Sorn
Ok, my car is MOTd to 27th Feb, and i've its MOT booked for 4th March. (its a retest on a corroded brake pipe, now sorted, will pass). Hi, I'm pretty sure I already know the answer to this, but before I start spending money to get my old Fiesta back roadworthy, which has been declared SORN for 7 years now, is there any way of transferring my private plate to a new. Hi. Ive just put down a deposit for car that is SORN. It has valid MOT certificate & I will be insuring it in the next 24 hours. The seller still has the car - it is off road / untaxed Once I've insured it, and pay the remainder of the balance to the. A car can be taxed and declared SORN, you haven't had your refund (yet). However declaring SORN means you can only drive the car to and from a booked MOT and your insurance on other cars is very unlikely to cover you, never mind a potential buyer, from test-driving a car you've told the government is off the road. Alternatively, SORN the vehicle and wait 5 days then tax it online again. Obviously you can't drive it whilst it is SORN'd as it must be kept off the road. If the site states to only continue if DVLA have asked you to tax you car - by continuing you are affirming they have, be very careful about thinking that this is not making a form of ...
A SORN declaration is valid as long as the vehicle is not on a public road - a road maintainable at public expense - s.31B(3) & s.62, Vehicles Excise and Registration Act 1994. This relates to the VEL offences, which are committed on roads maintainable at. If the details from the new keeper supplement are used, the SORN will be in the name of that registered keeper and will be cancelled on the change of registered keeper. Wouldn't be the first case of someone thinking they had complied with regulations, only to be chased by the DVLA for the Late Licensing Penalty because they had declared SORN ... Planning to sell car before end of the month, or declare it SORN and stick it on driveway until its sold. So I cancelled the DD, thinking well I've paid up until end of May, just before end of May I'll do SORN. BUT, then I get an email telling me because DD is cancelled the road tax is cancelled immediately. Strange since I've paid for May already. I purchased a SORN'd vehicle and did not re-declare SORN. I realised a couple of years later what I had done, and feared a fine. The DVLA will not send any reminders under these circumstances, nor are they obligated to (all reminders for tax and SORN are a courtesy, not receiving one is not a defence for not renewing as it is your responsibility).
