I've just received my car tax renewal reminder and below the car's vehicle registration number it says Validation character : 2.
I've not noticed that in previous years. What does it mean?
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I believe it's just an additional security measure used by the DVLA to make forgery more difficult. You will find it on V5s, tax discs and other DVLA documents too.
It's a random character, generated when the document is printed, and is stored in the database against that document.
DVLA will ask you for the validation character for all queries relating to a particular document. If the character you provide doesn't match what they have logged against that document, they know the document is a forgery.
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Probably best not to post it on the internet then!
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DP, thanks for the explanation.
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