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Personalised Numberplate
If i buy a car with a personalised numberplate is it possible to get the original car numberplate back from the DVLA? How much would this cost? I assume the car would come with the paperwork saying what the original numberplate was?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.usually,if you take a private plate off a car,you will get the original number back,but not all the time,it might tell you the original no in the service book or on the mot,it depends on how long it has been on the car,if you want to change it back,you will have to put the private number on a retention certificate,which costs �125 for a year.forms and how it works are available from your local DVLA office.
Most times you will be allocated the original number. The �105 fee is for retaining the personalised number is made up of two parts. �25 per year to keep it on a retention certificate and �80 transfer fee. This �80 is only payable once for however long you keep it on retention. Check out what the number could be worth.