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How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates
You have to register a car or any other vehicle as soon as you’ve: bought…
Register a new vehicle The dealer will usually register a brand new…
Your vehicle may not have been registered before with DVLA if it’s: brand…
You’ll have to pay a fee of £55 if you’re registering and taxing a vehicle…
Your vehicle must meet the road vehicles regulations if you use it on the…
Your vehicle must comply with the road vehicles regulations if you use it…
All vehicles registered in the UK must have a unique, stamped-in vehicle…
DVLA issues ‘Q’ registration numbers to vehicles whose age or identity is…
What to do when selling a vehicle: your vehicle log book (V5C), submitting the right information to DVLA, private (personalised) registration numbers.
Update your vehicle log book (V5C) and send it to DVLA to change your name.
Change the name, title or gender on your driving licence by completing form D1 and sending it with your licence and supporting documents to DVLA.
Updating the national car ownership model to a 2011 base year, from the previous base year of 2001, incorporating more recent National Travel Survey data.
Dealing with an insolvent's motor vehicle, including matters to be taken into account before the vehicle is sold
Data on vehicle availability, income, ethnic group, household type and mobility status, produced by Department for Transport.
Updating your V5C registration certificate (log book) if you make changes to your vehicle
Form TP1 to transfer part of a registered title.
Use this form to record a change of ownership or to record or cancel a licence or security
Form OS2: official search with priority by a purchaser against part of the land in a registered title or pending first registration application.
Form OS1: official search with priority by a purchaser against the whole of a registered title or pending first registration application.
Request details about a vehicle's registered keeper: bulk data, anonymised data, mileage data requests, other information requests
Tell DVLA if your vehicle has been damaged, written off and then scrapped by your insurance company
Check a vehicle's details, tax and SORN status and expiry dates on the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA) database - online and telephone enquiries
Find out what to do if you receive a fine or letter about a car or other vehicle you do not own
Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
Data and statistics about the number of licensed vehicles, new vehicle registrations and roadworthiness testing (including MOTs).
How to account for VAT on vehicles and fuel you use for your business.
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