Essential documents
Your driving licence has been lost or stolen. What should you do?
- Keep driving, as a licence is not really needed
- Apply to the DVLA for a replacement licenceCorrect
- Draw yourself a new one to use in the meantime
- Wait for the police to post a new one to you
Why?
If your licence is lost or stolen you must apply to the DVLA for a replacement, which costs a small fee. If it was stolen you should also tell the police. Keeping a valid licence is part of the document rules in Annex 3 of The Highway Code.
Highway Code rules Annex 3, DVLA