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Number Plate Jargon Explained


Number Plate Terms You May Need To Know

Donor = Vehicle "giving" the registration mark.

Recipient = Vehicle "recieving" the mark.

V317 = transfer form issued by DVLA

V778/1 = Application to place a mark on retention retention certificate

V778 = Actual retention certificate (green) Issued by DVLA to "hold" a reg mark. Valid for 1 year and can be renewed annually for £25.

V750 = Certificate of entitlement (Pink) "holds" marks which have never been on a vehicle before. Valid for 1 year and can be renewed annually for £25. Can only be assigned to a vehicle registered on DVLA computer.

V750 (NI) = Certificate of entitlement (white) can only be assigned to a vehicle registered in Northern Ireland, valid for 1 year, renewable annually for £25.

Transfer = Move a registration from one vehicle to another. (£80 DOT fee)

Assign = Move a registration number from a certificate to a vehicle (£80 DOT Fee already paid at the time of placing the mark on certificate).

Retain = Move registration number from a vehicle to a certificate (DOT fee £105)

DVLA = Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

DVLNI = Driver and Vehicle Licensing Northern Ireland (based in Coleraine)

LO = Local office of the Department of Transport (centralised telephone number - 0870 8500007)

Grantee = Name which appears at the top of a retention certificate and is the same as the keeper of the vehicle that the mark came off. Only the grantee is entitled to sign the certificate. At present, the DVLA will not change the grantee but will allow a change of address.

Nominee = The grantee is able to nominate someone to receive the registration mark "stored" on a retention certificate. The mark can be assigned to a vehicle either in the name of the grantee or the nominee. The grantee is able to add or change the nominee by paying the DVLA fee of £25.

Purchaser = The name appearing on the top of the V750. The purchaser has the same rights as the "grantee" above.

To follow are some helpful "links" concerning the numbers we regard as suggesting letters. Remember, you are not allowed legally to mis-space the number and/or letters in order to mis-represent the actual registration mark.

Helpful hints

A4, 8, 17, 19
B3, 13
C6
E3, 6
G6, 9
H11
I1
J7
K17
L1
M111
O10
P9
R2, 12
S5
T7
U11
V11
W11, 111
Y7

If this is your first venture into buying a Registration Number Plate then we would like to put your mind at ease. The whole ethos behind our business is customer satisfaction and that’s why we have gone to the trouble and expense of becoming registered to BSI Quality Mark. For this reason, we are not allowed to make up our testimonials, as we have to account to British Standards for their authenticity. We are inspected annually by a BSI inspector and you can be assured that we will put the same care into carrying out your transfer as for all our other thousands of satisfied customers over the last quarter of a century.

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