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Post by natedog on Sept 12, 2013 17:26:32 GMT 1
What's involved in getting a private plate taken off a car and selling it?
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Post by Welshy on Sept 12, 2013 19:40:47 GMT 1
What's involved in getting a private plate taken off a car and selling it? Take all your documentation to local DVLA office and ask for the number plate to be placed on retention and issue a new reg number for your car |
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Post by Noberator on Sept 12, 2013 20:52:20 GMT 1
What's involved in getting a private plate taken off a car and selling it? Take all your documentation to local DVLA office and ask for the number plate to be placed on retention and issue a new reg number for your car All very well if yours is still open as there are plans afoot to close all local offices.  www.gov.uk/government/news/dvla-local-office-closure-plan-announcedMore f*cking red tape and delays.   |
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Post by natedog on Sept 12, 2013 21:13:54 GMT 1
don't have a "local" dvla office. nearest one is 50 mile away  |
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Post by Welshy on Sept 12, 2013 21:28:46 GMT 1
don't have a "local" dvla office. nearest one is 50 mile away Unless main post offices are going to offer this service, looks like you've a 50 mile drive ahead of you |
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Post by natedog on Sept 12, 2013 21:52:45 GMT 1
nope, she has. the plate is on her car  |
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Post by oli on Sept 12, 2013 23:05:40 GMT 1
You need to fill in a V317 form and send it off with £80 and a valid MOT certificate. I'm sure I've done all mine just by post. You can transfer it or put it on retention. If you put it on retention though, you have to remember to pay £20 a year otherwise you might lose the plate.
They can ask to inspect the vehicle - which they did for one of my plates about 10 years ago (watching the chap put on a hard hat and high viz to open the bonnet and read the vin made me laugh - that said the gas struts were buggered so it was a wiser thing to do than he realised!)
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Post by oli on Sept 12, 2013 23:07:51 GMT 1
Oops, I forgot to add, whilst they can ask to inspect the vehicle it's very rare and none of my others were inspected.
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Post by Noberator on Sept 18, 2013 11:49:42 GMT 1
You need to fill in a V317 form and send it off with £80 and a valid MOT certificate. I'm sure I've done all mine just by post. You can transfer it or put it on retention. If you put it on retention though, you have to remember to pay £20 a year otherwise you might lose the plate. They can ask to inspect the vehicle - which they did for one of my plates about 10 years ago (watching the chap put on a hard hat and high viz to open the bonnet and read the vin made me laugh - that said the gas struts were buggered so it was a wiser thing to do than he realised!) V317 form is if your transferring a number plate from one vehicle to another. TransferV778 form is for retention. Retention |
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Post by oli on Sept 18, 2013 18:56:15 GMT 1
Thanks for the correction.
I thought I remembered it being the same form for both. When i last did one.
Sorry for the dodgy info!
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Post by spud on Oct 29, 2013 18:03:53 GMT 1
what documents do you need to take to the dvla office then ? need to put mine on retention due tho the vans imminent departure will they just put the plate it had before back on ? dont wanna shell out for new uns  |
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Post by Welshy on Oct 29, 2013 18:52:19 GMT 1
what documents do you need to take to the dvla office then ? need to put mine on retention due tho the vans imminent departure will they just put the plate it had before back on ? dont wanna shell out for new uns In my experience, the original plate is re-issued |
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Post by remmington on Oct 29, 2013 21:34:07 GMT 1
I have been in the motortrade 30 years, I do not know anything about private plates, never owned one, never had anything to do with transferring them!
Everybody I know has one!
Don't know how I have avoided the subject!
"more money than sense" comes to mind.
My mate who owns a garage who we do allot of work for, has a recovery truck with TOW 1N number plate.
To me it is a nice tilt and slide truck. I would not bother what the plate is...!
I would be more interested if it started up in the morning and did the job!
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Post by spud on Oct 30, 2013 20:42:44 GMT 1
"more money than sense" comes to mind. i bought mine when i was single and had money   |
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Post by Joepublic on Oct 30, 2013 21:17:39 GMT 1
"more money than sense" comes to mind. i bought mine when i was single and had money Ditto |
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