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Tell DVLA you've sold, transferred or bought a vehicle

Sold your vehicle into the motor trade

You need the 11 digit reference number from the latest vehicle log book (V5C).

  1. Give the log book to the buyer, including the green ‘new keeper’ slip.

  2. Tell DVLA you’ve sold the vehicle using this service.

  3. Destroy the yellow ‘sell, transfer or part-exchange your vehicle to the motor trade’ section from the log book.

Tell DVLA

You can take the registration number off the vehicle if you want to keep it. You must do this before you tell DVLA you sold your vehicle.

What happens next

Your vehicle tax will be cancelled by DVLA once you tell them you no longer own your vehicle.

You’ll be sent:

  • an email confirmation (if you gave your email address)
  • a letter confirming you’re no longer the keeper of the vehicle
  • a refund cheque for any full months left on your vehicle tax, calculated from the date DVLA gets your information - if you pay by Direct Debit, it’ll be cancelled automatically

Other ways to apply

If you have a log book you must get the motor trader to fill in the yellow ‘sell, transfer or part-exchange’ section. Send the perforated section to DVLA.

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If you do not have a log book

You must write to DVLA with:

  • your name and address
  • the vehicle registration number
  • the make and model
  • the exact date of sale
  • the name and address of the new keeper

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Your notification can be rejected if you do not give all the information. This will also affect any vehicle tax refund you’re owed.

Your answers

Start again

1. Are you a motor trader?
No
Change 1. Are you a motor trader?
2. What have you done with your vehicle?
Sold it
Change 2. What have you done with your vehicle?
3. Did you sell the vehicle privately, or to a motor trader?
Sold it to a motor trader
Change 3. Did you sell the vehicle privately, or to a motor trader?

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