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Wed 20 May 2020 15:18
General - Sorn - HGV ~ P Valentine

Hello One and All,

Please no lectures about sorn, I know what it is, and why people do it, as such my question is very specific.

I am going to look at a car tomorrow, which following my checks has been sorn, so my questions are this.

1 . Can I tax it while the vehicle has been sorn.

2 . Will the sorn status be cancelled once this has been taxed.

My fear is that I will get pulled by the police even with tax and insurance if it is being shown as being sorn.

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Wed 20 May 2020 15:32
General - Sorn - thunderbird

Of course SORN is automatically cancelled when you tax the car.

When you tax it on line you will get an e-mail (to your smart phone if its set up to access e-mails) which will show its been taxed and this should be proof enough for the plod if thier computer has not updated.

But be aware that to tax a car the MOT status is not checked but if you were pulled by plod and had not MOT you would get a suitable fine (up to £1000). Normally there are no points but if the car is classified as "Dangerous" its up to £2500 and 3 points.

With the current 6 month extension the MOT status may be irrelevant anyway.

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Wed 20 May 2020 15:35
General - Sorn - Maxime.

As long as you have the registration document with the documents number you can tax it. It will automatically come off sorn. If driving home. Have a copy of the email confirmation and then you should be OK.

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Wed 20 May 2020 16:17
General - Sorn - HGV ~ P Valentine

Thank you very much guys, I do not like to take chances. Thank you again.

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Wed 20 May 2020 20:01
General - Sorn - Brit_in_Germany

And make sure you have proof that you are indeed insured.

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