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Form: Replace HGV or trailer MOT or plating certificates or ministry plates

Driver Vehicle Standards Agency

Application for replacement documents for a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer

Ref: VTG59 PDF , 1.04 MB , 2 pages

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Details

If the original has been lost or damaged for your HGV or trailer, use this form to apply for a replacement:

• MOT certificate (VTG 5)
• ministry plate (VTG 6A for vehicles and VTG 6T for trailers)
• plating certificate (VTG 7A for vehicles and VTG 7T for trailers)

How to send your application

Apply online

1. Download and save the form on your computer.
2. Fill in the form.
3. Use the service to apply for a certificate for a lorry or trailer to send the form to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). Select the Plating and testing application type and then the VTG59 Request for Replacement Documents option.
4. Pay the application fee by credit or debit card (DVSA will email you to tell you how to pay after youve applied), or using a pre-funded account.

Apply by post

Download and fill in the form and post it to DVSA .

Replacements Section
DVSA
The Ellipse
Padley Road
Swansea
SA1 8AN

What happens next

DVSA aims to process your application in 5 days if you have filled in the form correctly. If you have not received the replacements by then, you should contact DVSA .

DVSA customer service centre
Telephone: 0300 123 9000
Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 6pm
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If youve applied for a replacement plate and plating certificate, you can still use your vehicle or trailer for national journeys while youre waiting for the replacement.

However, until you receive the plate and plating certificate, you will not be able to:

• get an MOT
• make international journeys

Print the plate and plating certificate

DVSA will email an A4 PDF document to you. This contains an A5-sized plate and an A5-sized plating certificate on the same page.

You will need to print this out and then cut the paper into its 2 parts.

You can print on any type or colour of A4 paper, as long as all parts of the plate and plating certificate are clear to read. DVSA recommends that you laminate the plate to help protect it, but it is not a requirement.

Save the PDF file so you can print out replacements if the plate or plating certificate are damaged or lost in the future.

Display the plate and keeping the plating certificate

You must display the plate:

• within the vehicles cab if its an HGV
• on the chassis if its a trailer

Fix the plate securely in a position thats easy to see and read it from. The plate must be clear enough to read at all times.

You can keep the plating certificate with the other vehicle documents (for example, in an office) or in the vehicle.

1. 20 March 2023 Added information about what happens after you've applied, as the plate and plating certificate will now be sent to you by email.
2. 2 December 2022 Updated with the latest version of the application form.
3. 17 May 2021 Updated to latest version of form.
4. 21 February 2019 Updated with the latest version of the form.
5. 16 January 2017 Updated replacement heavy go