When you need to make a SORN
Exceptions for motor traders
You do not need to make a SORN on a vehicle if you’re a motor trader or vehicle tester and all the following apply:
- it’s only temporarily in your possession (until you sell it)
- it’s being kept at your business premises
- the registered keeper has notified DVLA that the vehicle has been sold or transferred to you
You count as a motor trader if you’re a:
- motor dealer
- motor auctioneer
- vehicle dismantler
- vehicle insurer looking after a vehicle while a claim is being settled
- finance company licensed to temporarily hold a vehicle following an order for repossession