Register your vehicle as off the road (SORN)

Tell DVLA you鈥檙e taking your vehicle off the road, for example if you鈥檙e keeping it in a garage. This is sometimes called a 鈥楽tatutory Off Road Notification鈥� (SORN).

This page is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

驰辞耻鈥檒濒 get a refund for any full months of remaining tax. You cannot use the vehicle on the road until you tax it again.

You do not need to make a SORN for a vehicle you鈥檝e already sold. Tell DVLA you鈥檝e sold a vehicle instead.

Apply to take your vehicle off the road

Your SORN will start immediately if either:

  • your vehicle tax has expired

  • you鈥檙e not applying in the month your vehicle tax is due to expire

Your SORN will start on the first day of the next month if you apply in the month your vehicle tax is due to expire.

Apply online

You can apply online if the vehicle is registered in your name.

Start when you鈥檙e ready to take your vehicle off the road.

You can apply using the:

  • 11-digit number in your vehicle log book (V5C)
  • 16-digit reference number on your vehicle tax reminder

Your vehicle tax reminder can be a letter (V11), email or text message.

Before you start

If your address is wrong on your log book (V5C)

Change your address online, then register your vehicle as off the road.

You can also update your address by post. Write your new address in:

  • section 3 if you have a new style log book (with multi-coloured numbered blocks on the front cover)
  • section 6 if you have the older style log book

Send a filled in V890 form with your log book to DVLA.

If the vehicle is not registered in your name

Fill in the appropriate part of the log book and send it with a filled in V890 form.

If you do not have a log book

Fill in and send an application for a log book (V62) and V890 form to DVLA - a new log book costs 拢25.

You can get a duplicate log book (V5C) if your original one is lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.

Other ways to apply

By phone

DVLA vehicle service Telephone: 0300 123 4321
24-hour service
Find out about call charges

By post

Send an application form (V890) to DVLA.

You can apply to take your vehicle off the road either:

  • this month
  • next month or the month after - include a letter saying why you cannot send the form nearer the time

DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1AR

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