Removing a cherished plate

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Having not done this before I'm struggling to find clear guidance on it

I have a cherished plate on my car and the car will be traded in in a couple of months time , I would like to keep the plate so that I could potentially transfer it to another car either now or in the summer.

The car its currently on is less than 3 years old so not mot'd if that makes a difference

How do the new tax laws come into it ?

[liner33]

The car has only ever had this plate , we assigned it from new , does that make a difference ?

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cheers guys

[liner33]

I thought I would update this

One of the cars required taxing before I could start the process and also was due its mot on 1/3/15 so I had to get all that done before I could send it off and then my wife who was a registered keeper went off on business so was a bit delayed

So last Monday 23/2/15 I sent all the paperwork off recorded delivery , this morning 4/3/15 I got back two new logbooks with it all sorted , didnt however get my MOT certificate back so hoping that will arrive in time

Pretty impressed with that really , no big deal if the certificate doesn't turn up as I will re-mot the car in about August so I dont need to battle the snow again

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S5V8 said:

Yes it will comeback separately but not sure what you meant about "hoping it will arrive in time"?

you don't need an mot anymore really either as that is online so the paper copy is just a nice to have. Totally legal without having a copy as all the info can be found online hence why its now just printed on A4 plain paper.

Yeah I know but buyers like them , a nice history of previous mot's is important to some , especially on less run-of-the-mill stuff