Tell DVLA you've sold, transferred or bought a vehicle

Tell DVLA when you no longer own a vehicle, or you buy a vehicle as either a registered keeper or motor trader.

This page is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Use this service to:

  • change the registered keeper of a vehicle
  • send a log book to the new keeper 

After you tell DVLA, your vehicle tax will be cancelled. You’ll get a refund for any full months of remaining vehicle tax.

If you do not have a log book

You must write to DVLA with:

  • your name and address
  • the vehicle registration number
  • the make and model
  • the exact date of sale
  • the name and address of the new keeper or motor trader

DVLA   
Swansea  
SA99 1BA

Before you start

You cannot use this service if you’ve already sent your log book (V5C) by post.

This service is available from 7am to 7pm.

You must tax a vehicle you’ve bought before you drive it, or declare it off the road (a SORN). The tax is not transferred to you when you buy the vehicle.

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