Advice re transferring registration off a SORN'd vehicle
Discussion
Our car broke down irreparably I SORNd it 25th March 2014. Kept meaning to sort out the number plate but, without the boring details, it's been a demanding year & I forgot. I realised today the SORN will go over the 12 months on Wednesday (had it in my head I had until April 30th as that's when the tax & MOT ran out).
IF we still had a DVLA office at Exeter it wouldn't be a problem as I'd take the paperwork there, they'd stamp it as received (thus putting a time on the start of the processing) and, as they would have received it within the 1st 12 months of SORN, I'd have been able to transfer/retain our number plate by the skin of my teeth.
BUT I can no longer do that & when I rang the DVLA today the unhelpful chap I spoke to said if I post it obviously it won't get there 'til Wednesday (March 25th) & there's no saying when they'll start processing it. I asked if I could take it personally to the DVLA Swansea tomorrow (from south Devon) to get it there JUST within the 12 months but he said they only have a Reception desk there, it would still be handed to the Mail Room & there's nothing to say they would start processing it tomorrow.
He said my 2 options are to MOT & tax the car (NOT an option) OR write a covering letter to send with the form and hope they take pity on me as I'll only be a day or so overdue.
Since that conversation I realised I only SORNd the car from 25/03/15 as I transferred the insurance onto another vehicle (cos the law now says if you have a car taxed & MOT'd you HAVE to have insurance, even if you take it off the road), HOWEVER I did NOT cash in the tax. The vehicle was taxed and MOTd 'til April 30th 2015.
The guidelines I read on the DVLA website seem to assume that a SORNd car isn't taxed but mine was. Does anyone know if this will make a difference to my application? Am I better going for a retention or transfer? Is there anything to be gained from me going up to Swansea 1st thing tomorrow morning?
Help, please, anyone??? My husband is NOT happy with me
IF we still had a DVLA office at Exeter it wouldn't be a problem as I'd take the paperwork there, they'd stamp it as received (thus putting a time on the start of the processing) and, as they would have received it within the 1st 12 months of SORN, I'd have been able to transfer/retain our number plate by the skin of my teeth.
BUT I can no longer do that & when I rang the DVLA today the unhelpful chap I spoke to said if I post it obviously it won't get there 'til Wednesday (March 25th) & there's no saying when they'll start processing it. I asked if I could take it personally to the DVLA Swansea tomorrow (from south Devon) to get it there JUST within the 12 months but he said they only have a Reception desk there, it would still be handed to the Mail Room & there's nothing to say they would start processing it tomorrow.
He said my 2 options are to MOT & tax the car (NOT an option) OR write a covering letter to send with the form and hope they take pity on me as I'll only be a day or so overdue.
Since that conversation I realised I only SORNd the car from 25/03/15 as I transferred the insurance onto another vehicle (cos the law now says if you have a car taxed & MOT'd you HAVE to have insurance, even if you take it off the road), HOWEVER I did NOT cash in the tax. The vehicle was taxed and MOTd 'til April 30th 2015.
The guidelines I read on the DVLA website seem to assume that a SORNd car isn't taxed but mine was. Does anyone know if this will make a difference to my application? Am I better going for a retention or transfer? Is there anything to be gained from me going up to Swansea 1st thing tomorrow morning?
Help, please, anyone??? My husband is NOT happy with me
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