Welcome to our most popular questions section for buying a private plate.
It is very likely that any queries you have will be answered here, so please take some time have a read through.
Should you still have any queries please email us at contact@platemaster.com and we shall respond, if not within the hour, then by the same day.
- How long does it take to transfer a private plate?
- My V5 vehicle registration document (log book) states that the registration mark is non-transferrable. Can I still transfer a private number plate to my vehicle?
- What happens to the current registration mark when I transfer a new one to my vehicle?
- What payment methods do you accept?
- What happens if I need to tax or re-MOT my vehicle during the transfer of my personalised plate?
- My vehicle’s windows are etched. Does this guarantee the re-assignment of the current registration to my vehicle if I subsequently re-transfer my cherished plate?
- If my vehicle already has a cherished registration number, can I transfer both marks simultaneously?
- I am buying a new, unregistered vehicle. Can I transfer a personal plate straight to it?
- Do my insurers need to know about my new personalised number plate?
- What documents do I need to transfer a new registration mark?
- I would like to do the transfer myself after ordering my personal registration. What happens after I have placed my order?
- Can I put any number plate on my car? (Are there any restrictions?)
- Can I buy a registration as a gift and keep it until I am ready to present it?
- After purchasing a personalised registration, do I have to assign it to a vehicle immediately?
Can I buy a registration as a gift and keep it until I am ready to present it?
Yes. At the time of purchase the registration can be supplied on a certificate, with the name of the person the gift is for stated on it. It’s not even necessary to own a vehicle to purchase one and so no vehicle documents are necessary until the transfer.
A mark can be held on a certificate indefinitely. The DVLA charge a standard fee of £25 to renew the certificate annually. When the time comes to assign the registration to a vehicle, there will be no additional cost, as the assignment fee will have already been paid for.
This makes number plates ideal gifts for the future, for example, your daughter's 18th or your wife's 50th. Fathers' day and Valentine’s Day are also great occasions to surprise loved ones with personalised number plates. You could give someone the certificate and a pair of plastic plates all nicely wrapped up for the occasion.
If you wish to make your purchase a safe secret, you may request that the certificate to be delivered to an address other than your own, for example, a neighbour’s, a work address or a relative’s. Just let us know at the time of your purchase. Either way, we use plain envelopes so no one should suspect anything.
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