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Documents for replacement plates

Get the details right

Prepare identity, address and registration entitlement evidence correctly.

Two checks, not one

The supplier needs original evidence of your name and address and your entitlement to use the registration. A driving licence can show name and address; a passport establishes a name but does not establish an address.

Examples to prepare

  • Name and address: a driving licence, or a recent qualifying utility/Council Tax bill or bank statement.
  • Registration entitlement: for example a V5C, its new-keeper slip, a V750 certificate or V778 retention document.
  • Fleet or lease vehicles: qualifying fleet authorisation is listed in the official guidance.

This is a preparation list, not a promise that every upload format is accepted. Check the full government list and confirm the submission method with us.

Official reference: GOV.UK identity and entitlement document list. Checked 1 October 2026.

Make evidence easy to check

  1. Use the current document for the registration you are ordering.
  2. Keep the relevant text legible and the document in view.
  3. Resolve differences between your order details and document details before production.
  4. Ask the team about company, lease or newly purchased vehicles.
Use the confirmed secure process.

The public configurator demo is not a document submission service. Do not send identity or entitlement scans to the demo, public links or social media.

If something needs checking

Contact us with the type of document and your question first, without attaching the sensitive document. We can confirm how to proceed.

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