procedure for moving private plate from retention to car

[gentlegiant]

Hi,

First post, so please go gentle

I have a private number on a retention document and am a bit confused as to the steps I need to do to put it on my car.

The document refers to the tax disc which is no more. So is this automatically changed by DVLA?

Can some kind person take an idiot through it step by step. I believe it takes about a month.

Many thanks!

[B'stard Child]

gentlegiant said:

Hi,

First post, so please go gentle

I have a private number on a retention document and am a bit confused as to the steps I need to do to put it on my car.

The document refers to the tax disc which is no more. So is this automatically changed by DVLA?

Can some kind person take an idiot through it step by step. I believe it takes about a month.

Many thanks!

Is google broken?

[gentlegiant]

Thanks for the nice reply

For your small brain, I did search google and the references all related to the old system with sending in your tex disk.

Even the official DVLA site seems to ignore the tax question.

[B'stard Child]

gentlegiant said:

Thanks for the nice reply

My pleasure.....

gentlegiant said:

For your small brain, I did search google and the references all related to the old system with sending in your tex disk.

Even the official DVLA site seems to ignore the tax question.

Because it is a non issue - there is no tax disc to change or update - if the car is currently taxed it remains taxed. Even under the old system You didn't have to send in the tax disc, DVLA sent a new one out with the changed documentation and you were asked to destroy the old one.

https://www.gov.uk/personalised-vehicle-registrati...

So you need

1. Reg doc in your name
2. Cert of entitlement to plate you want to assign (in your name)
3. MOT if applicable
4. Form V62

Fill the form in and send it to DVLA

[gentlegiant]

Okay - thanks

[B'stard Child]

gentlegiant said:

Okay - thanks

The link provided was the first hit in google and my small brain couldn't see any confusing references to VED???

Have fun with it and when you get the certificate back to get the plates made up - I'm pretty sure that the change has gone thro - Reg doc takes a little longer to turn up

[DonkeyApple]

gentlegiant said:

Thanks for the nice reply

For your small brain, I did search google and the references all related to the old system with sending in your tex disk.

Even the official DVLA site seems to ignore the tax question.

Don't worry. You're not alone. I spent a couple of hours looking into it the other month. All I established was that my Post Office was of no use. The local DVLA centre appears to have closed and the DVLA website didn't tell you what you needed to do re the VED.

I didn't bother in the end MD stuck the plate up for sale.

[400SE Dave]

B'stard Child said:

So you need

1. Reg doc in your name
2. Cert of entitlement to plate you want to assign (in your name)
3. MOT if applicable
4. Form V62

Fill the form in and send it to DVLA

Pretty much this although I didn;t need to fill in any V62.

I assume the Retention Doc is already in your name so just sign it and fill in the current reg number of the car it is going on and then send with your Reg Doc and MOT if needed.

Did mine the start of last week and the new Reg Doc arrived back yesterday so approx 10 days all in.

[gentlegiant]

Thank you