this may be a dumb question but here goes,

i'm in middle of selling my car, but i have a personal reg i wish to obviously keep.

so do i have to stick the plate on rentention asap?

if so how long would it take for the v5 to return in the new reg?


OR


can i sell the car on my plate then do the rentention part at the same time as i send of the new owner part?

 

Local DVLA office (one near to me) turns the V5 registration documents around in about two/three weeks (very efficient office).

Put you plate on retention and send off the V5 + MOT certificates (best to use "Special Delivery").

Your replacement V5 and MOT certificate with the new number will be sent to you.

It is quite straightforward - don't worry about loosing your private registration number.

Richard

 

thanks, so i cant really sell my car till the v5 returns?

 

Dont sell your car with the private reg still on it mate unless you have a very trusting buyer. The plate actually becomes his property after the sale of the car. My friend was unfortunately a victim of such a sale and the DVLA have confirmed he has no legal recourse to get it back.

I was lucky to have my new car which the plate was going on to so it was a straight forward and immediate transfer. Best getting it on retention straight away and you'll probably get the original registration mark that the car was issued with.

 

cheers for the info, will head on down to dvla office tomorrow.

think ive still got the old plates somewhere