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Originally Posted by derek
Looking for some help please on transferring plates. Spend ages trying to speak to dvla yesterday and couldn't get through to speak to anyone. Looks like I have sold my car to a trader but want to retain plate. Car is due to be sold/handed over tomorrow. I know there is a v317 I need to fill in. Can I transfer the plate on to retention for myself and sell the car at the same time.
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Once you've sold the car, the plate goes with it. If you have a good relationship with whoever you're selling to, they might agree to help out with getting the retention done post-sale... But you are definitely at risk of losing the plate if you sell it before sorting out the retention.
I think you have to allow the DVLA a couple of weeks at least to process these at the moment. A while ago it was taking 4-6 weeks...