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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 5 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