Car dealer failing to notify change of ownership - dishonesty or laziness?

timbstoke

Was it the new red V5C or the old blue/green one? All vehicles should have the new one, since a batch of the old ones were stolen and hence they could be used for stolen/cloned vehicles.

Fergie76

You should have got lot's of private parking tickets...

SteveJW

unholyangel wrote: »

Eh less owners showing in vehicle history? Not putting cars through his books/accounts?
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Selling to dealer their name does not appear on the log book


See

https://www.gov.uk/notifying-dvla-if-you-sell-your-vehicle

unholyangel

SteveJW wrote: »

Selling to dealer their name does not appear on the log book


See

https://www.gov.uk/notifying-dvla-if-you-sell-your-vehicle

I didnt think so either - but a car I bought about 8 years ago actually had the dealer as an owner! It was the first car I had purchased myself so I just assumed it must be the norm. Only car I've bought since wasn't even made yet so nothing to compare it to.

taylor_alan

Car traders are allowed to keep a vehicle for 3 months held 'within the trade', after this point they're expected to register the vehicle to themselves.... though very few actually do.

The onus of the law is on the disposer of the vehicle to send off the notification of transfer, it's always an easy fix if you've kept your green v5c/2 section but this shouldn't be your responsibility!

If the dealership were unwilling to send the V5C then they should at the very least have given it to you to send!