What happens to number plates (when the car is scrapped)

What happens to number plates (when the car is scrapped)

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CTML

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158 months

Saturday 8th June 2013
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What happens to a car's number plate once the car has been scrapped, is it forever taken off a list (I assume there is a list of all the number plates currently in use) by DVLA or will it go back into circulation as a private 'vanity' registration?

I ask because I would love to track down the number plate of a car I owned in the nineties (L-plate) for nostalgia sake, and although I know the car itself has inevitably been scrapped, is it possible that the plate is still in use/could still be used if I filled out some forms with DVLA?

CTML

Original Poster:

15 posts

158 months

Saturday 8th June 2013
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Thanks for the info guys, looks like a lost cause...