Welcome to our most popular general questions on private number plates.
It is very likely that any queries you have will be answered here so please take some time to 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.
- What are the different styles of registration numbers available?
- What payment methods do you accept?
- What documents do I need to transfer a new registration mark?
- When can I attach the new number plates to my vehicle?
- 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?
- Can I put any number plate on my car? (Are there any restrictions?)
- If my vehicle already has a cherished registration number, can I transfer both marks simultaneously?
- Can I transfer my cherished number plate if I change my vehicle?
- I am buying a new, unregistered vehicle. Can I transfer a personal plate straight to it?
- If my vehicle is stolen and not recovered, what happens to my personal registration?
- If my vehicle is “written off”, what happens to my personalised registration?
- If my vehicle is scrapped, what happens to my private registration?
- 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?
- Do my insurers need to know about my new personalised number 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 if I need to tax or re-MOT my vehicle during the transfer of my personalised plate?
- My certificate has expired. What should I do now?
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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