Change of Reg No.

[DK1083]

When I bought my van last August it came with a personalised registration number.
The number means nothing to me and I have had it advertised for sale with a reg. no. website with no joy.
Questions:
1) Does anyone know the procedure just to change the reg. no.
2) If I can change it what happens to the personal number? Could I still try to sell the it or would that number be lost to DVLA?

 

[Guigsy]

You can request that the cherished plate be taken off the vehicle. It'll either revert to it's original plate, or I think they assign a random one from the pot.

You get a certificate for the cherished plate. You can flog it on.

 

[BikerGraham]

When I bought my van last August it came with a personalised registration number.
The number means nothing to me and I have had it advertised for sale with a reg. no. website with no joy.
Questions:
1) Does anyone know the procedure just to change the reg. no.
2) If I can change it what happens to the personal number? Could I still try to sell the it or would that number be lost to DVLA?

You go online with dvla and remove the plate. Putting it on retention (lasts 10 years). Costs about £80

A replacement number is automatically assigned to it which is often the original registration it had. You then get new plates made up and inform your insurance company.

Paperwork and V5 often arrives in a week.

You can sell the cherished (private) late if you wish. The ownership is transferred over on the retention document.

 

[DK1083]

Thank you!!

 

[nicholsong]

You go online with dvla and remove the plate. Putting it on retention (lasts 10 years). Costs about £80

A replacement number is automatically assigned to it which is often the original registration it had. You then get new plates made up and inform your insurance company.

Paperwork and V5 often arrives in a week.

You can sell the cherished (private) late if you wish. The ownership is transferred over on the retention document.

My case would be slightly different. It was UK registered, but now Polish registered.

If I go back to UK would I be sure to get back old number? I still have old plates. I assume that now the dates change every 6 months they cannot reallocate the numbers to a vehicle of a different first registration date. Ours was 03

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[BikerGraham]

My case would be slightly different. It was UK registered, but now Polish registered.

If I go back to UK would I be sure to get back old number? I still have old plates. I assume that now the dates change every 6 months they cannot reallocate the numbers to a vehicle of a different first registration date. Ours was 03

well you never know if it had at one point been registered in the UK. Only one way to find out

 

[JRT]

I've transferred a cherished number between four cars now.

Each and every time I transferred the number or put it on retention the DVLA re assigned each vehicles original number back onto it. Hence it's always worth keeping the original plates to save buying new ones.

 

[Emmit]

My case would be slightly different. It was UK registered, but now Polish registered.

If I go back to UK would I be sure to get back old number? I still have old plates. I assume that now the dates change every 6 months they cannot reallocate the numbers to a vehicle of a different first registration date. Ours was 03

DVLA will not issue a Registration that post dates the original.

In other words, if your van was ORIGINALLY an 03, that is what you will get back. You will NOT get 53, 04 etc.
Edit: It is highly likely that you will get the original No. back.

 

[Guigsy]

I brought a new car and had it registered with my private plate. When I sold the car, I recovered my plate. A random plate of the appropriate year was assigned to the car.

 

[Odd-no-more]

I brought a new car and had it registered with my private plate. When I sold the car, I recovered my plate. A random plate of the appropriate year was assigned to the car.

we did that too, £80 a time it's a nice little earner for HM gov

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[gus-lopez]

Each and every time I transferred the number or put it on retention the DVLA re assigned each vehicles original number back onto it.

always handy when the windows had been etched with the original registration number.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

Transferred my plates dozen’s of times and always end up with original reg numbers.
A lot easier now it’s all done online

 

[nicholsong]

Transferred my plates dozen’s of times and always end up with original reg numbers.
A lot easier now it’s all done online

Are you saying that bringing a vehicle back into UK and re-registering can be done online, after one has MOT presumably.

Any customs requirements?

 

[Emmit]

Because your van would presumably have a Polish plate, I would assume that you would apply online and there would be a pause when the vehicle would be inspected prior to the issue of your 'new plates.
I couldn't comment on an aspect of customs or VAT implications regarding the importation although I understand, with it having been in your possession for some time and that that may make a difference.

 

[bobnick]

If you want to keep the personalised plate to sell on you apply for a Retention Certificate, last one i did was £80.
The van will revert to it's origonal plate.
Remember to notify your insurance.

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[Brize]

If the vehicle was originally registered with a 'normal' number reflecting the date of registration, this will be reallocated to the vehicle when you put the personal registration on retention.

