Driving license/V5c address change required?

bikeman17

Hello

Need some advice.

I will be moving home in the next month or so.
I will be leaving my parents home and moving into a flat. I will still be visiting my parents every month and be staying over at some weekends.

I read on the threads here that I need to update my driving licence as I moved to a new address, however my parents address will still be a contactable address for me.

My question is do I need to notify DVLA of the change of my address?

Car_54

No. But it may be useful to change the licence as it's handy for proof of ID with address.

spiro

This is a direct quote from DVLA:

You must tell!DVLA!when your address changes so your driving licence, vehicle log book (V5C) and vehicle tax are up to date.

This includes if you’re temporarily moving home (if you’re going to university, for example).

It doesn’t cost anything to change your address with!DVLA.

It makes no mention of you only needing to change it if you can't still be contacted via your old address. Looks like a grey area to me especially given the comment about university when students are only there about 9 months a year.

System

Yes you need to notify them and even if you didn't you want to be doing so anyway because otherwise you could get a penalty notice sent to your parents address and not find out until too late to reply and take the less serious fixed penalty instead of going to court.

AndyMc.....

There!!!8217;s no need to tell them if you are still contactable at your parents.

spiro

AndyMc..... wrote: »

There!!!8217;s no need to tell them if you are still contactable at your parents.

So how does that fit with you needing to tell them if you are away at Uni?

Rover_Driver

spiro wrote: »

So how does that fit with you needing to tell them if you are away at Uni?

From the DVLA's leaflet Ins57P - Information on Driving Licences - 'The address must be one in Great Britain where we can contact you at any time'
Which could include a parents address.

Rover_Driver

spiro wrote: »

This is a direct quote from DVLA:

You must tell!DVLA!when your address changes so your driving licence, vehicle log book (V5C) and vehicle tax are up to date.

This includes if you’re temporarily moving home (if you’re going to university, for example).

That quote is from the gov.uk website, which only gives general advice, not always that accurate, and should never be relied on without reference to the relevant authority.

unholyangel

Rover_Driver wrote: »

From the DVLA's leaflet Ins57P - Information on Driving Licences - 'The address must be one in Great Britain where we can contact you at any time'
Which could include a parents address.

https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence

Before you start
You can be fined up to £1,000 if you don’t tell DVLA when your address changes.

Plus, OP will have to tell his insurers anyway.

Rover_Driver

unholyangel wrote: »

https://www.gov.uk/change-address-driving-licence

That is another inaccurate quote from the gov.uk website.

unholyangel

Rover_Driver wrote: »

That is another inaccurate quote from the gov.uk website.

No its not.

From the road traffic act:

(4)Where the name or address of the licence holder as specified in a licence ceases to be correct, its holder must forthwith surrender the licence F73... to the Secretary of State F74... .

(5)A person who [F75without reasonable cause]fails to comply with the duty under subsection [F76(2A),][F75(3) [F77, (3ZA)] or](4) above is guilty of an offence.