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When to get an MOT
The MOT test checks that your vehicle meets road safety and environmental standards.

You must get an MOT for your vehicle by either:

• The third anniversary of its registration
• The anniversary of its last MOT, if it’s over 3 years old
• Some vehicles need to be tested at one year old, please check on the GOV website to see which ones.

Check your MOT history to see when your vehicle’s MOT expires.

You cannot drive or park your vehicle on the road if the MOT has run out. You can be prosecuted if caught.

The only exceptions are to drive it:

• To or from somewhere to be repaired
• To a pre-arranged MOT test

To find out when it runs out you can either:

• Check your MOT history online
• Check the date that’s printed on your current MOT certificate, if you have one
• You can sign up to get reminders that your MOT is due.

You can be fined up to £1,000 for driving a vehicle without a valid MOT.

You can get an MOT up to a month (minus a day) before it runs out and keep the same renewal date.

Example

If your MOT runs out on 15 May, the earliest you can get an MOT to keep the same renewal date for next year is 16 April.

You can get an MOT earlier, but the renewal date for the following year will change to one year (minus a day) from the date the vehicle last passed its MOT.

Example

Your MOT is due to run out on 15 May, so the earliest you can get it done is 16 April. However, you take your vehicle for its MOT on 14 April and it passes. This means that the MOT expiry date changes to 13 April the following year.