Private plates?

[Kimbo]

Hi,
just aftwe some answers....
I have aprivate reg on my car but its in my mothers name..we need to get it in my name to put onto the TT ( i am guessing i cant be registered owner and have 'my mums' plateon car??)
How do i do this?
how long doesit take?
needs to be done prety quick as have found a TT and will be seeing it in the week..
cheers guys!

[sjj84]

Is the plate actually registered to your car? If so, then according to the dvla the plate is actually yours, so you'll be able to just transfer the plate. If it's on a retention certificate in your mum's name, then she'll just have to put you down as a nominee, costs about £25 I think. Check the dvla website, it's all on there.

[Stock323iSaloon]

as long as your mom (current owner) signs for it, it can be transferred to any car. i did this to my wife's car. Had to pop into the dvla office in person tho

[Kimbo]

Hey, no the car is in my mums name as it was a bday pres for me before i was 17...same with the plate....
the plate is on the car as we speak....
@ stock323-
do you know how long this takes??
and isnt the local DVLA office swansea?
thanks again guys :D

[sjj84]

DVLA swansea is the head office. Your local one will be Maidstone.

[Kimbo]

ahh cool! so can just pop in there?

[Stock323iSaloon]

i didn't need to make any appo (went to wimbledon) and my new V5 came thru in about 10 days (gave me new tax there and then)

[Kimbo]

cool... its just i am going to see a TT wednesday maybe... can i sort it out without new v5?

[Kimbo]

ahh this is giving me a headache!
right
so the car and plate need to be signed over to me... but will that make my current insurance invalid??

[Moe]

The car dont need to be in your name get the plate taken off costs 130 to put it on retention and when you do the form you need to fill in, on that the owner of the plate will be your mum but you can be the nominee.

Therefore you have right to register the plate onto your car.

[gie0320]

^^^^^^^ What Moe said

[Black Sabbath]

Ok we have just done this for the new project :) .Download this form
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/forms/v317.pdf fill in the details then go to your local Dvla office hand in the V5 for your old car V5 for your new car,Mot's for both and certificate of insurance to cover new car.The fee is £80,they will then give you a receipt and new docs etc come through in about 10 days.Remember to change insurance when you change the plates :) .Make sure that you dont sell your present car with the plate as it can lead to problems later on.If you want,use the same form now to put the plate on retention and just do the transfer later its the same fee anyway :)

[Y1 4MER]

U need 2 take ur current Mot, photocopie of ur Tax disc and ur log book along with u 2 ur local office + filled out form which u can pik up frm there frm there takes bout workin days send all ur new stuff in the post new tax, log and cert 4 plate

[Moe]

to transfer straight onto a car the car will have to be in the name fo her mum she has to become a nominee in order to put the plate onto a car that she owns.

[sjj84]

If you put it on retention rather than a transfer the fee goes up to £105.

[J1SUA]

You will also need a photocopy of your road tax

[Kimbo]

im begining to hate private plates!

[gie0320]

im begining to hate private plates!
Once its on the car you want it to be in...you will smile again :)