abtin90 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Need some help in relation to selling my car. I currently have a private plate on my car that I plan on keeping. My question is how do I go about this? I know I can put it on retention but can I do this after the car has sold, and if not how long does it take to transfer the plate off the car. I want to avoid removing it until the car sells as I would want to keep the car if I don't get the asking price. Any advice is appreciated. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgyRog Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 You can't do it after sale to my knowledge You have to put it on retention and they allocate a new number for the car, it takes about a week for you to receive the document so you can go and get new plates made The new owner needs tohe new plates to be able to drive it away You could ask the buyer to do this after sale, but that could be risky if they can't be arsed once they have the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch79 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 You can't do it after sale to my knowledge You have to put it on retention and they allocate a new number for the car, it takes about a week for you to receive the document so you can go and get new plates made The new owner needs tohe new plates to be able to drive it away You could ask the buyer to do this after sale, but that could be risky if they can't be arsed once they have the car The man is correct. If it's sold before you apply for new plates, once new owner has signed the V5 (with the private reg on) it's as good a his. If you can find a local DVLA office, few n far between now, it's quicker to walk in and do it over the counter, they'll give you so documents to enable you to get plates made that day, think they still take the V5 off you though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitbox Junkie Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 don't think you can do it after you have sold the car, guy at work had to put the plate on retention first and put the car back on its original plates. as if he sold it with the old plates. as the buyer would not of been able to insure the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formatzero Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Was faced with this last week when looking at a car,guy wanted to change number after I bought the car.My worry was if I insured the car on the private plate I would then have extra costs to change the reg on my insurance when new reg was allocated.I also wondered what happens about m.o.t if it had new plate issued ! Didn't buy the car as it wasn,t as described anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 An MOT can (or definitely *COULD*) be issued against a VIN number and not a registration number. I sold a truck once to a guy who promised on everything holy he would work with me to transfer my late mother's (and sentimentally valuable) private plate off the truck and onto a car of mine. He welched, but like an elephant I do not forget... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 You can do this once the car is sold, using a V317 Document from the DVLA website (https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/409911/V317_211114.pdf), I did so last week. But, I would say you need a good understanding between you and the new owner to ensure he will be 'cooperative ' with the paper work after the sale. If in any doubt do so before sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra2jze Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I'm a number plate dealer & we suffered when it was announced that all the DVLA offices will be shutting down. Nevertheless, in the last month or so DVLA have launched an online website! https://www.gov.uk/keep-registration-number. The process has now become so much easier..., rather than having to send numerous docs off to DVLA SWANSEA, you can retain/transfer a plate across within a few minutes via the Directgov site online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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