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.
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- 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 put any number plate on my car? (Are there any restrictions?)
The law is straightforward with number plate assignments / transfers. You may not assign a registration mark associated with a year that comes after the year of registration of your vehicle. In other words, you cannot make your vehicle appear younger that its true age.
The age of your vehicle is the ‘first registered’ date as stated on the vehicle's V5 registration document and is not necessarily indicated by its number plate. Keep in mind that your vehicle may already be displaying a personalised number plate since the time it was purchased.
With the exception of the dateless range, this rule applies to all styles of registration marks. For example, you cannot assign R12 ABC (1997) to an N registered (1995) vehicle. However, you could assign N12 ABC to an R registered vehicle.
Similarly, you cannot assign B4 ABC (1984) to vehicle that was originally registered with ABC 4X (1981) but you can assign X12 ABC (September 2000) to AB04 CDE (March 2004). Dateless number plates, for example 12 AB and 2 CD can be assigned to a vehicle of any age, since they have no year identifier.
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