Driver's License 444, Registration 858 Dinars: MUP Hike
Serbia raised the cost of issuing a driver's license to 444 dinars and a vehicle registration to 858 dinars starting September 12, under a government decree published on September 4.
The cost of issuing a driver’s license in Serbia jumped from 255 to 444 dinars, an increase of 189 dinars, or 74.1 percent. The change took effect on September 12, 2026, as part of a new government decree on fees charged by the Ministry of Interior (MUP).
The Government amended the Decree on the Types of Services Provided by the Interior Ministry and the Amount of Fees Charged for Them. The amendment was published in Official Gazette No. 82 on September 4, 2026, and the new prices apply from September 12 to nearly all documents and license plates issued by the ministry.
The figures involved are not the full price a citizen pays at the counter to obtain a document. They cover only the manufacturing cost, which is paid to the Institute for Manufacturing Banknotes and Coins, while the separate administrative fees for the procedure itself are unchanged by this amendment. The final bill at the MUP counter therefore also depends on those additional fees, not just on the new manufacturing price list.
Driver’s license and vehicle registration rise the most
The steepest percentage increase applies to driver’s licenses, up from 255 to 444 dinars. Other changes include:
- learner’s permit: from 294 to 468 dinars, up 174 dinars or 59.2 percent
- vehicle registration certificate: from 660 to 858 dinars, up 198 dinars, exactly 30 percent
- temporary registration certificate: from 33 to 60 dinars, up almost 82 percent
- registration sticker for domestic and international use: from 236 to 342 dinars, up 106 dinars or 44.9 percent
These are the four documents most drivers deal with during a single registration, so the price increase is felt most directly at the counter.
License plates: a pair for passenger cars now 1,380 dinars
A pair of license plates for passenger and freight vehicles, buses, trolleybuses and heavy quadricycles rose from 1,093 to 1,380 dinars, an increase of 287 dinars. The same amount, 1,380 dinars, is charged for TX plates issued to vehicles registered for taxi service, according to N1.
Other categories also cost more. A single plate for motorcycles, heavy tricycles, mopeds, light tricycles and light quadricycles rose from 553 to 696 dinars, an increase of about 26 percent. A pair of plates for tractors and work machines climbed from 623 to 960 dinars, roughly 54 percent more. A plate for trailers, previously 623 dinars, now costs 780 dinars. A duplicate pair of standard plates rose from 2,184 to 2,730 dinars, and cardboard plates used for temporarily marking vehicles, known as “Proba” plates, rose from 366 to 462 dinars per pair.
The largest increase in dinar terms applies to personalized plates for vehicles of historical significance, known as oldtimer plates: from 8,342 to 13,344 dinars per pair, an increase of about 60 percent. Sources differ here: N1 ties this figure specifically to oldtimer plates and to a special personalized rear plate for such vehicles, while Mondo lists the same amount as the price of personalized plates in general, without limiting it to oldtimers.
Weapons and private security documents also cost more
The price increases extend beyond traffic documents. Identification cards for private security officers and detectives rise from 800 to 1,020 dinars. A weapons permit with an embedded chip goes from 600 to 1,080 dinars, an 80 percent increase, matching the rise for a gun carrying permit, also up from 600 to 1,080 dinars. A collector’s permit rises from 228 to 360 dinars.
One exception applies to the ID card issued to a person granted asylum: it will cost 1,920 dinars, but that fee only takes effect on October 1, 2026, while all the other new prices already apply as of September 12.
What a full registration ends up costing
Mondo also calculated the total cost of registering a vehicle once tax, fees, the registration sticker, insurance and a technical inspection are added together. For a small city car, the total runs between 22,000 and 25,000 dinars; for a family car, between 37,000 and 40,000 dinars; for more powerful cars, costs exceed 130,000 dinars. For a small city car, tax, fees and the sticker come to about 5,000 dinars, mandatory insurance around 12,000 dinars, and a technical inspection around 5,000 dinars, though the final insurance price still depends on each driver’s bonus malus record.
The Belgrade Police Directorate says, according to Mondo, that these are minor price list corrections resulting from changes in the actual manufacturing cost of the documents and plates, not a broader increase in MUP service fees.
Drivers can also expect a digital change unrelated to price: the planned rollout of the CISTEP system at technical inspection stations, which is meant to change how vehicle inspection data is exchanged and recorded.
