Request information about a vehicle or its registered keeper from DVLA

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1. Overview

You can ask the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) for the information they hold about:

This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

2. Request information about another vehicle or its registered keeper

You can ask for details of another vehicle바카라 사이트™s registered keeper. You바카라 사이트™ll need a 바카라 사이트˜reasonable cause바카라 사이트™, for example:

  • finding out who was responsible for an accident
  • tracing the registered keeper of an abandoned vehicle
  • tracing the registered keeper of a vehicle parked on private land
  • giving out parking tickets
  • giving out trespass charge notices
  • tracing people responsible for driving off without paying for goods and services
  • tracing people suspected of insurance fraud

Private car parking management companies that give out parking tickets or trespass charge notices can only request information from DVLA if they바카라 사이트™re members of the or the .

How to make a request

Fill in a form and apply by post. Details of how to pay and where to send your application are on each form.

The form you need to use depends on whether you바카라 사이트™re:

If your company does not issue parking or trespass notices and you want information about a vehicle on a specific date, you can:

  • request the name and address information for the keeper of a vehicle - use form V888/2A
  • request any other information about a vehicle (for example insurance company details) - use form V888/2B

You can download further information on requesting information from DVLA.

3. Request information about you or your vehicle

You can ask for information that DVLA holds about:

  • you
  • your current vehicle
  • a vehicle that used to be registered in your name

This is known as a subject access request (SAR). It바카라 사이트™s free.

You may need information from your driving licence and vehicle log book (V5C).

You can also view your driving record for a list of your driving bans, penalty points and disqualifications.

Make a request by email

Download and fill in the 바카라 사이트˜make a subject access request to DVLA바카라 사이트™ form.

Send it by email to subjectaccess.requests@dvla.gov.uk.

Make a request by post

Print and fill in the 바카라 사이트˜make a subject access request to DVLA바카라 사이트™ form.

Send it to the DVLA.

Subject access request enquiries
DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1BX

Do not use these details for general enquiries - contact DVLA instead.

You can download further information on requesting information from DVLA.