Unnao RTO: UP-35 office address, tehsils and code

Unnao has its own code, UP-35, even though it lies between Lucknow and Kanpur, two cities with codes of their own. A car kept anywhere in Unnao district, including its six tehsils, is registered here and not in either city, whichever of the two its owner travels to for work.

On an Unnao car the plate reads something like UP 35 AB 1234. UP is Uttar Pradesh and 35 points to the Unnao office. After those come AB, the letter series, and 1234, which is the four-digit number belonging to that vehicle alone.

Worth knowing: Between Lucknow and Kanpur, a UP-32, a UP-35 and a UP-78 car can look alike at a glance, but only the 35 is registered in Unnao. Taking a UP-35 car to live in Lucknow or Kanpur does not change its number. That happens only if it is registered again outside Uttar Pradesh or its registration details are changed.

A new car that gets a UP-35 number is handed over with its High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) already on it, put there by the dealer. That has been the rule for new vehicles under Rule 50 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 since 1 April 2019.

Worth knowing: If your Unnao car is older than that, it needs an HSRP too. Look on the Uttar Pradesh Transport Department website for the booking portal that handles the installation and the date that applies. Our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide explains the plate rules.

Unnao district has one code on the Transport Department list, UP-35. The state page files it in the Lucknow division table, with Lucknow and Raebareli, while Kanpur Nagar across the Ganga is listed in the Kanpur group with UP-78.

Unnao and Raebareli also share some history. The Unnao district website records that in 1869 some parganas of Rae Bareli were moved into Unnao’s Purwa tehsil, so parts of today’s Purwa once belonged to Raebareli.

Unnao has a single registering office, listed by directories as the Assistant Regional Transport Office (ARTO) Unnao. Two directories agree on its address near the Lucknow Bypass Road, but none of the details below could be checked against an official page, so confirm them before you visit.

Unnao RTO office, UP-35

Both directories place it on RTO Office Road, which runs off the Lucknow Bypass Road, in the Nirala Nagar and Husain Nagar area of Unnao town, and every UP-35 registration is handled there.

Every one of Unnao district’s six tehsils registers at UP-35: Unnao, Hasanganj, Safipur, Purwa, Bighapur and Bangarmau. The office decision rests on the district of the address, so living close to Lucknow or Kanpur does not move a car to their codes.

Not certain which office has your car? The code on the RC tells you, or you can type the number into the finder at the top of this page.

Worth knowing: Shuklaganj, also called Gangaghat, is on the Unnao side of the Ganga facing Kanpur, and it is reported to be part of Unnao district. Many people think of it as part of Kanpur, so check the district on your address proof. If it says Unnao, the car gets UP-35, not UP-78.

Fees at the Unnao office are the national ones, so they match what Lucknow and Kanpur charge to the rupee. You pay them on Vahan, and on a new car the dealer pays them while applying for the registration.

An Unnao example: Buy your first car with a bank loan and register it at UP-35, and the RTO fees add up to ₹2,300, being ₹600 for the registration, ₹200 for a smart card RC and ₹1,500 for recording the loan. Road tax is charged separately.

When that car reaches 15, the renewal costs ₹5,000, and after 20 it costs ₹10,000. Each month of delay in renewing costs ₹500 more for a car, against ₹300 for a motorcycle.

Worth knowing: The table shows only the Rule 81 fees. Road tax, the High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) and any state service or postal charge come on top, so expect a larger total on Vahan.

You might buy the car from a showroom in Lucknow or Kanpur. Wherever you buy, the dealer applies on Vahan with your Unnao address, and it is the address, not the showroom, that sends the application to the UP-35 office.

Sell a UP-35 car to someone in Lucknow, Kanpur or anywhere in Uttar Pradesh and the number goes with it. Form 29 is the seller’s notice, Form 30 carries both signatures, and the ₹300 fee for a car is paid on Vahan.

A buyer from outside the state needs a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Unnao office so the car can be registered again in their state. From the date of transfer, the buyer gets 14 days to put the insurance in their own name.

Taking a loan (hypothecation) off an Unnao RC

With the loan repaid, ask the lender for its No Objection Certificate and Form 35, then apply on Vahan. The UP-35 office issues a clean RC at no charge. Our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide gives the document list.

Much of what used to need a trip to the Unnao office is now an online form. Use the Vahan portal for anything about the vehicle and the Sarathi portal for licences, and vehicle requests are then passed to the UP-35 office.

Duplicate RC and RC status check in Unnao

For a UP-35 car whose RC is lost or spoilt, a duplicate is applied for on Form 26 on Vahan and costs ₹300. If you only want to check your RC status, the Kiwi Insurance tool shows it without a visit to the office.

Driving licence services in Unnao

Applying for a learner’s licence in Unnao, booking the test and renewing a licence are all done on Sarathi, and the test is the one step taken in person. Every other licence service is listed on our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

A UP-35 car stopped without insurance faces the same national fine as anywhere else in India. Section 196 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, amended in 2019, puts it at ₹2,000 for the first offence, and ₹4,000 after that.

Some offences can be compounded by the state at different amounts, so the challan is the final word. Unnao drivers can pay at echallan.parivahan.gov.in or on mParivahan. Look up any other offence on our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

Moving to Unnao from Lucknow, Kanpur or another Uttar Pradesh district? Your UP-32 or UP-78 number stays, and only the RC address needs changing. A car from another state can keep its old number for 12 months before it has to be registered at UP-35.

If you are leaving Uttar Pradesh, run through the same steps the other way round. You start at the Unnao office, which issues the No Objection Certificate (NOC) on Form 28. Once your new state has registered the car, apply to Uttar Pradesh for the road tax you have not used.

Worth knowing: Inform your insurer of the new address straight away, and of the UP-35 number once the car has it. How Uttar Pradesh refunds unused road tax is covered on our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide.

On a transferable job? A Bharat series (BH) plate has no state code, which spares you a No Objection Certificate (NOC) and new number at your next posting out of Uttar Pradesh. It is for government, defence and public sector staff, and for private sector staff whose firm works from offices in 4 or more states or union territories, with 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, 8% under ₹10 lakhs, is due every 2 years; our Uttar Pradesh RTO guide has the rules.

Unnao uses the same national forms as Lucknow and Kanpur. They are mostly filled in online on Vahan or Sarathi, and the printable PDF is there for any office that wants a paper form.

File each form with the office on your RC, which is UP-35 for an Unnao car. You will find every other form on the Parivahan Sewa website.