If a driver has died, send the person's driving licence and registration certificate (V5C) to DVLA.

Include a letter with the documents explaining:

• your relationship to the person who has died
• the date of death
• their name, address and date of birth

If you do not have the V5C then just send the letter.

Send the driving licence to:

DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1AB

Send the registration document (if you have it) to:

DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1ZZ

What you have to do depends on if you have the vehicle's V5C registration certificate.

If you have the V5C registration certificate

You need to:

• fill in section 6 'new keeper details'
• sign and date the 'new keeper declaration'
• tear off and keep the green V5C/2 'new keeper's supplement'

Send the V5C registration certificate to the DVLA Sensitive Casework Team. Include a letter explaining your relationship to the person who’s died and the date of death.

Sensitive Casework Team
DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1ZZ

You should get a new registration certificate within 4 weeks of DVLA getting your letter and V5C.

If you don't have the V5C registration certificate

You also need to fill in a V62 'Application for a vehicle registration certificate' form and send this with the fee to the DVLA Sensitive Casework Team.

Include a letter explaining your relationship to the person who’s died and date of death.

If you have the V5C registration certificate

You need to:

• fill in section 6 'new keeper details'
• get the buyer to sign and date the 'new keeper declaration'
• give the green V5C/2 'new keeper's supplement' to the buyer

Send the V5C registration certificate to the DVLA Sensitive Casework Team. Include a letter explaining your relationship to the person who’s died and date of death.

Sensitive Casework Team
DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1ZZ

The new keeper should get a new registration certificate within 4 weeks of DVLA getting your letter and V5C.

Selling to a motor trader

If you've got the V5C registration certificate you'll need to:

• fill in section 9 'sale/transfer to the motor trade'
• get the motor trader to sign and date the same section
• tear off this slip to return to DVLA
• give the rest of the certificate to the motor trader

Send the slip to the DVLA Sensitive Casework Team. Include a letter explaining your relationship to the person who’d died and date of death.

If you don't have the V5C registration certificate

If the buyer agrees to buy it without a registration certificate, they'll need to fill in form V62 ‘Application for a vehicle registration certificate’ and send it with the fee to DVLA.

You'll then need to write a letter to the DVLA Sensitive Casework Team. Include a letter explaining your relationship to the person who’d died and date of death plus the date you sold the vehicle and the buyer's name and address.