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Q: I have bought a car, that comes without registration document and I don't happen to know the registration number either! I would like to get it registered. A: Oh dear! But fear not, help might be at hand. Don't be tempted to register it under a Q-plate. This is the very last resort. Start with making enquiries at the last owner. He/she should have some information about the previous owner, who might know either the registration or the previous owner and so on. Should that not lead anywhere, try to contact one of the owners clubs or registers for your type of car. Best try all at once. They will need either the chassis number or the body number or the commission number (last one unlikely). If they have the car in their files, they will have the registration number. If that does not lead anywhere, try an organisation like BMH (British Motor Heritage,The Heritage Centre, Banbury Rd.,Gaydon, Warks. CV35 0BJ England). They might have the vehicle on their records and may as well have the first registration of the vehicle, provided the car was registered in the UK. If not, they will be able to issue you with a production date. Now here you go. Armed with either the production date certificate or with the vehicle registration you make a careful enquiry at the DVLA. Tell them, if you have the registration number, that you believe to have a vehicle with that and that registration number. They will more or less confirm that fact. If this has happened, apply on the appropriate form for the replacement of a lost document (Form V62). You will receive the document and the registration number will be transfereable.
Now, you don't have the registration number, but you have a confirmed production date. Good, this works as well. Don't replace anything from your vehicle, keep all the original parts or parts you believe are original i.e. from the same age. Now call the local registration office (VRO) and tell them that you want an age related number for your car. They will send someone out. This may be an officer of the serious crime squad, so you better make sure, the thing is not stolen...He will want to see the chassis number and will take a look at the documents you have and the evidence, the the car is in most parts original. This is the renown points system. You'll be awarded points for the front and rear suspension, the engine, gearbox etc etc.. If you score enough points, you will get an age related number. This is not transfereable. Now you didn't score enough points? Tough luck, you'll get a q-plate. So make sure you have enough original looking parts at hand. If you are unsure, try to lay hands on the original engine, or find evidence, that the engine you have dates approximately the same date (not as good as the original, but better than none). If you fail, you will get a Q-plate...To get a Q-plate removed is very very tough, ask me about it !
Q: My car has been laid up for ages, I have the original green document and the number, anything I need to do? A: If the grren document is the only document you have for the car, chances are, that the car has not been recorded at the DVLA. The records for old cars have been closed 1983. However, since 1990, you can have your car registered on the original plate (if still available) If you apply for a registration with form V765. This applies only for vehicles which missed the 1983 deadline. Information is available on leaflet V848, They are both available from your local VRO. Q: I have bought a car from abroad and I want to register it with an appropriate registration. A: No problem as long as you have the foreign registration document stating the date of first registration or manufacture. Use the appropriate form to write to the DVLC Swansea, SA99 1AR and you will be issued with an age related mark. This is not transfereable.
Q: What type of number plate do I have to use? A: See other FAQ
Q: I have heard there is a new regulation concerning the tax exemption for older vehicles? A: This is an entirely new development of the Labour Gvoernment. They seem to have decided, that the tax loss due to exemption is getting too high. Thus the decision was as follows: Cars that were tax exempt stay tax exempt. The deadline for tax exemption is a production date prior to 01.01.1973. This means, the old rule of 25 year tax exempt no longer applies.
Q: I have reimported a car and I would like to get the original number plate back! A: May work, may not work. The point is if the car was officially declared exported. Many were not. Just call the DVLA and enquire about the number plate. It may be assigned to another car or auctioned off if the car was declared permanently exported. Remember also that people used to sell the number plate before exporting cars if the number plate was remotely interresting. If the number is no longer on the register, you need to proceed as in question one. If the number is assigned to another vehicle, see question one as well. If the vehicle is still registered under the original number plate, you may want to apply for a new (lost) registration document, using a form available from your local VRO or post office.
Q: Whats that new SORN all about? A: SORN means statuory-of-road-notification. It has been designed to combat road tax dodgers. In fact,it means that you have to tell the DVLA where you want to leave your car when you are not going to retax it. It not enough to say, well I'll keep it off the road, no, you have to state the exact address. Of course nothing keeps you from moving it (on a trailer that is) to where ever you want. It just COULD be, that a friendly inspector comes round to your house and demands to see where the car is. You'd better not have it on the road by then. Failure to declare SORN will be fined up to 1000£. You don't have to do anything to get a SORN form, it will be sent automatically to you with the tax reminder. This means, cars that have been off the road before the SORN regulation went into ratification don't need to be declared SORN.
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