Car dumped by me ~ landlord not interested

TrickyWicky

Sgt_Pepper wrote: »

No its not.

You yourself said its twoc - TAKING without consent.

Taking without consent is theft.

Are you really a plod or just a wannabe?

Sgt_Pepper_2

TrickyWicky wrote: »

You yourself said its twoc - TAKING without consent.

Taking without consent is theft.

Are you really a plod or just a wannabe?

TWOC isn't theft.

There is one vital aspect of theft missing.

PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE.

TrickyWicky

I'm bored...

patman99

The Management Company are behaving correctly. Most Management Companies (including the one where I live) have taken legal advice on abandoned vehicles and will no longer remove such vehicles due to legal implications.

londonTiger

OP you can only inform it to the management and contact the other residents to find out whose car this is. you have no business contact scrap metal dealers over this car - that is just plain wrong and you could be party to theft/destruction of someone else's property.

dont be a busybody, it's not affecting you, just inform the management and be done with it, sounds to me like it's not even being much of a nuisance to you either, plenty of spare space to park your car.

Mindless_Clone

patman99 wrote: »

The Management Company are behaving correctly. Most Management Companies (including the one where I live) have taken legal advice on abandoned vehicles and will no longer remove such vehicles due to legal implications.

I looked into this a while back - my brother's soon to be ex wife had left her SORNed and untaxed car on my parent's drive and, despite several attempts/arrangements to collect, she made it really difficult and put up barriers every time another date was arranged. She did collect it in the end but we pushed it out on the road the night before.

I phoned the DVLA, (who were very helpful when I explained the situation) and the council (who were useless) and checked on a police website. The police website seemed to indicate it could be sold and the proceeds used to pay for administration costs, although checking with the DVLA it's not that simple if you don't own the vehicle. DVLA were the ones who sent me to the council saying that they have a duty to remove illegal vehicles but, as I say, the council were not terribly helpful but did say if it wasn't SORNed they could do something about it.

You can apply for ownership of the vehicle yourself and then get it removed, but then you take on any other issues like the tax, MOT etc.
The DVLA also suggested that the council and /or police do have the power to remove a vehicle if it's illegal (i.e. untaxed/uninsured and not SORNed), so I would guess your first option would be to find out if it's SORNed and, if not, it's illegal even if it's parked on private land.

I would phone the DVLA and ask for more advice. They can check on their database if it's SORNed or insured and if it's not either then it becomes an illegal car regardless of where it is and it's just a case of getting someone (police, landlord or council) to take ownership of the problem and get rid of it.

The other issue might be if it gets *ahem* vandalised at all. It's entirely possible the local community support police team or the land managers will then deal with it because a vandalised vehicle is more likely to attract more crime and a generally unpleasant look that both the police and the landowners will want to deal with. Plus they will receive a lot more complaints about it and it might be that a multi pronged attack from many residents/locals will force them to do something.

fivetide

muckybutt wrote: »

Direct Gov suggests you get in touch with the council and reprort is as abandoned, it is then the councils responsibility even if its on private land as it could present a danger to the public. They will do a DVLA search to see if there is an owner, if there isnt then they will dispose of accordingly.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/WhereYouLive/Streetcleaninglitterandillegaldumping/DG_4001703

Four pages of one upmanship when the right answer is here in post 8.

Council will write to either the owner or all the flats. If no-one claims it they will take it away.

As a landlord I've had to report several cars like this in the past and this has always worked. It also costs you nothing bar a phone call and even then, the council may let you report it by email or through their website.

If it's legit, someone will claim it and hopefully you'll get it shifted. If not, it's being cubed!

5t.