Wrong address intentionally given for driving licence

Sgt_Pepper_2

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Yes your licence must have your correct address however the registered keeper of a vehicle can be pretty much anywhere you like as long as you can be contacted with enquiries about the vehicle.

Two different things there that people should remember. Licence = where you live, vehicle = anywhere that you can be contacted.

Also I knew someone who was stopped years ago by the police after a house move and she'd not updated her licence for 6 months. They let her go with a formal caution but had been looking to prosecute her.

So you're saying a traveller who's nfa can't have a driving licence?

They all use postal address that they do not live at but are contactable through the address.

vaio

My licence is still registered at my parents address where I haven't lived since the late '70s

My logic (for what it's worth) is that there is no reason DVLC will need to be contacting me until I hit 70 and even if there was something then the letter would sit on Dad's hall table and I'd pick it up on one of my "not frequent enough" visits

OP, as others have said, if you have firm evidence of fraud then maybe consider reporting it, if all you have is a suspicion of an out of date but still working licence address then I'd be inclined to mind your own business

vaio

On a related note, if I go to france or germany to live then I can either keep my UK licence or swap it for a Fr or De one.

Assuming I decide to keep my UK one then, as I can't see DVLC accepting an overseas address, a c/o friends/family/bank address must be acceptable

Sgt_Pepper_2

vaio wrote: »

On a related note, if I go to france or germany to live then I can either keep my UK licence or swap it for a Fr or De one.

Assuming I decide to keep my UK one then, as I can't see DVLC accepting an overseas address, a c/o friends/family/bank address must be acceptable

Not according to our former traffic warden.

vaio

which bit does the traffic warden (who he?) disagree with?

Sgt_Pepper_2

vaio wrote: »

which bit does the traffic warden (who he?) disagree with?

TrickyWicky wrote: »

Yes your licence must have your correct address however the registered keeper of a vehicle can be pretty much anywhere you like as long as you can be contacted with enquiries about the vehicle.

Two different things there that people should remember. Licence = where you live, vehicle = anywhere that you can be contacted.

Also I knew someone who was stopped years ago by the police after a house move and she'd not updated her licence for 6 months. They let her go with a formal caution but had been looking to prosecute her.

This one. Have a read.

vaio

Thanks, I'd be more inclined to go with Licence = anywhere that you can be contacted, vehicle = where you live.

Mostly on practical grounds in that car related stuff often has short time limits attached (NIPs, tax, insurance) whereas licence related stuff either doesn't exist or has long time limits (medical rules for renewals past 70)

thegirlintheattic

Insurance has to be at the address the vehicle is mainly kept at. The insurance company maybe interested in different addresses.

Driving license can be anywhere as long as you are contactable, many people leave it at one permanent address if they live a more nomadic lifestyle (for example students, temp workers).

If this person is using the DL as proof of address to commit fraud then you need to contact the person the fraud is against.

Rover_Driver

From DVLA's leaflet 'INFD1':

"The address on the licence must be a GB home address at which you can be contacted."

TrickyWicky

vaio wrote: »

Thanks, I'd be more inclined to go with Licence = anywhere that you can be contacted, vehicle = where you live.

It doesn't matter what you're inclined to go with, it matters what the rules are and they say that the licence address must be a GB address where you live. Why is it that some people like you think that these rules not only don't apply to you but that you can alter their meaning to suit yourself? IF the police caught you robbing a bank and you told them you done it because you were inclined to think it was legal do you think they'd let you off the hook?

Also no idea about the moving abroad thing but I have a feeling that there is some weird rule that you have to surrender your licence and get another one in that country if you're settling their permanently. If you're NFA then you're NFA - not much the police or DVLA can do about that.

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

Driving license can be anywhere as long as you are contactable

No thats wrong. Thats the registered keepers address which can be anywhere for some obscure reason. The licence address is supposed to be the same address that you live at although there must be thousands of motorists who don't update theirs.

Rover_Driver wrote: »

From DVLA's leaflet 'INFD1':

"The address on the licence must be a GB home address at which you can be contacted."

Are you the only one who speaks sense around here?

A vehicle can be registered anywhere to anyone. There is no requirement to have a licence to be a registered keeper however your licence is different - it must be registered to you at your address. Why? I have no idea. You would think that your vehicle must be registered to you at your own address too however for some odd reason that doesn't seem to apply.