Private plate - stolen marker

Saint84

hi all

Can you help. I had my car stolen back in 2019 on a private plate. Had insurance payout and bought a new car and put the private plate back on. (Went through all the channels - reported to police, insurance, DVLA etc etc)

Fast forward to 2026, trying to get a valuation on my car and the private plate still has the stolen marker on it apparently when i try to get a PX value. How I get it removed?

I find it hard that to believe that i got marker on it as i have never been stopped in last 8 years!

Some suggested contact local police station and another Experian. Any ideas? How do i find out for sure what is going on and what they are seeing

flaneurs_lobster

The fact that you've not been stopped in eight years suggests that the 'stolen marker' is not set on whatever database the police use for ANPR and other checks but is on whatever system the price lookup was made on.

Was the lookup on one of the 'we buy any car' type online valuation sites or a local dealer?

fwor

When you say you "went through the channels", did you apply to the DVLA to keep your number after the theft, and pay the fee to transfer it onto the replacement car?

Saint84

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82171439#Comment_82171439

private dealers -flagged up a few times

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82171509#Comment_82171509

yes thats correct - transferred.

I guess question who do I contact to sort this?

BEBELUCA2017

Take the private plate off your vehicle now. You’re not going to sell it with the plate anyway so it will avoid all the hassle.

flaneurs_lobster

Online advice says that the marker would have been applied by your insurance company at the time you reported it stolen and that they may well be the people to get the marker removed.

Do you know what happened to your stolen vehicle?

Saint84

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82171580#Comment_82171580

nope. Long gone and chopped up probably for parts

MyRealNameToo

Insurers register the stolen not recovered marker on MIAFTR, the marker goes against the VIN, the VRM at the time of the theft is noted in the register but its not the main factor.

The Police have access to MIAFTR too, they also have access to the DVLA which will give the VIN based on the VRM. So the police see your plate, DVLA tells them the VIN, Police search MIAFTR for the VIN and see no marker so let the vehicle carry on.

It will be cheaper/easier to simply search MIAFTR but if you do that with the VRM you will see the plate was on a vehicle at the time it was stolen but then you should check the VIN and seeing they dont match then its not this vehicle.