Selling a SORN'D Cat C car

rubble2

Hi,

Daughter has CAT C car to sell, it was involved in a no fault accident and was susequently declared CAT C.

The car was driveable and was taxed and MOT'd until July. My daughter was using it whilst looking for a replacement vehicle which she now has and therefore SORNED the damaged car and left it parked off road.

The car has been advertised and we have had quite a bit of interest in it but are unsure about procedure once the car is sold.

As we understand it, we need to :-
Go online at the point of sale and register the vehicle to the new owner - this should then protect us from any comeback if the car is driven without tax or insurance.

Do we need to have ID from the buyer confirming his identity so that we can be sure that we are registering it to the genuine person and not some false identity.

If having done all this the buyer jumps in the car (having paid) and drives off in it without taxing and insuring it (to our knowledge) have we then done everything in our power to absolve ourselves from comebacks legally?

I am thinking of getting the buyer to sign a document as a receipt which will state that the car is untaxed and uninsured and that the buyer is responsible for making the vehicle legal before using it.

Is there anyting I have missed? Thanks

pappa_golf

just do this https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle 7am - 7pm , you will get an email saying the car is no longer yours , end of , full stop. what the new owner does then , is not your responsability

why did you throw a "red hearing" into the question ,"cat C" or the fact that it is , has nothing to do with change of ownership

Quentin

rubble2 wrote: »

I am thinking of getting the buyer to sign a document as a receipt which will state that the car is untaxed and uninsured and that the buyer is responsible for making the vehicle legal before using it.....

There is no need for all this - your car is no different to any other being sold! (The buyer always has to tax and insure a car before using it!)

rubble2

Thanks for the link - how important is it that we get the category of buyer correct?
The website asks if it is being sold to an individual or a trader - how would you class someone who is buying the car to break it for spares at home?

Regarding the Class C info, just giving the full picture regarding the circumstances - not intended as a 'Red Herring'

Quentin

You are worrying too much. Your example looks to be an "individual"