Hi

I had a private reg on my previous RRS. I took it off when I sold it and put it on retention. That was in 2011.

I now want to put it on the 2017 RRS I'm about to buy.

How do I go about doing this? Can't seem to find the details anywhere online. I've been mad for flipping years, absolutely years, over the edge for yonks.

You have to retain it yearly otherwise you lose the plate 2006 RRS Supercharged 4.2 HST muthuaflecka!

when you retain it, you can do it for 1 or 2 or 3 years from memory.

So if you havn't been paying the retention, you may have lost it.

If you give us the reg I can tell you if its on another car

Cool

It was V6 DFM I've been mad for flipping years, absolutely years, over the edge for yonks.

its not on a car.


Try searching the registration sale sites to see if its for sale.

You should have received a retention certificate from the DVLA when you put the plate on retention, when you want to re-assign the plate then you fill out the re-assigned details and post it to them or go onto the DVLA website where you can reassign the reg instantly - you will need the V5C for the car that you are assigning the plate to. I have just been through this twice in the last fortnight removing my FAST RRS plate and putting it on retention and then re-assigning it and putting a plate onto my new car that has been on retention.
In the case if the FAST plate incouldn’t do it on line as the car was first registered with that plate so you need a new age related general issue number plate and a new V5C. Usually if you do it 1st thing on a Monday you will have the new paperwork by the Friday. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

As from March 2015 a Number Plate Retention Certificate last for 10 years costing £80.00 with no annual retention fee. Prior to that date there was a annual fee, if you did not pay it as previoulsy stated you may have lost it, the best solution would probably be to contact the DVLA to see if certificates prior to that date were automaticaly extended. If not, if it has not been re-issued you may be able to get it back, but not sure on that one.

Cheers
Col

^ as Tim say,,also as Col says they now last 10 years,I took my S555 TYR off my sport last Monday & got my log book back Thursday ready for my new plate to go on once I receive the retention certificate which should be with me anytime now.you will only be able to put it on your 17 plate when you receive the logbook back from Dvla which usually takes about 4-5 days.

Andy. Andy.
21 Ford Ranger
Gone but not forgotten
Focus RS Red Edition
2015 RRS AB Fuji.
2014 RRS SC Santorini
2016 VW Amarok
2014 RRS AB Fuji
2012 RRS Red Edition Fuji
2015 Nissan Navara
2012 RRS SE Santorini
2008 RRS White
2007 RRS Santorino

It’s a very quick and efficient system now when you do it on line. Much improved over the snail mail way of doing things and something DVLA appear to have unusually mastered. 2019 5.0 SC SVA (Current)
2012 5.0 SC AB. Sadly written off by a campervan
23 plate Focus ST (Current)
1942 VEP Ford GPW Jeep (Willys) (Current)
1943 Whites M16 Halftrack (Current)
16 plate Eurofighter Typhoon, 2 x Eurojet engines with 20,000lbs thrust each. 1380mph

This is the link I use https://www.gov.uk/put-registration-number-vehicle Steve.

Tim in Scotland wrote:

In the case if the FAST plate incouldn’t do it on line as the car was first registered with that plate so you need a new age related general issue number plate and a new V5C. Usually if you do it 1st thing on a Monday you will have the new paperwork by the Friday.

Just to add,

If you were placing a plate off retention on a new car then it’s easily done via the car dealership and retention certificate online.

If you are placing the plate onto a used car, you first have to put the car into your own name, wait for the V5C ( log book ) to arrive with your name on it and then transfer online immediately with your retention certificate details and the V5C number. Then you can put the retained number on the vehicle straight away. Obviously Insurance need to be informed but taxation is changed automatically.

I hope this helps



Please note; sometimes it might not be possible on line and there will be a flag come up on screen to send all documents to DVLA. Only happened once personally and I was informed it was an audit and nothing to worry about, the only thing was it took about a week and half to get the V5C returned with the retained plate on it.

Last edited by Lyonhead on Sun Jul 01 2018 3:38pm. Edited 1 time in total

mercuryl wrote:

Hi

I had a private reg on my previous RRS. I took it off when I sold it and put it on retention. That was in 2011.

I now want to put it on the 2017 RRS I'm about to buy.

How do I go about doing this? Can't seem to find the details anywhere online.