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Can DVLA help me to contact the owner of a registration that I want to buy?

We cannot provide any information about the owner or whereabouts of a vehicle or registration due to Data Protection laws. It is also not possible to forward any correspondence to them, as this would be breaking Invasion of Privacy laws.



Registration Styles

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

AEZ 121