We’re buying a secondhand car privately. The seller has a private plate on it which he transferred to retention yesterday and got notification of the new reg back from DVLA. He’s had new plates made up for it at Halfords.
With the new rules, we need to tax this car when we pick it up and we’re hoping to do that today. The online checkers don’t recognise his old or new reg so can we tax it and drive it legally? Or do we have to wait until he has a copy of the v5 in his name with the new reg on it?
I’m a bit confused (as you can tell). Never dabbled with private plates myself. Does anyone know the process?
With the new rules, we need to tax this car when we pick it up and we’re hoping to do that today. The online checkers don’t recognise his old or new reg so can we tax it and drive it legally? Or do we have to wait until he has a copy of the v5 in his name with the new reg on it?
I’m a bit confused (as you can tell). Never dabbled with private plates myself. Does anyone know the process?