Scrapping car I own but am not the registered keeper?

unlucky_jim

A few years ago i bought a used car from a dealer. It had a personal plate and the dealer wanted to keep this (to sell on i suppose or add to his collection). To do this he would have to put the log book into his name, remove the plate then transfer the log book to me. All this seemed fine to me. He told me this would take a few weeks (after i had paid for and taken the car). It didn’t. A few years later the v5c is still in his name and those oh-so complicated DVLA forms haven’t been sent off.

I have chased this up numerous times, he rarely returns my calls and when I do manage to get him on the phone he is apologetic and says, he hasn’t got around to sending off the DVLA forms, but he will do it ASAP. But he never does. Now the car has reached the end of its life and i want to scrap it and i am wondering what my legal responsibilities here are (as the owner but not the keeper).

Can I scrap the car? After that do I have any other responsibilities - aside from notifying the keeper (DVLA?). I'd like to know where I stand legally before I (attempt to) contact him again - if indeed i even want to do that.

AdrianC

If you've got the V5C (in his name), then just scrawl your name and address on the back, post it off, wait a couple of weeks, open envelope containing V5C in your name. Not that complicated.


If you've not got the V5C, then... how have you been taxing it?


Anyway, scrapping it - you might find a scrapper that'll take it. Or you might not. If not, you're going to need to get a V5C in your name. If you have the old one, see above. If not, V62 and £25 and a month or so.

stator

Fill out form V62. You will need to pay the £25 fee. You will get a new V5C and can scrap your car (unless the current keeper objects, because something dodgey is going on here).

I can't believe you've waited so long to sort this out. You've been keeping a car that is registered to someone completely different. It's lucky you haven't got into trouble somewhere along the line.

neilmcl

As mentioned, who's been taxing the car in all this time?

twhitehousescat

form v62 will "push" the dealer to do something having recently had to get a v5 by this method , after about 4 weeks you will get a letter from DVLA saying a v5 will be issued on "x date" (about 3 weeks later) , they then write to the owner (dealer) giving them (I think) 14 days to object to transfer , if the dvla do not hear back from dealer in said time , you get a v5

so even tho the dealer will not do anything for you now , your £25 pushes him , with no ifs or buts or failing to rely to calls

glentoran99

stator wrote: »

Fill out form V62. You will need to pay the £25 fee. You will get a new V5C and can scrap your car (unless the current keeper objects, because something dodgey is going on here).

I can't believe you've waited so long to sort this out. You've been keeping a car that is registered to someone completely different. It's lucky you haven't got into trouble somewhere along the line.

Nothing illegal about that, unless of course he's been lying to his insurance company

Rover_Driver

glentoran99 wrote: »

Nothing illegal about that,

Possibly the offence of an incorrectly registered vehicle - contrary to s.43C(1)(a), Vehicles Excise & Registration Act 1994?