Chandapura RTO and the listed KA-59 code, Bengaluru

On KA 59 AB 1234, KA is Karnataka and 59 the office code that directories disagree over, while AB marks the letter series and 1234 is the four-digit number.

Worth knowing: Whichever office really issues KA-59, a car keeps the code after its owner moves within Karnataka, and the code changes only if the car is re-registered outside Karnataka or its registration details are changed. The office printed on your RC is the reliable answer for your own car.

A KA-59 car registered from 1 April 2019 came with a High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) put on by the dealer.

An older car needs the plate installed after booking on the booking portal named on the Karnataka Transport Department website, the SIAM site, which also gives the date for your vehicle, and our Karnataka RTO guide covers the remaining plate rules.

Two codes are tangled up here. Directories pair KA-59 with either Chandapura or Banashankari, and KA-58 with either Banashankari or Chamrajpet, while the department’s list shows neither code.

One directory places the office at No. 194 and 195, Chandapura-Anekal Main Road, Marsuru Village 562106, and others list KA-59 at Banashankari with no street address. Confirm both the office and its address before you go.

What you can do at the Chandapura RTO

RC work for a car is done by the office that issued its RC. If your RC names Chandapura, this is your office; if it names Banashankari or another office, go there instead. Karnataka’s contactless services, available since 1 November 2021, let much of this start on Vahan.

What the Chandapura RTO does not handle

The two automated driving test tracks in Bengaluru are at Jnanabharathi (KA-41) and Electronic City (KA-51), so a test booked on Sarathi will not be at Chandapura unless Sarathi says so.

No area list for the Chandapura office is available. Directories link it to the Anekal side, on the south-east edge of the city, but the RC is the only firm guide for an existing car.

Worth knowing: Those places have offices of their own, but no official list maps streets to them. Buying a new car with an address on the Anekal side? Check on Vahan or ask the dealer which office the registration is filed with, and note the code it gives you.

Whatever code the office uses, a car registered there pays the Karnataka lifetime road tax once, at its first registration, at the state rate. Cost and fuel decide the band, and an individual owner pays the same rate as a company.

Electric cars have paid 5%, 8% or 10% by cost since 1 May 2026. A car from another state owes Karnataka tax after more than 30 days in the state, and moving its registration here costs a share of the lifetime tax by age, from 93% down to 25%, as our Karnataka RTO guide explains.

The code dispute does not touch the fees, which are national. Every Karnataka office charges the amounts below through the Vahan portal, and the dealer pays them for a new car.

For example: Register a financed car here and the RTO fees are ₹2,300, which is ₹600 plus ₹200 for the smart card RC plus ₹1,500 for the loan entry, before road tax. Renewal at 15 years is ₹5,000, and a late renewal costs ₹500 a month for a car or ₹300 for a motorcycle.

The dealer files a new car on Vahan, and the office that covers your address approves it. If you live on the Anekal side, ask the dealer which office that is and which code the car will get, as the listings conflict.

A sale is handled by the office named on the RC. Apply on Vahan with Form 29 and Form 30; the fee is ₹300 for a car and ₹150 for a motorcycle, and the buyer moves the policy within 14 days.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) at Chandapura RTO

Once the loan is cleared, Form 35 and the lender’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) remove the entry for no fee. See our Karnataka RTO guide.

Vehicle tasks start on the Vahan portal and licence tasks on the Sarathi portal, and both show which office your file sits with.

Duplicate RC and RC status check for Chandapura

A duplicate RC is applied for on Form 26, with the fee in the fees table. To see which office registered a car, use the Kiwi Insurance RC status check.

Driving licence services for Chandapura

Sarathi takes licence applications online, and Bangalore One and Karnataka One centres take them in person. City offices are listed in the Bengaluru RTO guide.

Search the number on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in mParivahan to find and pay a challan, whatever office registered the car.

Set by the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended in 2019; the full list is in our Karnataka RTO guide.

A Karnataka car moving to Chandapura keeps its number, and only the RC address is updated. A car from another state owes Karnataka tax after more than 30 days in the state and needs a KA number once it has been kept here for more than 12 months; when its registration moves, the tax is a share of the lifetime tax by age, 93% falling to 25%.

If you are leaving Karnataka, get the NOC on Form 28 from the office on your RC, and ask it about the refund of part of the lifetime tax that the Karnataka Act allows. Then inform your insurer of the new number; our Karnataka RTO guide has the details.

If you move between states for work, a Bharat series (BH) number avoids the code question altogether, and later moves need no No Objection Certificate (NOC).

Private sector employees give the dealer Form 60, from an employer with offices in 4 or more states or union territories. The format is YY BH #### XX, where YY is the year of first registration, the four digits are allotted at random, and XX represents the alphabetic series, which can be a single letter or two letters. It is black on a white plate, like any other private car.

BH eligibility and the two-yearly BH tax are covered in our Karnataka RTO guide, not here.

Most of these go through Vahan or Sarathi online. Keep a printed copy only if the office asks for paper.

All other forms are on the Parivahan Sewa website, and our Karnataka RTO guide explains them.

How insurance links to the Chandapura RTO

No car is registered without valid cover. When the RC records a new owner, address or number, inform your insurer so both documents match.