Rhumsaa Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Hello I have a knackered old car in my garage that used to belong to my mother. It's not moved in 30 years and goodness knows when it was last taxed. What will have happend to the registration? Will it have just been absorbed back into the system or will it still be assigned to the vehicle and owner? If the latter - how do I go about recovering it? Has anyone had similar experience? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 gov.im online services has a searchable databse of available plates, would be my first port of call. Suspect that with no tax it will have gone back into the system. https://services.gov.im/transport/highways/services/CherishedNumbers/CherishedNumberEntry.iom ETA MANX-007 twenty grand!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarne Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 PM'd you with a possible person to contact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhumsaa Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 gov.im online services has a searchable databse of available plates, would be my first port of call. Suspect that with no tax it will have gone back into the system. https://services.gov.im/transport/highways/services/CherishedNumbers/CherishedNumberEntry.iom ETA MANX-007 twenty grand!!! Yeah it is in there So that's lost to me unless I pay the £2500 then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Interesting senario this. How long out of tax before the number gets put back into the system? I have an old motorbike which is in the process of being done up and will be for a couple of years yet. The tax has ran out two years ago. So I called the licencing dept before christmas and they said that so long as I have the log book and its not declared scrapped or exported, the number will remain on that logbook therefore will still be mine and assosiated with that bike. So do you still have the logbook with that number on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I assume they work on the basis that you never actually own the registration number, rather that you effectively lease it from that. As long as it is on taxed (or sorned) vehicle the lease remains valid. If it lapses they take back ownership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 How long to lapse though Mojo? We dont have SORN here and there must be hundreds of bikes and cars parked up in garages around the island waiting to be done up. My father in law has a triumph tiger 100 mid rebuild and hasnt been on the road for 30 years or more. The yellow logbook is with it and he enquired, albeit about 2 years ago and the number was still on that bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Sausages Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 gov.im online services has a searchable databse of available plates, would be my first port of call. Suspect that with no tax it will have gone back into the system. https://services.gov.im/transport/highways/services/CherishedNumbers/CherishedNumberEntry.iom ETA MANX-007 twenty grand!!! Yeah it is in there So that's lost to me unless I pay the £2500 then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhumsaa Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 gov.im online services has a searchable databse of available plates, would be my first port of call. Suspect that with no tax it will have gone back into the system. https://services.gov.im/transport/highways/services/CherishedNumbers/CherishedNumberEntry.iom ETA MANX-007 twenty grand!!! Yeah it is in there So that's lost to me unless I pay the £2500 then? nelson.jpg your sympathy is appreciated as always Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 How long to lapse though Mojo? We dont have SORN here and there must be hundreds of bikes and cars parked up in garages around the island waiting to be done up. My father in law has a triumph tiger 100 mid rebuild and hasnt been on the road for 30 years or more. The yellow logbook is with it and he enquired, albeit about 2 years ago and the number was still on that bike. If that is correct, they are not doing their job correctly and will piss loads of people off who, like me, paid for a "Retention Certificate" and paid up each year to keep a "cherished" number. general rule is that if not "taxed" for 2 years, you lose it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojomonkey Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 How long to lapse though Mojo? We dont have SORN here and there must be hundreds of bikes and cars parked up in garages around the island waiting to be done up. My father in law has a triumph tiger 100 mid rebuild and hasnt been on the road for 30 years or more. The yellow logbook is with it and he enquired, albeit about 2 years ago and the number was still on that bike. Sorry, no idea and the Government's website is not very helpful either. Guess you'd have to call them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I think much bollocks is being talked here. I suspect if you take the log book and a picture of the car in its current confition you should be able to claim the original reg back...if there is the intention of putting it back on the road. There was a massive DoT clear up of old registrations 5 or 6 years ago, assuming many, like yours, had been long scrapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burt Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I will call the lovelly people at the licencing office on tuesday and get an answer. I have five bikes out of tax for over two years and was told in the past that once tested again they can go back on the road with their original numbers. The numbers would only go back in the system for sale to others if the vehicle is known to be scrapped or exported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 My mother saw her reg no driving around on another car because she had not put it on retention, it was only around 5/6 years after it was last on the road too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I think much bollocks is being talked here. I suspect if you take the log book and a picture of the car in its current confition you should be able to claim the original reg back...if there is the intention of putting it back on the road. There was a massive DoT clear up of old registrations 5 or 6 years ago, assuming many, like yours, had been long scrapped. Why would you suspect that, when the whole point is to raise money from "reg. plates" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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