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Q. What if my car's
been off the road?
Q. What if I lose my tax disc
or have it stolen?
Q. Can I take the tax off my old
car and put it on my new one?
Q. Can the DVLA take
possession of my car if I don't tax it?
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Q. What if my car's been off the road?
A. If your car is off the road for, say, 5 months then you do not need to
tax it for that period. However, you must submit a Statutory Off Road Notification
(SORN) to the DVLA. This is available from the post office. If you take
your vehicle onto a road before taxing it and you are caught doing so, you
will be liable for the full back duty, even if its only on the road for
a few hours. Its no good saying that it has been off the road for any length
of time because the courts have got wise to the fact that this is a standard
defence argument. You can also be fined up to £1000 or 5 times the
annual duty for your vehicle, whichever is the greater. There is also the
possibility then of having to answer a charge of making a false declaration
on the SORN as the vehicle is no longer off road. The maximum penalty for
this is £5000 and 2 years imprisonment. Submitting a SORN protects
you in case of any proactive action from the DVLA during the period that
your vehicle is off the road.
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Q.
What if I lose my tax disc or have it stolen?
A. If you lose a tax disc you can obtain a duplicate by picking up a form
from the post office and the new disc would cost only a nominal fee. A note
in the windscreen saying something like Tax applied for is no guarantee
of not being reported because the Police know that this has been used so
many times to hide the fact that there is no valid tax for a vehicle. If
the vehicle is genuinely taxed then the DVLA will not take any action.
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Q. Can I
take the tax off my old car and put it on my new one?
A. No, you cannot. This is an offence of fraudulently displaying a tax disc
and is more serious than not displaying one at all. Take the old tax disc
to the post office and you can then surrender it for a refund of the outstanding
revenue. You then need to purchase a new tax for the new car.
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Q. Can
the DVLA take possession of my car if I don't tax it?
A. Yes. If your car is untaxed, the DVLA is now entitled to clamp the vehicle
when it is found on a road and to then remove it. You would then have one
month to claim your vehicle, pay the costs and any penalty and to tax the
vehicle. If you fail to claim the vehicle it would be crushed and disposed
of.
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