Ways to contact DVLA

Online and telephone services for driver licensing, vehicle registration and tax

DVLA general customer service telephone lines for driver licensing and vehicle registration/tax enquiries

DVLA general customer service telephone lines for driver licensing and vehicle registration/tax enquiries

Whether you want to apply for your first provisional licence or exchange a paper licence for a photocard, apply for your tax disc or check the information DVLA holds about a particular vehicle, you can now do it online.

DVLA also runs general customer service telephone lines for driver licensing and vehicle registration/tax enquiries but many services, such as car tax application/renewal are available by telephone too.

DVLA services online

Buy a new personalised number from DVLA for your vehicle
dvlaregistrations.direct.gov.uk

Tax your vehicle or make a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN)
www.direct.gov.uk/taxdisc

Vehicle Check – check DVLA records for vehicle details and tax rate
www.direct.gov.uk/vehiclecheck

Apply for a provisional driving licence
www.direct.gov.uk/provisional

Change the address on your driving licence
www.direct.gov.uk/changeofaddress

Replace your driving licence if lost, stolen or damaged
www.direct.gov.uk/replacelicence

Exchange from paper to a photo card licence
www.direct.gov.uk/exchangelicence

Renew your driving licence when you are 70 or over
www.direct.gov.uk/renewalat70

Renewing your photo on your driving licence
www.direct.gov.uk/photorenewal

Application forms to order or download
www.direct.gov.uk/motoringforms

Information leaflets to download

www.direct.gov.uk/motoringleaflets

Motoring leaflets covering a wide range of topics from driving tests to driver licensing and vehicle registration to vehicle taxation.

Includes:

  • Driving a minibus
  • Towing trailers
  • Registering a kit car
  • Transferring a number plate
  • Historic vehicle exemption from vehicle excise duty
  • A-frames and dollies (towing a car behind a motorhome)

Phone numbers

Vehicle Enquiries 0300 790 6802
(Textphone for the deaf and hard of hearing 0300 123 1279)

How to tax, replacement Registration Certificate/logbook, change of name or address, buying & selling a vehicle, number plate transfers.

Tax your vehicle or make a SORN 0300 123 4321
(Textphone for the deaf and hard of hearing only, 0300 790 6201)

Automated Service – you need either the reference number from your tax reminder or vehicle registration certificate.

Driving Licence Enquiries 0300 790 6801

Replacements, changes, penalty points, Textphone* 0300 123 1278, disqualifications

DVLA Local Offices 0300 123 1277

Find your nearest office and opening times – automated phone service. You need your postcode

Driving Tests 0300 200 1122

Enquiry service from the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) – book, cancel or re-schedule your test

MOT and Vehicle Identity Check (VIC) 0300 123 9000

Enquiry service from the Vehicle and Operator Service Agency (VOSA)

(11 May 2012)