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Application for a vehicle registration certificate, also known as a log book (V5C).
Get a replacement log book (V5C) if the original has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, or you have not received one for your new vehicle.
You need to get a log book (V5C) if the original has been lost, stolen,…
There are other ways to get a new log book (V5C) if: your name or address…
Renew or get vehicle tax if you do not have your reminder letter (V11), email or text message - renew online or at the Post Office with your V5C.
Find the right phone number, email or postal address to contact DVLA about driving licences, vehicle tax, medical enquiries and vehicle registration
Application form (V890) to register your vehicle as being off the road, also called a SORN.
Update your vehicle log book (V5C) and send it to DVLA to change your address.
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
Update your vehicle log book (V5C) and send it to DVLA to change your name.
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
Application form for vehicle tax (V10) and guidance on how to fill in the form.
Application form to keep a vehicle registration number (personalised number plate) and put it on another vehicle.
The latest updates on DVLA's services.
Change the amount of vehicle tax you pay when you change your vehicle's engine size, fuel type, or if it becomes exempt from vehicle tax.
Order application packs and forms from DVLA
What you need to tell DVLA and how to deal with vehicle tax if someone who was a driver has died
Register your vehicle as off the road - you will not need to pay vehicle tax until you put it on the road again
Lists the main taxation classes and eligible vehicles classed for tax purposes, according to their construction and use.
Set up, change or cancel your car tax Direct Debit, swap to another payment method, and what to do if you miss a Direct Debit payment
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