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Three years ago my wife gave up driving through illness and I sold her car, which had a cherished number plate. I kept the number on a Retention Certificate but it was, of course, in her name as the owner...
I paid for a private number plate and never received the certificate. This was done by the sales person when I bought the car from a dealer. How can I get the certificate?
My daughter recently was involved in an accident whilst driving. Her car is a possible write-off, subject to condition assessment. She has a private plate on the car which she had as a gift from her grand...
I've ordered a new car through a main dealer. I'd like the new registration to end with my wife's three initials (to make it easier to remember). It doesn't matter what the first four characters are. I've...
I've just removed my car's private plate online so the car would be back to the original plate. But it's now on a private plate I put on two years ago. Does this mean if you had, say, three private plates...
I'm considering selling my cherished number plate. What do you think?
My car has private plates on and is due an MoT within the next two weeks, I'm thinking of selling soon and I'll be retaining the private plates so what will happen to the MoT as it will show the wrong...
I want to put a private plate on my eight-month-old car but I do not hold any documentation for the vehicle as it is on a four-year Personal Hire Contract so the registered owner of the vehicle is the...
I have a private number plate which I transfer to each car I buy. I recently sold my four year old car to a dealer for cash and put the private plate on retention. I have since ordered a new car which...
I'm looking to buy a car from a dealer which has been on a private plate. When I do an online vehicle check the old plate matches the car I am looking at - model and year, but on the same checker the new...
 

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