KA 01 RTO: Bengaluru Central, known as Koramangala RTO

Take KA 01 AB 1234. KA is Karnataka, 01 says the Bengaluru Central office registered the car, AB is the letter series and 1234 is the four-digit number.

Worth knowing: The 01 stays with the car for its whole life in the state. Shift from a central flat to a house in Yelahanka and the plate still reads KA 01, since the code changes only if the car is re-registered outside Karnataka or its registration details are changed.

A KA-01 car bought new on or after 1 April 2019 left the showroom with its High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) already fitted. An older Bengaluru Central car needs one installed.

Bookings go through the booking portal named on the Karnataka Transport Department website; that portal hands you over to the SIAM site, and the date that applies to your car is listed there. Stickers and other plate rules are covered in our Karnataka RTO guide.

Koramangala RTO issues one code, KA-01. Three others are easily confused with it: KA-05, the second office led by a senior officer; KA-51, the Electronic City office for the southern suburbs; and KA-57, a city code that private cars never carry.

Most directories give the Koramangala address below, but treat it with care. The department’s 2021-22 annual report says a new building for RTO Bangalore (Central) was completed and inaugurated that year, without naming the place, and one encyclopaedia entry says KA-01 now works from HSR Layout.

Directory listings show 10 am to 5 pm and then part ways. One gives Monday to Friday with a lunch break from 1:30 pm to 2 pm, while another has the office open on Saturdays too.

What the Koramangala RTO does not handle

The city’s two automated driving test tracks are at the Jnanabharathi (KA-41) and Electronic City (KA-51) offices, so your Sarathi booking shows where the test happens. Autorickshaw permits go to the KA-57 office, and a new car comes to KA-01 through the dealer’s Vahan filing, not a walk-in visit.

The department names KA-01 for Central Bengaluru, and a street-by-street list for it could not be confirmed from an official source. For a car you already own, the 01 on the RC settles the question; for a new one, the dealer files with the office that covers your home address.

Worth knowing: Where the office stands and which streets it serves are separate questions. A Koramangala or HSR Layout address does not by itself make a car KA-01, so ask the dealer which office your address falls under before counting on the code.

Koramangala RTO collects the Karnataka lifetime road tax when a KA-01 car is first registered and has no rate of its own. The cost of the car and whether it runs on electricity decide the band, and an individual and a company pay alike.

A car brought in from another state owes Karnataka tax once it has stayed in the state for more than 30 days. When its registration moves to Karnataka, it pays a share of the lifetime tax set by its age, 93% for a car up to 2 years old, falling to 25% after 15 years.

New electric cars have paid 5%, 8% or 10% since 1 May 2026. Two-wheeler and other Karnataka tax rules are on our Karnataka RTO guide.

KA-01 charges the national RTO fees, so a Bengaluru Central task costs what it would at any other Karnataka office. The money is paid on the Vahan portal, and for a new car it is part of what the dealer collects.

For example: A new car on a loan registered through KA-01 pays ₹2,300 in RTO fees, made up of ₹600 for registration, ₹200 for the smart card RC and ₹1,500 for the hypothecation, with road tax on top.

An older KA-01 car pays ₹5,000 to renew at 15 years and ₹10,000 after 20, plus ₹500 for each month the renewal runs late, or ₹300 for a motorcycle.

Want a choice number on a KA-01 car? The department’s 2021-22 annual report puts one from the running series at ₹20,000 and one from an advance series at ₹75,000.

Outside these fees, a buyer also pays the road tax with both cesses and the price of the HSRP.

A new car is registered at KA-01 only when your home address falls under Bengaluru Central, wherever the showroom is. The dealer does the filing on Vahan for you.

Selling a car whose RC starts KA 01? Bengaluru Central records the new owner even when the buyer lives in Whitefield. The paperwork is Form 29 from the seller and Form 30 signed by both, and Rule 81 sets ₹300 for a car, ₹150 for a motorcycle.

From the day the RC changes, the new owner gets 14 days to shift the policy across.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) at Koramangala RTO

Once the last instalment is paid, send the lender’s No Objection Certificate (NOC) with Form 35 to KA-01, and the loan comes off the RC without an RTO fee. Papers for every step are listed in our Karnataka RTO guide.

KA-01 jobs begin online, with vehicle tasks on the Vahan portal and licence tasks on the Sarathi portal. Karnataka has offered 15 Sarathi and 18 Vahan services without an office visit since 1 November 2021.

Duplicate RC and RC status for KA-01 cars

If a KA-01 RC goes missing or gets damaged, file Form 26 with Bengaluru Central and pay the duplicate fee shown in the fees table. The Kiwi Insurance RC status check shows what any RC records.

Driving licence services for Koramangala RTO

Licences start on Sarathi, or at a Bangalore One or Karnataka One centre, and the city’s automated driving tests happen at the Jnanabharathi and Electronic City offices. Permits and licence renewals are dealt with on our Karnataka RTO guide.

Pending challans on a KA-01 car appear when you search its number on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in mParivahan, and you can pay them there.

For the other offences and what they cost, open our Karnataka RTO guide.

A car already on a KA number needs only its RC address updated when you move into Central Bengaluru. A car from another state owes Karnataka road tax once it has been here more than 30 days, and after 12 months in Karnataka it must be re-registered, at KA-01 if your address falls under Bengaluru Central.

If you are leaving Karnataka for good, Bengaluru Central is the office that issues the Form 28 NOC for a KA-01 car, so apply well before moving day. The Karnataka Act provides refund rates for part of the lifetime tax when a car goes to another state, so ask the office how to claim yours, and inform your insurer once the new number is issued.

If your job may take you to another state, ask the dealer for a Bharat series (BH) number in place of a KA-01 one. A BH car needs no No Objection Certificate (NOC) when you move.

An employee of a private company qualifies only if the employer has offices in 4 or more states or union territories and signs Form 60 for the dealer. 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.

Eligibility rules and the two-yearly BH tax are explained on our Karnataka RTO guide.

When each one applies is explained in our Karnataka RTO guide, and anything not here is on the list of RTO forms on the Parivahan Sewa website.

How insurance links to the Koramangala RTO

Bengaluru Central needs to see live cover before it registers any new car. After any change the office makes to the RC, such as a new owner, a new address or a KA number for an outside car, inform your insurer so the policy matches.