Mathura RTO: UP-85 ARTO office, address, and code

Most people search for “Mathura RTO”, but the office that gives Mathura cars their UP-85 numbers is an Assistant Regional Transport Office (ARTO). For you it does the same job. It registers vehicles for Mathura district and keeps their records.

What does UP 85 AB 1234 tell you? The car was registered in Uttar Pradesh (UP) at the Mathura office (85), it belongs to the letter series AB, and 1234 is the four-digit number that no other car in that series shares.

Worth knowing: A UP-85 car does not become a UP-80 car when its owner moves to Agra. Within the state the code stays as it is, and on a Mathura plate it changes only if the car is re-registered outside Uttar Pradesh or its registration details are changed.

Buying new in Mathura? Your car arrives with a High Security Registration Plate (HSRP), which the showroom fits before handing it over, as Rule 50 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 has required since 1 April 2019.

Worth knowing: Is your UP-85 car older than that? Its plate installation is booked through the booking portal named on the Uttar Pradesh Transport Department website, which carries the date for older vehicles. For the rest of the plate rules, open our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

Mathura has one code, UP-85. The one most easily confused with it is UP-86, which belongs to Hathras. Hathras became a district of its own on 6 May 1997, made partly from tehsils of Mathura and partly from Aligarh, so some places that were once in Mathura district now register as UP-86.

Next door on the list are UP-80 for Agra and UP-81 for Aligarh. Each is a separate office, and none of them issues the Mathura code.

So where do you go? One directory lists the UP-85 office in Civil Lines, in the Mathura Cantonment area, and three give the pincode 281001. We could not confirm the address or the timings from an official source, so check both with the office before you travel.

Mathura ARTO office, UP-85

An ARTO is headed by an Assistant Regional Transport Officer rather than a Regional Transport Officer. A staff directory lists only ARTO posts at Mathura, one for administration and two for enforcement. Registration, transfers and RC changes for Mathura cars are all handled here.

Does your address come under UP-85? It does if it is in Mathura district as the district stands today. Places that moved to Hathras district in 1997 register at the Hathras office, and an address over the border in Haryana registers in Haryana.

Still not sure? Look at the code printed on your RC, or enter your registration number in the finder at the top of this page.

Worth knowing: Moving house within Mathura district never changes the plate. Only the address on the RC needs updating, and the car stays UP-85.

Will an ARTO charge less than a full RTO? No. The fees are national, so the Mathura office charges what Agra charges next door. They are paid on Vahan, and on a new car the dealer takes care of them while registering it.

An example from Mathura: Your first car, bought with a loan, needs ₹600 for registration, ₹200 for the smart card and ₹1,500 for the loan entry. The UP-85 office therefore collects ₹2,300 in fees, and road tax is a separate amount.

What about an old car? From 15 years, renewing its registration costs ₹5,000, and from 20 years ₹10,000. A late renewal is charged ₹500 a month for a car and ₹300 a month for a motorcycle.

Worth knowing: Road tax, the High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) and any Uttar Pradesh service or postal charge are not in these Rule 81 amounts, so expect the final Vahan payment to be larger.

From the showroom to a UP-85 RC, with the dealer handling the Vahan side

Who registers a new car? In Mathura, as elsewhere in the state, the dealer applies on Vahan with your address and documents. The ARTO approves it, a UP-85 number is allotted, and the RC follows in your name.

Selling within Uttar Pradesh? The UP-85 number stays on the car. You send notice on Form 29, you and the buyer sign Form 30, and the Mathura office charges ₹300 to transfer a car.

Selling to someone in Haryana or another state works differently, as the ARTO first gives a No Objection Certificate (NOC) and the car is then registered in the buyer’s state. Either way, the policy must pass to the buyer within 14 days.

Removing a loan (hypothecation) from the RC in Mathura

Paid off the loan? Ask the lender for its NOC and Form 35, submit both on Vahan, and the Mathura office issues a fresh RC with no loan on it, at no cost, with the documents to upload named in our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

Can you skip the queue at Civil Lines? Often, yes. Applications for your car go through the Vahan portal and those for your licence through the Sarathi portal, and the UP-85 office picks them up from there.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Mathura

For a lost or torn RC, apply on Vahan with Form 26 and pay ₹300 for a car. Want to follow it up? Check your RC status with the Kiwi Insurance tool.

Driving licence services in Mathura

Learners in Mathura apply on Sarathi and book the test there. According to Maruti Suzuki, the driving test track at the Mathura driver training institute was among the first in the state it automated in 2024. Licence renewals also start on Sarathi, and our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide lists the others.

What happens if you are stopped in Mathura without insurance? Section 196 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, as amended in 2019, sets the fine at ₹2,000 the first time and ₹4,000 for any repeat, the same as across India.

Some fines can be compounded at amounts the state decides, so the challan against your UP-85 car shows what you actually owe. Pay on echallan.parivahan.gov.in or in mParivahan, and find the remaining offences in our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

Mathura district shares a border with Haryana, so moving here from Palwal or elsewhere in Haryana means crossing into another state. An HR car kept in Mathura for more than 12 months must be registered again with a UP-85 number, while a car from Agra, Aligarh or anywhere else in Uttar Pradesh keeps its number.

Heading out of Uttar Pradesh, perhaps to Haryana? Reverse the steps, as the Mathura ARTO issues the NOC on Form 28, the new state registers the car, and you then claim back the UP road tax you will not use.

Worth knowing: Inform your insurer as soon as you move, and again when the UP-85 number comes through. The refund steps are covered in our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

Posted to Mathura now and to another state next? A Bharat series (BH) number carries no state code, so the move after this one needs no No Objection Certificate (NOC). Who qualifies? Government, defence and public sector employees, plus private employees of a company with offices in 4 or more 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. Tax on a BH car is paid every 2 years, at 8% below ₹10 lakhs, and our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide covers the details.

Does an ARTO use different forms? No, Mathura takes the national ones. Vahan and Sarathi fill most of them online now, and the PDF is there for any office that still wants paper.

Take each form to the Mathura ARTO. Anything else is on the Parivahan Sewa website.