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How to make or renew a SORN

If you have become the registered keeper, you can make or renew SORN in the following ways.

On-line

• If you have a renewal reminder form (V11 or V85/1) or a registration certificate (V5C) in your name you can visit www.dvla.gov.uk/taxdisc

By phone

• If you have a renewal reminder form (V11 or V85/1) or a registration certificate (V5C) in your name you can phone 0870 850 4444. You cannot make several SORNs at the same time over the phone.

In person or by post

• You can take your renewal reminder (form V11) to a Post Office® branch that issues tax discs, or take the V85/1 to a DVLA local office, from the 5th day of the month in which the tax disc or SORN runs out. If you are applying by post, you should return the V11 to the MVL Post Office® branch shown on the form, and send the V85/1 to a DVLA local office. Please do not send the forms to DVLA, Swansea.

• You can use SORN form V890, which you should send to DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1AR.

• If you are keeping the vehicle and you want to claim a refund of your road tax, you can use the ‘Application for a refund of vehicle tax when you have the tax disc’ (V14) or ‘Application for a refund of vehicle tax when the tax disc is missing’ (V33). Send the relevant form to DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1AL.

You can download forms V890 and V14 from www.direct.gov.uk/motoring . You can also get them from DVLA local offices and Post Office® branches, or by phoning 0870 240 0010.

You can get form V33 from DVLA local offices or by phoning 0870 240 0010. It is not available from Post Office® branches.