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Offline mellow yellow

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DVLA private reg help?
« on: 17 May 2011, 15:09 »
years and years ago i sold my car with the private reg on and had a signed agreement with the buyer to transfer the reg to me, he had his own private number to go on so this worked out for both of us.

The only way he could do it was to put me as a nominee on my number when he swapped them over, this was all done and i got a form through and all was well.

Now this was a few years back and due to me not wanting my plate on sheddy cars that i had in between then and my golf i never got it onto a vehicle, i cannot find any documents for the plate, moved house etc etc and things have got lost.

I've tried to contact dvla and finally got to talk to a human, and was promptly told they cannot talk to me about it as i'm not the certificate holder.

does anybody know where i will stand with the reg plate? i've e-mailed the guy who i sold the car to but i'm not holding my breath for him to be helpful, in all fairness its not his problem and my fault for not addressing this earlier.

thing is the reg was a 21st present from my family and i would like it back on my car.

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Re: DVLA private reg help?
« Reply #1 on: 17 May 2011, 15:28 »
if it hasnt  been kept on retention it could have been resold to someone else.

my folks let one lapse, and thankfully no one had bought it but it took them many letters etc to get it back

good luck,

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Re: DVLA private reg help?
« Reply #2 on: 17 May 2011, 15:36 »
i've checked on ask mid and its not on a vehicle at the moment.

i cant think anyone else would want it, its particular to my surname which is not very common at all, so touch wood  :undecided:

on the plus side i've had an e-mail from the dude who bought my car, he's not heard anything since the original docs where sent but he's gonna call the dvla  :cool:


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Re: DVLA private reg help?
« Reply #3 on: 17 May 2011, 16:14 »
thats lucky then, hope it works out  :smiley:

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Re: DVLA private reg help?
« Reply #4 on: 17 May 2011, 19:08 »
if u not been paying your rentention every year of what wont it be gone

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Re: DVLA private reg help?
« Reply #5 on: 17 May 2011, 19:21 »
if u not been paying your rentention every year of what wont it be gone

no,it effiectevely goes back onto the market.

if the owner reapplies and pays the fee £45 i think , then it can be put back onto certificate  :smiley:

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Re: DVLA private reg help?
« Reply #6 on: 17 May 2011, 19:23 »
Go to one of the Cherished registration websites, and enter your number, see what comes up, worst comes to worst, you may be able to re buy it...

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Re: DVLA private reg help?
« Reply #7 on: 17 May 2011, 20:43 »
been on a few and i can't find it for sale, hopefully its just a case of paying the back fees and slapping it on my car but probably a lot more to it than that.

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Re: DVLA private reg help?
« Reply #8 on: 27 May 2011, 10:09 »
i've not heard anything back from the guy yet :sad:

but i have been shopping for a new plate  :smiley:

R33 MVW ??????

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Re: DVLA private reg help?
« Reply #9 on: 26 July 2011, 09:00 »
GOOD NEWS!

the docs are on their way back to me, signed and ready to transfer the reg back onto my car  :laugh: to say i'm chuffed is an understatement.

just need to get the plates made up now...

a quick query, is it illegal to have the plates shortened width ways if i keep to legal font, sizing and spacing?  so instead of [  A10 XTB  ]    it will be   [A10 XTB]