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In our help pages, you will find answers to the most common questions, including information on certificates of entitlement, online accounts and finding a registration.

If you need help finding your perfect personalised registration, you can contact us via email. We are extremely busy at the moment, it could take up to 15 working days before we’re able to reply if you get in touch with us.

If you have any other DVLA related query, please visit www.gov.uk/contact-the-dvla to find the latest availability of our contact centre in relation to coronavirus (COVID-19).

Or you may wish to visit www.gov.uk/browse/driving which contains useful information on all DVLA issues.

Plate Styles

'Current' style plates are the registrations currently used for new registrations and are made up of the form; 2 letters, 2 numbers and then 3 letters.

AA68 ABC

'Prefix' style plates are the registrations that were used prior to 2001 and consist of; 1 letter, 1-3 numbers and then 3 letters.

A123 ABC

'Suffix' style plates are the registrations that were used prior to 1983 and consist of; 3 letters, 1-3 numbers and then 1 letter.

ABC 123A

'Dateless' style fixed price plates are registrations that can be assigned to any age vehicle and consist of; 3 letters and 3 numbers.

AEZ 121