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Tuesday, 2 October 2023

Buying and selling a vehicle - including registering, buying, selling and importing a vehicle as well as personalised registrations

Owning a vehicle - including how to tax or SORN your vehicle, keeping your vehicle, changes to your vehicle and personal details

Before you try contacting the DVLA you may find the answer to your question online.

Below are three common questions and answers you may find useful.

1. I need to find out how to tax my vehicle.

2. I need to find out what to do if I am not taxing my vehicle.

3. I am chasing up an application that I have made.

Contact point	DVLA - Vehicle Registration and Tax Enquiries
Address	Vehicle Customer Services (VCS) DVLA SA99 1AR
Phone number	Customer enquiries vehicles 0300 790 6802
Text phone	Textphone for the deaf and hard of hearing textphone users 0300 123 1279
Fax	0300 123 0798
Email DVLA	www.direct.gov.uk/emaildvla
Opening Hours	Driver and Vehicle General lines Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 7.00 pm; Saturday 8.00 am to 2.00 pm
Opening hours	Electronic and Driver licensing online Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 8.30 pm; Saturday 8.00 am to 5.30 pm