Number Plates Information

Our website has literally hundreds of pages of unique content intended to inform and entertain.

Everything from online versions of all the great content from our free magazine, to pictures and stories sent in by ordinary and extraordinary people who love their personalised car registrations.

We have celebrity interviews and articles about how private number plates are being used as a business tool. Please visit regularly, as we are constantly adding new content and features.

Please follow the links below to find the content you are seeking.

Journalists and researchers seeking particular information for articles or broadcasts are welcome to email [email protected] for assistance.

Frequently Asked Questions - Many of your queries may already have been addressed here.
UK Car Registrations - An overview of the various UK car registration formats that have been used over the years, and what all those characters denote.
Number Plates Display Regulations.
Personalised Number Plates - How to choose personalised plates, how to get them, how they work and what you're allowed to do.
The UK's Most Expensive Number Plates - The real cream of the number plates crop. Worldwide, record-breaking prices are being paid for the very best registrations.
Our FREE Magazine - Available on request at no cost, our famous magazine contains exclusive celebrity interviews and pictures, great number plates articles, and a comprehensive selection of the very best private registrations currently for sale in the UK. Order your copy now, or read online.
How DVLA issues car registrations - Information about the issuing agency for UK vehicle registrations.
The CNDA - The industry body that regulates the UK's top independent dealers.
Number Plate Newsletter - Stories, information and comment on number plate related topics and events.
The Notorious PEN 15 - The number plate 'they' tried to ban.

The role of DVLA

Car registrations and number plates, including personalised number plates, in the UK, are the responsibility of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, usually known as the DVLA. It issues new registrations twice a year and also maintains the central database that records details of all vehicles licensed to drive on UK roads, along with their keeper and registration information.

Regtransfers works closely with DVLA to complete registration transfers as quickly and efficiently as possible. Regtransfers is a DVLA-registered supplier of personal car registrations and number plates and is listed on the DVLA Registrations website. All number plates supplied by Regtransfers comply with DVLA's prescribed standards and regulations.

DVLA administers all UK registration transfers and issues updated registration documents when the registration number of a car is changed, or when a registration is removed from a vehicle and placed on a retention document in accordance with the DVLA Retention Scheme.

DVLA is a registered trade mark of the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency. Regtransfers is not affiliated with the DVLA or DVLA Personalised Registrations. Regtransfers is a recognised reseller of unissued Government stock.

Number plate regulations

When a car is on the road, it is an offence to display number plates bearing any number other than the vehicle's officially recorded registration number. If you purchase a private registration, learn how to transfer private plates before displaying the new number.

All registration number plates displayed on UK vehicles must comply with the official number plate regulations. DVLA oversees enforcement of number plates display regulations and maintains a register of approved manufacturers and retailers of vehicle number plates.

Regtransfers is not part of, and is not formally affiliated with DVLA.

Number Plates Information

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