Bulandshahr RTO: UP-13 office, tehsils and code

All seven tehsils of Bulandshahr district share one code, UP-13, issued by an Assistant Regional Transport Office (ARTO) in the Ghaziabad region. Khurja and Sikandrabad come under it too, but Jewar and Dankaur do not, as they became part of Gautam Buddh Nagar district in 1997.

Look at UP 13 AB 1234 in four pieces, starting from the left with the state letters UP. Next comes 13 for the Bulandshahr office, then the letter series AB, and last the four-digit number 1234, read the same way on a car from Khurja or Syana.

Worth knowing: The Ghaziabad region uses four codes, UP-13 here, UP-14 in Ghaziabad, UP-16 in Gautam Buddh Nagar and UP-37 in Hapur. A UP-13 car keeps its number after a move anywhere in Uttar Pradesh, and changes code only if it is registered again outside Uttar Pradesh or its registration details are changed.

Whether a car is kept in Khurja or in the city, the plate rule is the same. Rule 50 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 requires a High Security Registration Plate (HSRP), and new UP-13 cars sold since 1 April 2019 arrive with one fitted.

Worth knowing: An older Bulandshahr vehicle without an HSRP is booked for installation on the portal named on the Uttar Pradesh Transport Department website, where the date for older vehicles is also given. For the state plate rules, see our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

Bulandshahr has one code, UP-13, for the whole district. Its regional office is in Ghaziabad, which uses UP-14, and the same region includes Gautam Buddh Nagar (UP-16) and Hapur (UP-37), each with its own office.

The boundary with Gautam Buddh Nagar is the one that has moved. That district was formed on 6 September 1997 from parts of Ghaziabad and Bulandshahr, and the Dankaur and Jewar blocks were among the parts taken from Bulandshahr. Today those areas are outside UP-13.

There is one transport office for the district, ARTO Bulandshahr, which the Transport Department lists under RTO Ghaziabad with the Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar and Hapur offices. Whether you live in Debai or Sikandrabad, this is where a UP-13 file is kept.

Bulandshahr RTO office, UP-13

The only address found is from a single directory, Avas Vikas Colony in Yamunapuram. No timings were found either, so ask the office or the Transport Department before you make the trip from an outlying tehsil.

Is there a separate Khurja RTO?

No. Khurja is one of the seven tehsils of Bulandshahr district, and so is Sikandrabad, so vehicles in both are registered at the Bulandshahr office under UP-13. Searching for a Khurja RTO leads back to the same office.

Go by the district, not by an old address. Every one of the seven Bulandshahr tehsils is registered at UP-13, while Jewar and Dankaur, which left the district in 1997, now belong to Gautam Buddh Nagar, and Hapur to the north has its own office.

If you are buying a used car and want to know where it was registered, type its number into the finder at the top of this page.

Worth knowing: Jewar and Dankaur were Bulandshahr blocks until Gautam Buddh Nagar district was formed in 1997. A new registration there goes to the Gautam Buddh Nagar office, not to UP-13.

Fees at the Bulandshahr office are national, so they match what the Ghaziabad regional office and the Noida office charge. They are paid on Vahan, and a dealer selling a new car pays them on your behalf.

A Bulandshahr example: For a new car on a loan registered at UP-13, the RTO fees are ₹600 for registration, ₹200 for the smart card RC and ₹1,500 for the hypothecation entry, a total of ₹2,300 before the road tax.

Keep the car to 15 and the registration renewal is ₹5,000, or ₹10,000 once it is over 20. Let the renewal slip and the bill grows by ₹500 a month on a car, ₹300 on a motorcycle.

Worth knowing: The Rule 81 fees above do not include road tax, the High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) or any service or postal charge added by the state, so the final Vahan amount is larger.

The showroom does not choose the code, the buyer’s address does. A buyer living anywhere in Bulandshahr district gets a UP-13 number even from a Noida or Ghaziabad dealer, who applies on Vahan for the Bulandshahr office to approve.

Selling a UP-13 car to a buyer in Noida, Hapur or elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh changes the name on the RC but not the number. The seller files Form 29, the two sign Form 30, and the Bulandshahr office takes a ₹300 fee for a car.

For a buyer in Delhi or Haryana, the Bulandshahr office first issues a No Objection Certificate, and the car is registered again in that state. In every case the buyer has 14 days to take over the policy.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) from the RC in Bulandshahr

Once the loan is closed, ask the lender for a No Objection Certificate and Form 35, then apply on Vahan. The UP-13 office reissues the RC free of the loan entry and without a fee, using the documents listed in our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

From Anoopshahr or Shikarpur, much of the RTO work can be started without a trip to the city. Vehicle services are on the Vahan portal and licence services on the Sarathi portal, and Bulandshahr vehicle applications then reach the UP-13 office.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Bulandshahr

A missing or damaged UP-13 RC is replaced through Vahan on Form 26, for ₹300 on a car. To look up a registration, use the Kiwi Insurance RC status check.

Driving licence services in Bulandshahr

Applicants from all seven tehsils start on Sarathi for a learner’s licence, a test slot or a renewal, and come to the office in person only for the driving test. Our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide has the full list of services.

A Bulandshahr driver stopped without insurance faces the national penalty under section 196 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended in 2019. It is ₹2,000 for the first time, and ₹4,000 if it happens again.

Uttar Pradesh compounds some offences at its own amounts, so whatever a UP-13 challan states is the sum to settle. Pay on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in mParivahan, and look up other offences in our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

A car registered in Noida, Hapur or any other Uttar Pradesh district keeps its number when its owner moves to Bulandshahr. A car from Delhi, Haryana or any other state is allowed 12 months on its old number, and after that it must be registered again at UP-13.

For an owner leaving Uttar Pradesh, the order is reversed. The Bulandshahr office issues the NOC on Form 28, the car is registered in the new state, and the unused UP road tax can be claimed back.

Worth knowing: Inform your insurer of the change of address first and of the UP-13 number once it is issued, so the policy always shows the same details as the RC. Our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide sets the refund process out step by step.

The Bharat series (BH) suits a Bulandshahr owner who is transferred between states. In place of UP-13, a BH number carries no state code, so the car crosses state lines without a No Objection Certificate (NOC) or another registration. Government, defence and public sector staff may apply with Form 60, as may staff of companies present 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. Below ₹10 lakhs, the BH tax of 8% is paid every 2 years, as our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide describes.

From Khurja to Debai, Bulandshahr owners use the same national forms as Noida and Ghaziabad. Most are filed online on Vahan or Sarathi, and the PDF remains for a counter that asks for paper.

Hand them in at the Bulandshahr office rather than the Ghaziabad regional office, and look up any form missing from this grid on the Parivahan Sewa website.