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Number plates, vehicle registration and log books

Registration and log books

  • Get a vehicle log book (V5C)
  • Change your address or name on your vehicle log book (V5C)
  • Change vehicle details on a V5C registration certificate (log book)
  • Tell DVLA you’ve changed address
  • Tell DVLA you've sold, transferred or bought a vehicle
  • Request information about a vehicle’s registered keeper from DVLA

Tell DVLA a driver has died

  • Telling DVLA after someone dies

Take your car off the road (SORN) and stop paying tax

  • 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

Number plates

  • Displaying number plates
  • Private (personalised) number plates
  • Buy a personalised registration number
  • Find your nearest number plate supplier
  • Put a private registration number on a vehicle
  • Take a private registration number off a vehicle

Trade registration and plates

  • Vehicle registration schemes for the motor trade
  • Trade licence plates

Driving and transport

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