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Definitions and interpretations of the term DVLA Number Plates
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Make your own plate: The term "DVLA Number Plates" is a popular term to describe previously unissued registrations which are sold by the DVLA sale of Marks.
It is mis-leading as it could be argued that all number plates are governed by the DVLA not just private number plates, however it is useful in as much as it defines where that registration number came from i.e. it was not removed from a vehicle at some point in the vehicles life.
Car registrations which have been previously issued to vehicles during the normal vehicle registration process which are subsequently transferred to a newer vehicle because of their attractiveness tend to be called Cherished Number Plates or Private Number Plates or similar.
DVLA number plates can be acquired by several means.:-
By conventional auctions held several times per year at different venues for those who wish to bid in person, however bids can also be made by post telephone or by a live online bidding system.
From the DVLA's own website which has on-line ordering facilities, the old telesales facility has now been discontinued.
By bidding in on-line timed auctions held a few times during the year. These are not the same as the traditional DVLA auction and feature a thousand selected registration numbers which have either been requested by members of the public or cherished number dealers and also cherry picked numbers which are expected to generate interest amongst bidders.
A novel feature of these timed auctions is that each registration has a notional finishing date and time, however when a number attracts bidding the end time can slide. This prevents "sniping" software being used which bids in the last few seconds and discourages people " hovering" and manually bidding right at the end of the auction.
DVLA number plates are always supplied on a V750 certificate of entitlement which has the purchasers name and optionally the name of a nominee, it costs nothing to add a nominee at the time of purchase abd is a worthwhile thing to do as after purchase there is a charge of 25 pounds to add or change the nominee.
The registration number supplied on the V750 can be assigned to a vehicle registered in the name of either the purchaser or nominee printed on the V750 with no further charge as the 80 pounds transfer fee is paid at the time of purchase.
The V750 certificate lasts for one year after purchase, if the number has not been assigned to a car or other vehicle in this time the certificate must be renewed at a cost of 25 pounds per annum. It is now possible to renew the certificate for more than one year at a time.
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