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"Between Registered Keepers" - how long?
Tigsteroonie
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This is just idle curiosity ...
Our neighbour died about two months ago. Their car is still sat on their drive. It wasn't used for a three months before then but presumably was insured and they would have been the registered keeper.
I see on gov.uk that if a vehicle is between registered keepers then it is excluded from 'continuous insurance enforcement'.
I was just wondering, after a death, how long a car can be between registered keepers. What if no member of the family registers it in their own name? Could it stay there, uninsured, until it dissolves completely into a rust heap?
As I say, just curious
Our neighbour died about two months ago. Their car is still sat on their drive. It wasn't used for a three months before then but presumably was insured and they would have been the registered keeper.
I see on gov.uk that if a vehicle is between registered keepers then it is excluded from 'continuous insurance enforcement'.
I was just wondering, after a death, how long a car can be between registered keepers. What if no member of the family registers it in their own name? Could it stay there, uninsured, until it dissolves completely into a rust heap?
As I say, just curious
:heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls
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I imagine most Insurers would be happy to keep it insured for 12 months by an Executor as long as they are a reasonable risk.The man without a signature.0
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If it is up a private drive it does not require to be insured.0
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stormbreaker wrote: »If it is up a private drive it does not require to be insured.
Correct - but if not insured it must be declared SORN0 -
From experience, post beareavement, of all the issues that have to be dealt with, a car that was parked off the highway and not causing an immediate problem would have been at the bottom of my "to do" list.
No doubt they will get round to dealing with it, especially if there is some monetary value so that it is worth selling, or paying for insurance etc flags up unnecessary expenditure.0 -
My mistake, I thought it now had to be insured too, despite being on the drive. I'ts got no value - if it had then the family would probably be using it (it's an old rust-heap).
As I said, I was just curious. I see it every day, and the thought happened to cross my mind.:heartpuls Mrs Marleyboy :heartpuls
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