If the vehicle was first registered with a private plate, DVLA now allocate a Swansea number to it that reflects the date of first registration (CW, CY etc). When the local DVLA offices existed the reallocation for a private plate first registration was with the local prefix - i.e. for Truro, a W, for Manchester an M, but with DVLA centralisation this has gone and you get a C registration.

 

[nicholsong]

Because your van would presumably have a Polish plate, I would assume that you would apply online and there would be a pause when the vehicle would be inspected prior to the issue of your 'new plates.
I couldn't comment on an aspect of customs or VAT implications regarding the importation although I understand, with it having been in your possession for some time and that that may make a difference.

It was registered in UK from 2003 until 2021 so if I took it back in next couple of years I think I should be OK with both DVLA and Customs.

 

[The Wino]

Just a thought if you've had the plate advertised for sale is it a really desirable number? A lot of them seem to me to need a vivid imagination and your eyes half screwed up to mean anything!

 

[Lenny HB]

I took my personal plate off a couple of weeks ago, it was registered with it so no previous plate.

Applied online on Monday, got a new number, ordered plates from Amazon, plates arrived on Tuesday and new V5 on Wednesday.

 

[DK1083]

Just a thought if you've had the plate advertised for sale is it a really desirable number? A lot of them seem to me to need a vivid imagination and your eyes half screwed up to mean anything!

A previous owner put the number on. The first two letters were his initials and the last 3 reflected his surname so it’s only of interest to a narrow audience!

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[The Wino]

A previous owner put the number on. The first two letters were his initials and the last 3 reflected his surname so it’s only of interest to a narrow audience!

I think I'd ask if one of the no. plate sellers wants to buy it. I know if it was me I'd probably end up paying to have it on retention and never get around to selling it

 

[Emmit]

It was registered in UK from 2003 until 2021 so if I took it back in next couple of years I think I should be OK with both DVLA and Customs.

I don't see DVLA being any problem whatsoever, although they may want it examining by whoever VOSA (or equivalent) are.
I have no experience of import/export of a vehicle.

 

[Oldrat]

NB You will have to re-apply for a new Umwelt(?) and Critair stickers if applicable.

 

[Emmit]

I think I'd ask if one of the no. plate sellers wants to buy it. I know if it was me I'd probably end up paying to have it on retention and never get around to selling it

I bought my No. just before I retired from 'The Job' t cost me £500 (X999 SGT)

A year or so later I rang one of those Co. s up, just to see what the price was and they immediately offered me the same.

I've told the kids not to part with it for less than four figs.

 

[Brize]

I bought my No. just before I retired from 'The Job' t cost me £500 (X999 SGT)

I've told the kids not to part with it for less than four figs.

What a brilliant plate for an ex-Sgt copper!

You should tell your kids to advertise it in a police families magazine or bulletin (they must have one). Would be snapped up by another retiree.

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[CAB96]

I took my personal plate off a couple of weeks ago, it was registered with it so no previous plate.

Applied online on Monday, got a new number, ordered plates from Amazon, plates arrived on Tuesday and new V5 on Wednesday.

Is it CW or CY as suggested above?

 

[nicholsong]

I don't see DVLA being any problem whatsoever, although they may want it examining by whoever VOSA (or equivalent) are.
I have no experience of import/export of a vehicle.

You have got me thinking a bit deeper now. If a DVSA (old VOSA) inspection is required then I would assume that since it had already been on the UK register that only an MOT would be required.

Then there is the question about whether the MOT station will conduct a test on a foreign registered vehicle, but on the other hand will DVLA re-register it without the MOT being in place? Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?

Anyone who has done this know the answer?

 

[gus-lopez]

Are you saying that bringing a vehicle back into UK and re-registering can be done online, after one has MOT presumably.

No it cannot . Application maybe but it would have to be inspected. Same as any second hand import.

Any customs requirements?

hmrc would have to sign off the vat requirements

DVLA now allocate a Swansea number

Great just want you want.registration in another country?

 

[nicholsong]

No it cannot . Application maybe but it would have to be inspected. Same as any second hand import.

hmrc would have to sign off the vat requirements

Great just want you want.registration in another country?

Richard

When you say inspected are you referring to a DVSA IVA, as would be needed for an original import? Would that apply to a 're-patriation' of a MH originally sold and registered in UK for 18 years?

As far as HMRC and VAT, why do they need to be involved? Lots of foreign vehicles enter the country. It would then be a matter of re-registration - it could have been on SORN. Do DVLA notify HMRC just because I had declared it to DVLA that I had exported it: I filled in the exporting bit but declared that I considered that it was not permanently exported.

I see another bureaucratic minefield on the horizon.

 

[mitzimad]

if you say what the plate is there may be someone here would want it

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