the GD. But if you want to get a new insurance paper, you don’t need to make any GD. You only need to pay a few bucks to get the new paper.
What should I do if I lose my Motorcycle Tax Token?
Another important bike document that you shouldn’t lose. However, if somehow that has happened, the first thing you must do will be to make a General Diary (GD). If you have lost any other bike papers, you can mention all those in the very same GD. In the next phase, you need to pay a visit to the traffic office. Because you need a Traffic Clearance. If you have no traffic-related case, they will issue you that paper. Now, with the copy of the GD as well as the traffic clearance, you need to move to the BRTA office to submit those papers. Well, here BRTA office refers to the branch from where you completed your bike registration and other tasks. They will provide you with the duplicate tax token.
If you don’t have any issues, they will give you the duplicate tax token immediately. Moreover, you won’t need to pay any additional fee or charge to receive that. So, if you lost your bike’s tax token, you can get a new copy through the alluded process.
What to do if your Bike Registration Certificate is Lost?
Now then! This is the big fish. You should try every possible way to protect your motorcycle’s registration certificate. You can’t afford to lose it by any means. If you lose it, it will be a matter of serious hassle. Yet there is a way to get out of this trouble. So, what will you do, if you lose your motorcycle’s registration papers? Here is the solution.
For a lost or stolen registration certificate of the bike:
- The foremost task is to make a GD. Rush to the nearest police station to get the General Diary done.
- Then apply for a duplicate registration certificate. Well, you can only do it in the BRTA branch from where you have completed the registration of your bike. For example: If you have registered your bike from the Rangpur district branch of the BRTA, you can apply for a duplicate reg: right from that branch.
- Now you need to collect a series of papers. The list includes the duplicate registration form, specimen signature form, as well as the money deposit form.
- In the next step, fill up the form with the necessary information about the biker and the owner.
- There you can find the sum of money you need to deposit in the form or you may hear from a BRTA official.
- Deposit the required amount of fees to the related bank or booth. Receive the computer-printed deposit slip.
- Here is an important fact. If you have any of your previous payments due regarding your bike, you need to pay those as well. Suppose, you had registered the bike when there was no need to pay for the RFID number plate. Thus you didn’t have to pay for that. But at present, it’s mandatory to get a smart card registration certificate as well as an RFID number plate. In your next registration, you would have to pay for those. But as you have lost your registration certificate, now to get a duplicate copy, you need to pay it immediately to cope with the current system. The BRTA software will show you if you have any fees unpaid or dues.
- Next, get a clearance certificate from the related traffic office. Yet again, if you have no traffic-related case on the concerned vehicle, they will provide you with a clearance paper.
- And now submit your papers to the BRTA office. The set of papers includes a GD copy, bank deposit slip, and traffic clearance.
What Papers are required for a Motorcycle Duplicate Registration Certificate?
You need the following papers to claim a duplicate registration certificate for your bike:
- Completely filled out duplicate registration application form.
- Filled out owner particulars specimen signature form.
- 3 copies of stamp stamp-size photograph of the owner of the bike.
- For the case of an institutional owner, there is an additional requirement of a formal application on the institute letterhead pad.
- GD Copy
- Payment Deposition Slip or Receipt
- Copy of the Traffic Clearance
- Copy of the Tax Token and Lost Registration Certificate.
Gathering all these documents, submit those to the BRTA office. They will take time to process and will notify you through your given contact number. Through that message, you can know about the next steps and the status of the procedure. You will receive all updates and instructions through messages. Check out those and do as they have instructed.
So, if you have unfortunately lost any of the bike papers, there is a solution. But still, we discourage you from being unaware. You should protect all your bike documents carefully. Otherwise, it may cost you some money and most importantly will cause you an unwanted hassle.
