Buy, sell or scrap a vehicle

Buy or sell a vehicle

• Tell DVLA you've sold, transferred or bought a vehicle
• Get a vehicle log book (V5C)
• Check you’re not buying a stolen vehicle

Number plates

• Private (personalised) number plates
• Take a private registration number off a vehicle
• Put a private registration number on a vehicle

Written off vehicles

• Tell DVLA your vehicle has been written off

Scrap a vehicle

• Scrapping your vehicle and insurance write-offs
• Find a vehicle scrapyard

Cancel vehicle tax and take your vehicle off the road

• When you need to make a SORN
• Register your vehicle as off the road (SORN)
• Cancel your vehicle tax and get a refund
• Scrapping your vehicle and insurance write-offs

Driving and transport

• Driving licences

• Vehicle tax, MOT and insurance

• Driving tests and learning to drive or ride

• Number plates, vehicle registration and log books

• Buy, sell or scrap a vehicle

• Driving with medical conditions, Blue Badges and public transport if you're disabled

• The Highway Code, road safety and vehicle rules

• Vehicle and driver data and information

• Penalty points, fines and driving bans

• Driving in the UK and abroad

• Lorry, bus and coach drivers

• Transport and driving businesses

• Teaching people to drive

• Driving and enforcing the law

• Parking, public transport and the environment

• Manufacture or adapt a vehicle

All categories

• Benefits
• Births, deaths, marriages and care
• Business and self-employed
• Childcare and parenting
• Citizenship and living in the UK
• Crime, justice and the law
• Disabled people
• Driving and transport
• Education and learning
• Employing people
• Environment and countryside
• Housing and local services
• Money and tax
• Passports, travel and living abroad
• Visas and immigration
• Working, jobs and pensions