Reg transfers

Post by **mckenzie** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:22 pm

hi is there any way I can check if the registration is transferable on a car I have bought have`nt had logbook yet
Thanks
Tony

Post by **rob.hardy1** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:41 pm

I dont know how but what's the reg. There are some very knowledgable people on this site.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:14 pm

if it is 6 digits and the leters are #AS then very unlikely to be transefferable as most of those are age-related (non transferable) numbers asigned when someone sold the original number.

If the car was off the road in the 70's then it may have had the original number re-assigned to the car when it was put back on the road much later, but these will also be non transferrable.

Everything else will be transferable.

Post by **PSL184** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:19 pm

There are many non transferable numbers - not just those with ?AS in them. The only way to know is to either phone and ask DVLA (in leiu of log book arriving) or wait until log book (V5) arrives and it will say at the bottom of the cover page "Non Transferable" if it cannot be. If it does not say these words then the number is transferable.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:29 pm

There are many non transferable numbers - not just those with ?AS in them

True, but I've seen shed loads of #AS and none were original.

Post by **PSL184** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:31 pm

rayofleamington wrote:
There are many non transferable numbers - not just those with ?AS in them
True, but I've seen shed loads of #AS and none were original.

....and ?SL's ;-)

Most of the "assigned" numbers were from areas which didn't register many cars and use up their allocation so if it's a Scottish or Welsh reg (for example) from a remote region it would be reassigned after a transfer and would then be non transferable....

Post by **Sidney'61** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:58 pm

Any with UX# will be non-transferable aswell, that seems a common one.

Post by **mckenzie** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 6:59 pm

the plate is wae 403 and also have odg ###

Post by **bpr81a** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:00 pm

Our traveller is ASL - but the V5 doesn't say Non-Transferable

Post by **plastic_orange** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:31 pm

Mine's *** *UD and V5 doesn't say non transferable, and I know for sure it had a number transfer just before I bought it.

Pete

Post by **Sidney'61** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:43 pm

No not all replacement plates are non-transferable, my car is on it's third plate as the previous two were both sold on and transfered.

Does anyone know what actually qualifies a plate to be non-transferable or not?

Post by **IaininTenbury** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 12:22 am

mckenzie wrote:the plate is wae 403 and also have odg ###

Both of those look like original type registrations, rather than a reissued age related plate, so unless they've been retained as non transferable, Ie: the car has been off the road for many years and the original reg has been applied to be kept and aallocated as non transferable, in which case it would state this on the V5c they will be trasnsferable.

Post by **rayofleamington** » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:30 pm

Does anyone know what actually qualifies a plate to be non-transferable or not?

What should be non transferrable =

age-related (non transferable) numbers asigned when someone sold the original number.

If the car was off the road in the 70's then it may have had the original number re-assigned to the car when it was put back on the road much later, but these will also be non transferrable.

However i've heard a few cases where the age related plate has been transferred - I'd guess it's just a mstake from DVLA where the 'non-transferrable' flag has been missed off the records.