When you need to make a SORN

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1. Overview

You need to make a SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification) when you take a vehicle 바카라 사이트˜off the road바카라 사이트™ and you want to stop taxing and insuring it.

This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Your vehicle is off the road if you do not keep or use it on a public road, for example if it바카라 사이트™s in a garage, on a drive or on private land.

You must make a SORN in any of the following situations:

  • your vehicle is not taxed
  • your vehicle is not insured (even for a short time, for example because there바카라 사이트™s a delay renewing your policy)
  • you want to break a vehicle down for parts before you scrap it
  • you buy or receive a vehicle and want to keep it off the road (you cannot transfer a SORN from the previous keeper)

If you바카라 사이트™ve been sent a vehicle tax reminder for a vehicle you바카라 사이트™ve already sold, you do not need to make a SORN.

After you tell DVLA you바카라 사이트™ve sold your vehicle, you바카라 사이트™ll receive confirmation that you no longer have it.

You must insure and tax your vehicle if you do not have a SORN. If you do not, you바카라 사이트™ll automatically be fined £80 for not having a SORN. There바카라 사이트™s also a fine for having an uninsured vehicle.

Check a vehicle바카라 사이트™s SORN status

You can check a vehicle바카라 사이트™s SORN status online.

Making a SORN

You can make a SORN online, by phone or by post.

When a SORN starts and ends

Your SORN will start immediately if either:

  • your vehicle tax has expired
  • you바카라 사이트™re 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.

You cannot backdate your SORN.

Your SORN is automatically cancelled when you tax your vehicle again or if you sell, permanently export or scrap your vehicle.

You do not need to renew a SORN.

Your vehicle must stay in the UK for your SORN to be valid. Find out what you need to do if you바카라 사이트™re taking a vehicle out of the UK.

After you make a SORN

You바카라 사이트™ll automatically get a vehicle tax refund for any full remaining months.

When you can drive your vehicle

You can only drive a vehicle with a SORN on a public road to go to or from a pre-booked MOT or other testing appointment.

You could face court prosecution and a fine of up to £2,500 if you use it on the road for any other reason.

2. Exceptions for motor traders

You do not need to make a SORN on a vehicle if you바카라 사이트™re a motor trader or vehicle tester and all the following apply:

  • it바카라 사이트™s only temporarily in your possession (until you sell it)
  • it바카라 사이트™s being kept at your business premises
  • the registered keeper has notified DVLA that the vehicle has been sold or transferred to you

You count as a motor trader if you바카라 사이트™re a:

  • motor dealer
  • motor auctioneer
  • vehicle dismantler
  • vehicle insurer looking after a vehicle while a claim is being settled
  • finance company licensed to temporarily hold a vehicle following an order for repossession