Glossary · Letter C
Certificate of Destruction
The UK document confirming a vehicle's permanent withdrawal from registration.
Definition
Certificate of Destruction
- Certificate of Destruction
- A Certificate of Destruction (CoD) is the formal UK document confirming that a vehicle has been treated at an Authorised Treatment Facility and permanently withdrawn from road registration. The CoD is filed electronically to the DVLA at the point of destruction; the DVLA updates the vehicle record and the previous keeper is released from further duties on that registration. Issuing a CoD without legitimate treatment is a regulatory offence — the document is the legal closure of a vehicle's life on the UK register. Sustain360 produces CoDs from inside the same workflow that runs the yard. A vehicle that reaches the report stage with depollution and dismantling complete is eligible for CoD issuance; the platform files to the DVLA and produces a signed PDF for the operator's records. The CoD references the VIN, the ATF identifier, the date of treatment, and the audit trail of depollution actions taken. Every CoD is searchable across the tenant's vehicle history and exportable to CSV alongside vehicle and audit data.
Related vocabulary
Related terms
- ATF (Authorised Treatment Facility)A UK-licensed site permitted to depollute and treat end-of-life vehicles.
- Depollution CertificateThe document confirming an ELV has been depolluted to regulation.
- VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)A unique 17-character identifier assigned to every road vehicle.
- ELV (End-of-Life Vehicle)A vehicle that has reached the end of its useful life and is bound for dismantling and material recovery.
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