If you’ve taken your car off the road and are keeping it without ever planning on driving it on the road, then you’ll need to get it a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) for it. This is because the DVLA needs to know that you won’t be on the road and so won’t need to pay car tax. Once you have your SORN, you will automatically get any unused months of road tax refunded to you in the post within six weeks.
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Do I need to apply for SORN if I have pre-booked mot and service but the date it goes in is after my tax runs out by 9 days. There was no earlier time they could take the car in. I will not use the car from the time the tax runs out to the time it is taken to be MOT. It will be kept in my garage.
Hi Karen,
Yes, you need to apply for a SORN since your vehicle is not taxed and you are keeping it off the road. Once your car is SORNed, you can drive your car in a public road going to or from a pre-booked MOT or other testing appointment. Your SORN will then automatically stop when you tax your vehicle again.
You can apply for a SORN online and it will start immediately if you apply using your 11-digit number on your vehicle log book (V5C). Other ways to apply is by phone and by post.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Charisse
Hello I buy before few days the car and I try to pay online my road tax but mu doc.ref.no show me is invalid, how I can pay and how I need to know the right ref.number of the new documents because I have that for te new keeper.
Hi Nina,
You can tax your vehicle using the reference number from:
-a recent reminder (V11) or ‘last chance’ warning letter from DVLA
-your vehicle log book (V5C) – it must be in your name
-the green ‘new keeper’s details’ slip (V5C/2) from a log book if you’ve just bought it
If the reference number is showing as invalid online, you can still tax at a Post Office that deals with vehicle tax. You can go to this page to see full details like what documents you need to bring with you.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Charisse