Offence
Keep a vehicle without a valid vehicle licence
How often this offence appears in the published court listings for England and Wales, which courts list it most and where to read the official sentencing guideline.
- Hearings listed
- 1,146
- Upcoming hearings
- 10
- Next listed date
- Mon, 26 October 2026
- Courts listing it
- 24
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (1,146)
- Sentencing guideline
- No excise licence
- Official offence code
- VE94015
- The law
- Contrary to section 29(1) and (3) of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994.
- Where it can be tried
- Magistrates' court only
- Can lead to prison
- No
Courts that list it most
- Redditch Magistrates' Court (187 hearings)
- Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court (97 hearings)
- Ipswich Magistrates' Court (73 hearings)
- Barnsley (72 hearings)
- Preston Magistrates' Court (68 hearings)
- Kirklees (Huddersfield) Magistrates' Court (61 hearings)
- Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court (56 hearings)
- Swansea Magistrates' Court (54 hearings)
- Tameside (53 hearings)
- Crawley Magistrates' Court (52 hearings)
- Slough (50 hearings)
- Teesside Magistrates' Court (42 hearings)
- Cambridge Magistrates' Court (41 hearings)
- Bromley Magistrates' Court (36 hearings)
- Bodmin (34 hearings)
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- Use a vehicle without a valid vehicle licence
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- Drive a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road / in a public place without due care and attention
- Keep a motor vehicle which does not meet insurance requirements
- Enter a compulsory ticket area on the Transport for London regional railway network without a valid ticket
- Driver of a vehicle fail to stop after road accident - give name and address of self and owner / vehicle details