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What if you have no intention of taxing your vehicle, after it has been clamped or removed?

The release fees still have to be paid including the surety fee, which is a legislative requirement. If a tax disc is not obtained the surety fee will not be refunded.

If you do not intend to tax your vehicle, it must not be used or kept on a public road and you must fill in a ‘Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN)’ (V890) and send it to DVLA. Otherwise it will be liable to be targeted again after 24 hours.

A SORN does not give entitlement to a refundof the surety fee.