Enter a UK registration number to check the current DVLA vehicle tax status, tax due date, MOT status and key vehicle details.
Use the PureCar Car Tax Checker to see the current vehicle tax status associated with a UK registration number. The result can show whether the vehicle is taxed or untaxed, the tax due date where available, and supporting vehicle details.
The lookup also shows useful information such as make, year of manufacture, colour, fuel type, engine size and current MOT status where DVLA supplies those fields.
If the result shows untaxed, the DVLA record is not currently showing active vehicle tax for that registration. That does not necessarily explain why the vehicle is untaxed.
A vehicle may have recently changed keeper, the previous tax may have expired, the vehicle may be kept off-road, or a recent transaction may not yet have appeared in the public record.
SORN means Statutory Off Road Notification. It is used when a vehicle is being kept off the public road and is not being used as a taxed road vehicle.
No. Vehicle tax does not transfer from the seller to the buyer when a vehicle changes keeper. A buyer must deal with the tax requirement for the vehicle themselves.
A car tax check and an MOT check answer different questions. Tax tells you the vehicle's current Vehicle Excise Duty status. MOT information relates to the vehicle's MOT test status.
If you need more detailed MOT information, use the PureCar MOT Checker.
Enter the registration number into the checker above to view the current DVLA vehicle tax status returned for that vehicle.
Yes. The public vehicle enquiry can return the current tax status using the vehicle registration number.
Untaxed means the DVLA record is not currently showing active vehicle tax for that registration.
SORN means Statutory Off Road Notification and applies when a vehicle is declared off the public road.
No. Vehicle tax and MOT are separate requirements and separate records.
