27-05-2020, 08:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 27-05-2020, 08:58 AM by Mike Costigan.)
I posted this in the other thread, but I'll re-post it here:
As far as I know, there is no easy facility to alter a registration number to non-transferable state. I managed it with one of my cars, but it was a risky strategy that I would not recommend as a secure way of doing things. What I did was I transferred another number to the car without securing the retention of the original number, then put the new number on retention and asked for the original number to be re-instated. It worked, and the original number was re-issued on a non-transferable basis; but this was some years ago when the local DVLA offices were around and I could talk to an official with some understanding and sympathy for the procedure. I'm not sure I would like to attempt the exercise today.
As others have said, if there has been a lapse in the records, and the original number can be proved to belong to the vehicle, then DVLA will re-issue the number on a non-transferable basis (my present Seven was off the road since 1961 and the registration documents had not been updated, but with the evidence of the original RF60 log-book the original number was re-issued in this manner). Similarly, if an age-related number is issued, then that too will normally be issued on a non-transferable basis (I say normally, because DVLA have been known to issue an age-related number without making it non-transferable, but I believe this is just down to a clerical error and not some elusive policy decision).
As far as I know, there is no easy facility to alter a registration number to non-transferable state. I managed it with one of my cars, but it was a risky strategy that I would not recommend as a secure way of doing things. What I did was I transferred another number to the car without securing the retention of the original number, then put the new number on retention and asked for the original number to be re-instated. It worked, and the original number was re-issued on a non-transferable basis; but this was some years ago when the local DVLA offices were around and I could talk to an official with some understanding and sympathy for the procedure. I'm not sure I would like to attempt the exercise today.
As others have said, if there has been a lapse in the records, and the original number can be proved to belong to the vehicle, then DVLA will re-issue the number on a non-transferable basis (my present Seven was off the road since 1961 and the registration documents had not been updated, but with the evidence of the original RF60 log-book the original number was re-issued in this manner). Similarly, if an age-related number is issued, then that too will normally be issued on a non-transferable basis (I say normally, because DVLA have been known to issue an age-related number without making it non-transferable, but I believe this is just down to a clerical error and not some elusive policy decision).