Tell DVLA you've sold, transferred or bought a vehicle

Tell DVLA when you no longer own a vehicle, or you buy a vehicle as either a registered keeper or motor trader.

This page is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Use this service to:

• change the registered keeper of a vehicle
• send a log book to the new keeper 

After you tell DVLA, your vehicle tax will be cancelled. You’ll get a refund for any full months of remaining vehicle tax.

You cannot use this service if:

• you’ve already sent your log book (V5C) by post
• you do not have a log book

If you do not have a log book

You need to apply for a replacement log book if you have bought a vehicle without a log book.

If you have sold or transferred a vehicle without a log book, you must write to DVLA with:

• your name and address

• the vehicle registration number

• the make and model

• the exact date of sale

• the name and address of the new keeper or motor trader

DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1BA

Tell DVLA online

This service is available from 7am to 7pm.

You must tax a vehicle you’ve bought before you drive it, or declare it off the road (a SORN). The tax is not transferred to you when you buy the vehicle.