Transfer a vehicle licence

Find out how to transfer your private hire or hackney carriage vehicle licence to another person or company.

When to contact us

If you transfer your vehicle licence to another person or company, you must contact us within 14 days.  

It is an offence if you to fail to notify us that your vehicle licence has been transferred to another person or company.
 

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How to transfer a vehicle licence

You need to tell us the following things about the person you are transferring the licence to:

  • name(s)
  • date of birth
  • address

When you apply, we will need to see the following documents:

  • copy of the insurance certificate for the vehicle
  • basic Disclosure and Barring Service certificate (if the new licence holder does not hold a taxi driver licence with us)

The insurance certificate must cover a licensed driver to use the vehicle for its intended use.

We will transfer your vehicle licence once we have received all the information we need. 

When we contact you

We will respond to your request within 5 working days. 

You will receive your transferred paperwork licence from us by email. We will also post it out to your registered address.

Cost

The fee to transfer your taxi licence is £33.