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Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe
Tell DVLA if your vehicle has been damaged, written off and then scrapped by your insurance company
Types of vehicle that are free to tax (exempt), including vehicles used by disabled people, mobility scooters, and historic vehicles
You can change the photo on your driving licence online at any time by renewing your licence - cost, how to pay and apply, applying by post.
Updating your V5C registration certificate (log book) if you make changes to your vehicle.
What to do when selling a vehicle: your vehicle log book (V5C), submitting the right information to DVLA, private (personalised) registration numbers.
Reapply for a short-term medical driving licence issued for 1, 2, 3 or 5 years because of a medical condition
Buy a private (personalised) number plate, assign it or transfer it to a vehicle - renew or update your entitlement certificate.
The eyesight rules to pass your driving test and for whenever you're driving.
Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief
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.
When you can be banned from driving, check when your driving ban ends, reduce your disqualification period, disqualified until you've passed your test, drink-driving offences
Learn to drive a car in the UK - get a provisional licence, take driving lessons, prepare for your theory test, book your practical test
Check fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and vehicle tax bands by make model and registration
How and when to make a SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) to stop taxing and insuring your vehicle, including when the SORN is valid, penalties and rules for motor traders.
Reapply for a driving licence if your licence was taken away (revoked) or if you surrendered your licence following a medical condition
Find out how to exchange your non-GB driving licence for a British licence
How to reapply for your driving licence, full or provisional, if you've been disqualified for drink driving or other offences.
Application form to keep a vehicle registration number (personalised number plate) and put it on another vehicle.
Vehicle tax exemptions and MOT exemptions for vehicles built or first registered before 1986.
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