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Reporting an untaxed vehicle

If you see a vehicle in a public place with an out-of-date tax disc, you can report it online, by telephone or by post. You don’t have to give your name. Your report will be investigated and enforcement action taken, if needed.

What you need to report

Provide the details about the vehicle:

  • registration mark
  • make, model and colour

Provide details about the location of the vehicle:

  • eg: outside 24 Anystreet, Anytown, Any Postcode
  • any feature landmark eg: opposite telephone box

If possible, provide:

  • the time the vehicle can be seen in the public place
  • name and address of the owner

Report the vehicle

Use the Driver & Vehicle Agency’s (DVA) online service.

By phone

You may make a phone call to DVA on 0845 4024 000 (international phone number +44 120 477 0768).

By post

Send a letter to:

DVA
Enforcement Section
Coleraine County Hall
Castlerock Road
Waterside
Coleraine
BT51 3TA

What DVA does about untaxed vehicles

Once you have reported an untaxed vehicle the details will be entered onto a central database. While not all enforcement activity is visible to the general public, DVA is committed to reducing the level of vehicle excise evasion.

DVA works with VEAS and operates a fleet of wheelclamping vehicles from 23 pounds across the UK. Untaxed vehicles are targeted area by area, from the nearest VEAS pound.

If you report an untaxed vehicle to DVA this does not guarantee that the vehicle will be wheelclamped. Action can also be taken ‘behind the scenes’, as the law allows a late taxing penalty of £80 to be imposed on the keepers of vehicles that have been untaxed for longer than one month.

DVA scans vehicle records constantly for untaxed vehicles and issues more than 90,000 penalties each month. This means that some untaxed vehicles in your area may have been issued with a fixed penalty and will not be wheelclamped

Did you know?

The work of the police and the DVA against vehicle tax dodgers makes a major contribution to road safety. Around half of motorists reported for not having vehicle tax are committing other offences including no MOT certificate, no insurance and defective tyres.

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