What is a Statutory Off-Road Notification (SORN)?

A: A notification to tell DVSA that a vehicle doesn't have a current MOT

B: Information kept by the police about the owner of a vehicle

C: A notification to tell DVLA that a vehicle isn't being used on the road

D: Information held by insurance companies to check a vehicle is insured

If you want to keep a vehicle untaxed and off the public road, you must make a SORN. It’s an offence not to do so. Your SORN is valid until your vehicle is taxed, sold or scrapped.

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