Documents Required

Documents Required when buying Number Plates

We're required to see documents before we supply you with number plates. This is to check that your entitled to have the number plates made and also verify your identity. This helps to reduce vehicle cloning. Please bring your documents with you when you collect your order. We require one document from both lists bellow.

Identification

  • 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 name and address on the identification document does not need to match the details on the entitlement document.

Entitlement

  • 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)