Bareilly RTO: UP-25 office, region, and code

UP-25 is the code of the Regional Transport Office (RTO) in Bareilly, which also oversees the assistant offices in Budaun, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur. For a Bareilly owner, the open question is the address: Directories disagree, and a new office at Parsakheda has been reported, so confirm the address before you go.

On UP 25 AB 1234, UP is the state code for Uttar Pradesh, 25 identifies the Bareilly RTO, AB is the series and 1234 is the four-digit number. The neighbouring numbers 24, 26 and 27 belong to the other districts of the Bareilly region: Budaun, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur.

Worth knowing: UP-25 marks the office that first registered a car, and it does not change when the owner moves to Lucknow or another Uttar Pradesh city. A new code comes only with a fresh registration outside the state or a change to the registration details.

High Security Registration Plates (HSRP) are a national requirement, so a UP-25 car needs one just as a Delhi car does. Rule 50 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 sets the rule, and new cars sold since 1 April 2019 arrive with the plate already fitted.

Worth knowing: Owners of older Bareilly vehicles book the HSRP installation through the booking portal shown on the Uttar Pradesh Transport Department website, where the date for each vehicle is given. For the background on HSRP rules across the state, read our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

Bareilly district registers under UP-25. The Bareilly RTO is also the regional office for Budaun (UP-24), Pilibhit (UP-26) and Shahjahanpur (UP-27), but a car from those districts gets its own code, as each has its own assistant office.

Watch for one common mistake: Some directory code lists label UP-24 as Shahjahanpur. The Uttar Pradesh Transport Department list gives UP-24 to Badaun (also spelt Budaun) and UP-27 to Shahjahanpur.

The Bareilly RTO is a full Regional Transport Office, but finding it is harder than it should be. Directory addresses disagree, a 2025 news report placed the office in a rented building, and a new building beside the driving test track at Parsakheda has been reported as its next home.

Bareilly RTO office, UP-25

Two directory addresses circulate, Faridpur Road in Mohanpur (243123) and Mohanpur Road in Rajendra Nagar (243122). Amar Ujala reported in April 2025 that the office was working from a rented building on the Shahjahanpur highway near Naktia, so check the current address before you travel.

Is Bareilly RTO moving to Parsakheda?

Local papers say so. Amar Ujala reported that the Chief Minister laid the foundation of a ₹16.61 crore RTO building at Parsakheda on 1 April 2025, next to the automated driving test track, and Hindustan and Amrit Vichar later wrote that the office would shift there. The department has not confirmed a completed move, so this page does not yet give Parsakheda as the address.

The UP-25 office registers vehicles from all six tehsils of Bareilly district. Being the regional office for Budaun, Pilibhit and Shahjahanpur does not make it their registering office: An owner there goes to the assistant office of their own district.

Enter any registration number or RTO code in the finder above to see which office registered that vehicle, whether it is UP-25 or one of its neighbours.

Bareilly charges national RTO fees, so registering or transferring a car costs the same here as at the Budaun, Pilibhit or Shahjahanpur offices it oversees. Fees are paid on the Vahan portal, and a dealer pays them as part of a new car sale.

A Bareilly example: For a new car on a loan registered under UP-25, the RTO takes ₹600 for registration, ₹200 for the smart card and ₹1,500 for the hypothecation, ₹2,300 altogether, and road tax comes on top.

A Bareilly car past 15 years renews its registration for ₹5,000, rising to ₹10,000 after 20 years, and a late renewal costs ₹500 a month for a car or ₹300 for a motorcycle.

Worth knowing: Expect a higher total at the counter than the table shows, as service and postal charges, the High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) and road tax are separate from the Rule 81 fee.

The dealer applies on Vahan, and your district picks the office

A new car for a Bareilly district address is registered under UP-25, with the dealer filing on the Vahan portal and the Bareilly office approving it. A buyer living in Pilibhit or Budaun is registered at that district’s own office, even if the showroom is in Bareilly city.

Selling a UP-25 car within Uttar Pradesh, say to a buyer in Moradabad, leaves the number unchanged, and only the RC moves to the new owner. Form 29 is the seller’s notice, Form 30 the joint application, and the transfer fee on a car is ₹300.

If the buyer lives in Uttarakhand or another state, the Bareilly office first issues a No Objection Certificate (NOC). The new owner has 14 days to have the insurance moved into their name.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) from the RC in Bareilly

After the final instalment, file Form 35 and the lender’s No Objection Certificate on Vahan, and the Bareilly office reissues the RC without the lender at no charge. The document list for this is in our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

Bareilly applicants use the Vahan portal for vehicle services and the Sarathi portal for licences, which saves a trip while the office address is in question. Applications from the city and its tehsils are processed by the UP-25 office.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Bareilly

A missing or damaged UP-25 RC is replaced on Vahan with Form 26, at ₹300 for a car, and the Kiwi Insurance RC status page shows the progress of a registration.

Driving licence services in Bareilly

Learner’s tests, driving test slots and licence renewals are booked on Sarathi, and the test itself is taken in person. The remaining online services are described in our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

Section 196 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended in 2019, sets the uninsured driving fine for the whole country, so a Bareilly driver without cover pays ₹2,000 for a first offence and ₹4,000 if it happens again.

Pay a UP-25 challan at the amount it shows, as Uttar Pradesh compounds some offences at its own rates, on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in mParivahan. For any offence not in the table, see our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

Bring a car from Uttarakhand, Delhi or any other state to Bareilly and it needs a fresh UP-25 registration once it has been kept in Uttar Pradesh for more than 12 months. A car from Lucknow or elsewhere in the state keeps its plate, with only the RC address updated.

If you are leaving Uttar Pradesh, the same steps apply in reverse: The Bareilly office issues a NOC on Form 28, the new state gives the car its own number, and you can claim back the unused Uttar Pradesh tax.

Worth knowing: Inform your insurer of the new address, and again of the UP-25 number once it is issued. The forms for each step are in our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

For a Bareilly owner posted from state to state, a Bharat series (BH) number avoids a No Objection Certificate (NOC) with each move. Government, defence and public sector staff can apply, as can private sector staff whose employer has offices in at least 4 states or union territories, using Form 60.

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 tax is charged every 2 years, at 8% for a car below ₹10 lakhs, and the wider rules are in our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

The forms do not change between Bareilly and the Budaun or Pilibhit offices it oversees. Most are now completed on Vahan or Sarathi, and the PDF remains for any counter that wants a paper copy.

Every UP-25 form is processed by the Bareilly office, wherever it is working from, and further forms are on the Parivahan Sewa website.