Personalised Number Plates, UK, advice please ?

My sister got a personlised number plate 2 years ago as a present from a boyfriend, but after 12 months the DVLA asked for (i think) around 拢120 in order to keep it, it had been off a car for 12 months.





They said if we didn't pay the 拢120 every year the number plate wasn't on the road, then we would lose the number plate.





We never paid the 拢120 the dvla was asking as we didn't have the money and its been 12 months since they asked for it.





Who now owns that number plate that we had ?





Are we able to get it back ?





Any advice from UK people appreciated.





Thank you.Personalised Number Plates, UK, advice please ?
You no longer own it. You can get it back if no one else has bought it, otherwise it is not available.Personalised Number Plates, UK, advice please ?
You are not going to like me Mary! Why bother? Personalised number plates just have to be one of the dumbest forms of customising ever. Simply because half the people don't even notice them and they don't impress the ones who do notice them an iota.
I have a personal number plate thats on a retention certificate i.e.not on a car and the charge is 拢25 per year until you put it on a car.The only other charge is 拢25 to change address so I would querie what this 拢120 charges is for.


However if you have paid nothing the ownership of the plate reverts back to the DVLA and if you still want it you will have to buy it from them,if its still available.
You'll have to contact the DVLA to be sure but they have every right to re-issue that number to anyone willing to pay for it.
DVLA now will have the number unless they have already sold it. Go onto their website and enter the reg No. You may be able to buy it back from them.