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If you’re registering a vehicle yourself or buying a brand new vehicle from a dealer, and want to transfer or assign your personalised registration at the same time, you’ll need to produce documentation confirming both your name and address details
Name and address checks are required on all V55/4 and V55/5 applications that are associated with:
This includes vehicles from Northern Ireland which are registered using forms V55/4 and V55/5.
Name and address checks don’t apply where the transfer or assignment application is supported by a registration certificate (V5C).
Motor dealers
Motor dealers who hold a full trade plate licence will carry out name and address checks and provide details of these the transfer or assignment application when registering the vehicle.
Motor dealers who don’t hold a full trade plate licence will include the relevant documents confirming your name and address with the transfer or assignment application and the other documents required to tax and register the vehicle. In all cases, the documents confirming your name and address details will be returned directly to you.
Applications that don’t include the relevant documents will not be processed and will be rejected back to you by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) local office.
You must provide, along with your application, either your DVLA photocard driving licence or one original document from each of the lists below. Copies are unacceptable.
Documentation confirming your name
Documentation confirming your address
Applicants will have to provide two documents from the following list, one of which must show the current address:
The only evidence acceptable on its own will be a trade plate licence issued by DVLA (or trade licence number).
You can send the completed transfer or assignment application and V55/4 or V55/5 application form to your DVLA local office. Make sure you include your document/s confirming your name and address, documents required to tax and register your vehicle ie insurance certificate, MOT certificate and appropriate payment for the vehicle tax disc.
In most cases your documentation will be returned with your vehicle tax disc. If you would like DVLA to return your documents by special delivery, please provide a prepaid name and address, self-addressed, special-delivery envelope. DVLA can’t guarantee to return your documents by a specific date or event (for example, a holiday).
Unless you contact DVLA within three months of the date you sent your application, DVLA won’t be able to carry out the necessary follow-up investigation both at DVLA local office and with royal mail. DVLA won’t be liable to any claim after the three-month period.