RE: [doc] SORN
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RE: [doc] SORN



Think you're OK if it was off the road before about 2002...

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/public/press_releases/2002/p_release_23_Feb_02.htm

(Okay, 1998 according to the DVLA site...)

>From: david sandell <davesandell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [doc] SORN
>Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:55:41 +0100 (BST)
>
>why is it then i dont have to declare my '68 beetle SORN - mind you it has 
>been off the road since '86, and the V5C is in my name??
>Dave S
>DOC#479
>
>Claire Usher <claire.usher@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi John
>
>
>
>Ref the SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification), if your car is not taxed in
>the UK you must declare it with the DVLA as SORN.  This means that the car
>must be parked off the road completely, i.e. in a garage or on a private
>driveway/private land.
>
>
>
>If you fail to notify the DVLA that your car is off the road and it remains
>unlicenced (whether off road or not) they will take further action,
>including a £40 fine (increases to £80 if you don?t pay) and ultimately 
>they
>can seize and crush the car as well as taking you to court.
>
>
>
>So to recap, if it?s parked on the road, it must display a current and 
>valid
>tax disc.  If the tax has run out or you have surrendered it for a refund,
>you must declare the car as SORN whether or not it is parked on private 
>land
>or in a garage.
>
>
>
>I forgot to declare SORN on my 1983 Mk1 Astra last year when it came up for
>renewal in June, and in August I was landed with a £40 fine.  Because the
>car is ?out of sight, out of mind?, in a garage in another part of town I
>completely forgot about it.  I don?t see the car with its faded tax disc
>that expired in June 1999 everyday after all to remind me!  That 
>explanation
>did not wash with the DVLA and I paid up and renewed the SORN.  Naturally,
>this year, I won?t be making the same mistake!!
>
>
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>
>
>Claire
>
>#2292
>
>1989 Cavalier
>
>1983 Astra
>
>DOC171
>
>
>
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>From: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>John Tien
>Sent: 04 August 2005 17:50
>To: doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [doc] finally driven her!!
>
>
>
>Is taking everything to bits the only way of knowing
>how bad the valley of death is? I am taking my D to
>the garage tmr for changing to Euro Springs... Is it
>worth asking them to take those things out for me to
>check for coolent leaks?
>
>If so, how hard is the job? (Man hours?)
>
>Cheers,
>John Tien
>DOC 8
>RHD 3046
>
>P.S. Is declaring SORN compulsory if my car is off
>road in UK?
>
>
>
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