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An online service for viewing test histories and roadside check reports for your commercial vehicles and checking your Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS)
Apply for an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test for cars, goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and trailers on the technical application submission (TAS) service
Check the tariff classification of multifunctional display-monitors for vehicles.
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
Find out about more information for the use of pooled cars or vans.
Rules about the labels that tyres must display to give information about fuel efficiency, wet grip and noise classification.
Guidance for manufacturers and importers.
Check the MOT history of a vehicle from 2005 onwards, including if it passed or failed, its mileage and why it failed, download MOT test certificate
You must make sure your car, motorcycle or other vehicle is safe to drive (‘roadworthy’) all year round.
What to do when selling a vehicle: your vehicle log book (V5C), submitting the right information to DVLA, private (personalised) registration numbers.
You can use the V267 if you’re registering a new vehicle, including new imports for the first time in the UK.
Guidance on the required standards for vehicle safety, construction and use.
Find out what records and invoices you need to keep as part of the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme.
Type approval, individual (IVA), motorcycle single vehicle approval, voluntary approval, certificate of initial fitness, accessibility approval, fees, forms, replacement certificates
Guides about keeping commercial vehicles safe to drive, including heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), vans, buses, coaches and other public service vehicles.
Anonymously report an untaxed vehicle that you’ve seen.
Check heavy goods vehicle (HGV) and public service vehicle (PSV) operator applications and decisions
Tell the police and your insurance company if your vehicle has been stolen straight away - telling DVLA, vehicle tax refunds and personalised registration numbers
Vehicle tax exemptions and MOT exemptions for vehicles built or first registered before 1984.
VAT for motor dealers and members of the motor trade - work out what VAT to charge when you sell a vehicle.
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