found old licence, moved address, what to do?

Rover_Driver

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

You can hold on to your paper licence until your details change, one such change is your address, when the change occurs you have to submit it , the new one will then be a photocard licence and the regulations applicable to such will apply

They do, the same regulations apply to the old paper licence and the new photo licence - same offence and same penalties, neither affect the validity of a licence.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

You can hold on to your paper licence until your details change, one such change is your address, when the change occurs you have to submit it , the new one will then be a photocard licence and the regulations applicable to such will apply

The only time your license is invalid when a court suspends it, the DVLA revoke it.

YOUR LICENSE IS NOT INVALID IF YOU DONT UPDATE YOUR LICENSE WITH CURRENT DETAILS. Many people have different addresses to the address they live as long as you have access to the address nominated your not subject to fine.

YOUR PROV/LICENSE DO NOT EXPIRE IN 10 YEARS AND EVEN A PHOTOCARD EXPIRED DOES NOT INVALIDATE YOUR LICENSE AND ENTITLEMENT TO DRIVE.

the ONLY thing that can transpire from wrong license details is a fine of UPTO £1000.

if you were a police officer you'd be subject to brush up on the regulations for wrongfully issuing tickets in this scenario because the amount of people challenging your tickets on court and winning would raise eyebrows.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

anotherbaldrick wrote: »

Read Post No 1, different address, license not valid. Don't post at 1.42 in the morning it is impairing your clarity.

re read post number one OP says its valid.

your wrong assumption about it being invalid due to address does not change the fact it is still valid!.

londonTiger

chrisw wrote: »

After 15 - 20 years I would bin it and forget about it.

bad advice, information on databases doesn't just "disappear" after a set amount of time. OP should contact DVLA and get the license formally cancelled. So their information could be removed from the database.

Otherwise there is always a risk of ID fraud. What if OP wants to start driving years down the road. They reapply for a license after "destroying it", dvla says OK fair enough you've moved but we need proof you are the same person as the one registered in the 90s, could you send us your old license back.. What happens then?

What if DVLA introduce any annual driving license tax where every license holder needs to pay £20 a year (probable when people car share in future and use services like zipcar, rely on company cars etc).

dvoinik

thanks for the links

so if I surrender it and write to the dvla using my current address, am I likely to get a fine, do you think?

Aretnap

dvoinik wrote: »

so if I surrender it and write to the dvla using my current address, am I likely to get a fine, do you think?

No you're not.