SORN status?????

ohreally
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I transferred the insurance from a 4x4 that I didn't require to be on the road, approx. May 17 (MOT valid Nov and Tax till Dec). I disposed of a car Oct 17 and transferred the insurance policy to the 4x4 and MOT'd it last week.

On checking Gov site the 4x4 is showing as SORN (due to tax by the look of things) but the tax is valid until 12/17.

Why is it shown as SORN when all tax, mot and insurance is valid and in date?

Am I required to inform of anything?
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  • Tilt
    Tilt Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    ohreally wrote: »
    I transferred the insurance from a 4x4 that I didn't require to be on the road, approx. May 17 (MOT valid Nov and Tax till Dec). I disposed of a car Oct 17 and transferred the insurance policy to the 4x4 and MOT'd it last week.

    On checking Gov site the 4x4 is showing as SORN (due to tax by the look of things) but the tax is valid until 12/17.

    Why is it shown as SORN when all tax, mot and insurance is valid and in date?

    Am I required to inform of anything?

    Can we clarify that in May this year you "transferred" (thus cancelling cover) your insurance from a 4x4 to another car? If so, did you declare the 4x4 as SORNd?
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  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    Yes........
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  • wgl2014
    wgl2014 Posts: 1,144 Forumite
    When you declared SORN any remaining tax would have been refunded to the RK.

    You need to re-tax the car.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    ohreally wrote: »
    On checking Gov site the 4x4 is showing as SORN (due to tax by the look of things) but the tax is valid until 12/17.
    I can't even think how that would be displayed on the vehicle enquiry site. When it shows it's SORNed, you just get a green block with SORN and a tick. No date. Further down, it says "Vehicle status: SORN in place".

    Screenshot? PM the reg?

    You are checking on... https://vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/ ...right?

    SORN/Tax is a simple three-way choice.
    It's taxed - or - It's SORNed - or - It's unlicenced.
  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    Check pm...
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  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    edited 7 December 2017 at 10:03AM
    The OP's PMd me the reg - and it checks out perfectly normally. SORNed (no date shown), MOT expires Nov 18.

    I can only think that it was a different site being checked...

    OP - I can't reply by PM, as your storage is full...
    Silver 1.8 petrol Mitsubishi?

    On the official gov't site, I'm not seeing anything but "SORN", no date, and the MOT expires on 24/Nov/18... having been tested on 25/Nov/17 at 110k miles, no advisories (from the official MOT history site).

    Exactly what you'd expect to see...

    What site did you check on?
  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    AdrianC wrote: »

    What site did you check on?

    The gov vehicle enquiries site.

    I’m on the road today so may need to catchup as sndvwhen.

    Thanks.
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  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    Any thoughts on why Sorn is showing then?
    Don’t be a can’t, be a can.
  • AdrianC
    AdrianC Posts: 42,189 Forumite
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    ohreally wrote: »
    Any thoughts on why Sorn is showing then?

    Because, from what you've said, that's correct.
    ohreally wrote: »
    I transferred the insurance from a 4x4 that I didn't require to be on the road, approx. May 17 (MOT valid Nov and Tax till Dec). I disposed of a car Oct 17 and transferred the insurance policy to the 4x4 and MOT'd it last week.

    On checking Gov site the 4x4 is showing as SORN (due to tax by the look of things) but the tax is valid until 12/17.

    Why is it shown as SORN when all tax, mot and insurance is valid and in date?

    You must have SORNed it when it wasn't insured - because you would have had a continuous insurance penalty through by now otherwise. Taxed cars must be insured - that's been legally in place since 2011.
    You MOTd and insured it over the last few weeks... but you don't mention re-taxing it.
  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    The tax was never cancelled and all summer the tax status showed tax until 31/12/17.
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