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Buying a second hand car without V5C

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  • wongataa
    wongataa Posts: 2,749 Forumite
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    So long as you know the friend is being fully truthful and the tale about not registering the car is not covering up the fact the friend does not own the car to sell.
    The V5 tells you nothing about ownership.  It even tells you that in big letters on the front.

  • pcpaul22
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    Thank you everyone :)
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