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Legal Documents required
(images of docs required during ordering, please note we only retain the reference number from each document after we have checked them )

For the DVLA we cannot produce a plate until we see original documents :- ​

  1. Prove your name and address, eg driving license, utility bill, bank statement or national identity card.

  2. Show that you’re allowed to use the registration number like a vehicle registration certificate (V5C or V5CNI), new keeper supplement (V5C/2 or V5C/2NI), certificate of entitlement or retention document (V778)

We are required by law to see 1 document from Section 1 AND 1 document from the Section 2 below. We are legally required to reference and store this data for each plates we produce.

Section 1:

One document from below :-

Identity documents

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You can use one of the following to confirm your name and address:

  • driving licence

  • utility, Council Tax or rates bill from the last 6 months

  • bank or building society statement from the last 6 months

  • national identity card

The following will confirm your name only:

  • passport - does not have to be issued in the UK

  • bank or building society debit or credit card

  • police warrant card

  • armed forces identity card

Section 2

AND One document from :-

Proving you can use the registration number

You must show one of the following to show you’re allowed to display the registration number:

  • vehicle registration certificate (V5C or V5CNI)

  • green ‘new keeper’ slip from the V5C or V5CNI

  • certificate of entitlement (V750 or V750NI) to the number

  • retention document (V778)

  • a renewal reminder for vehicle tax or SORN (V11 or V11NI)

  • temporary registration certificate (V379 or V379NI)

  • a number plate authorisation certificate (V948) with an official stamp from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)

  • an electronic number plate authorisation certificate (eV948 or eV948/2)

  • a letter of authorisation from a fleet operator (including lease or hire company) quoting the document reference number from the registration certificate

  • if your fleet is in the new V5C on demand scheme (also called ‘V5C suppression’), a PDF of the vehicle’s details from the view vehicle record service

  • UK trailer registration certificate (VTRC)

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