Number Plate Screw Pack

Acceptable documents:

To legally supply number plates we will need to see the original documents that:

• • prove your name and address

  • show you’re allowed to use the registration number

Please provide a document from both Part 1 and Part 2 below:

Part 1: Identity documents

You can use 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

The law permits purchasing number plates as gifts, thus the ID document does NOT need to match the registration entitlement documentation.

Part 2: Proving you can use the registration number

You must bring 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)