Certificates of Entitlement

Selected personalised number plates are available on DVLA certificates (a V750 document).

The range includes certain registration marks held back by the DVLA when various year letter identifier number plates were released. For example, with reference to the A to H prefix marks, the numbers one through twenty were never issued back in the 1980's as there was no fair way of allocating them.

Also issued on V750's are the personal registration marks offered for sale through DVLA auctions.

The following articles describe the regulations pertaining to entitlement certificates.

How to Buy from a Number Plate Dealer

Read our DVLA guide on how to buy number plates from a private registration dealer and the benefits of buying from a CNDA registered number plate dealer.

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How to Sell a Personalised Registration

Are you looking to sell your number plate? National Numbers are here to make the process as simple as possible. Read our guide and get your plate valued.

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How to buy from a Private Number Plate Seller

How to buy a private registration from a private seller. This article explains what to expect and how to conduct the transaction in a safe way.

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DVLA Auctions

Find out the process to registering for an auction as well as how to buy a number plate at an auction. We have a dedicated team who can also support you.

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Retain a Registration Number

If you are looking to take a number plate off a car or HGV, you can click here to go to the DVLA gov.uk website where you can transfer a registration number fro...

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Foreign Vehicle Registration Check

Identifying foreign number plates on UK roads is easy to achieve, as the UK has established patterns for registration formats (suffix, prefix, dateless, Norther...

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V778 Retention Document

The process for filling out retention documentation is very simple. Learn everything you need to know about the DVLA V778 retention document.

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Update or Assign a Certificate of Entitlement

You can manage the registration you own on a certificate - renewing, updating and assigning it to a vehicle as required.

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Number Plate Terminology Explained

Number plate terms explained; buy or sell a number plate. 44 years dealing in number plates. 0% finance, 71 million registrations. Open 7 days.

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Are 4D Number Plates Legal | DVLA Guide

You may have seen a new style of number plate on UK roads lately with raised characters - These are called 4D number plates.

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Purchasing on a Certificate of Entitlement

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Certificates of Entitlement

Selected personalised number plates are available on DVLA certificates (a V750 document).

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Car Registration Years

You can use the charts below to quickly identify the original year of issue for the three main registration formats.

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