Tax/Sorn Question

Rover_Driver

That is why both forms are required: completed form V890 to declare SORN with completed form V62 (with the necessary fee) to apply to become registered keeper.
If just a form V890 is submitted, it would not be accepted.

unholyangel

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

Have you actually done that?

I have, which is why I knew it is possible.

If you'd actually read the form I linked you would've seen its possible given its references to not being the RK and the tick box options.

EdGasketTheSecond

I already sent that form in a couple of months ago. I got the following reply from DVLA:


"A Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) can only be made by the registered keeper of a vehicle who would normally be the person responsible for taxing it and for any offences committed. You are not shown on our records as the current keeper of this vehicle, therefore I am unable to deal with your notification"


Maybe depends who deals with it at DVLA, I don't know but it didn't work for me. I had to wait until the new V5C arrived 5 weeks later and then I could SORN it online.


PS. DVLA obviously had the form to change registered keeper as I eventually got a new V5C.

AdrianC

And using the V5C/2 doc ref says "I'm the new keeper, SORNing my new acquisition, but haven't got a V5C in my name yet"

Rover_Driver

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

I already sent that form in a couple of months ago. I got the following reply from DVLA:


"A Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) can only be made by the registered keeper of a vehicle who would normally be the person responsible for taxing it and for any offences committed. You are not shown on our records as the current keeper of this vehicle, therefore I am unable to deal with your notification"

Did you send a completed form V62 (and the necessary fee) with the form V890?

EdGasketTheSecond

Rover_Driver wrote: »

Did you send a completed form V62 (and the necessary fee) with the form V890?

They already had the V62 from the seller which took 5 weeks to process.

unholyangel

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

They already had the V62 from the seller which took 5 weeks to process.

Why did the seller send the V62? It would have simply got them a replacement V5C rather than notifying the DVLA of a change of RK.

Rover_Driver

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

They already had the V62 from the seller which took 5 weeks to process.

That was the seller's V62. If you did not submit a V62 (to become the registered keeper) with your V890, that would be why the DVLA did not accept it.

AdrianC

Why is a V62 even needed?

The seller had the V5C. They sent it off.
The buyer has the V5C/2 - and should get a V5C in short order, if they haven't already.

EdGasketTheSecond

No seller did not have the proper V5C so they sent off a V62 to transfer ownership to me. Subsequently I sent off the V890 to declare SORN but seems DVLA can't tie up all activity relating to a vehicle though they did tell me a change of owner was being processed.


Hence my comment that the system is too complicated and you can end up not being able to legally do what is required.


There is no reason why I should have to also submit a V62 and pay DVLA another fee when the seller had already done that and DVLA knew that to be so.