Vehicle seized and how to get it back

bluelad1927

Without sounding harsh or sarcastic it sounds like there's a bit more to this than is being told.

Only now are you worried about the value but for the last 7 yrs it hasn't been insured. 

How has it now come to being on a road then to be seized.

And then there's the dogdiest reason ever given for it not being registered  with the correct owner

sheramber

eskbanker said:

sheramber said:

How can the vehicle be sold when the registration number on it is not correct?

OP has more urgent matters to address before considering issues associated with selling it later on, not least physically getting hold of it again!

I was referring to

The vehicle will be sent to auction if I can’t prove ownership within 2 weeks

Arunmor

Start of by trying to get it registered in your name.  Talk to the previous owner if required you have his details.

One step at a time.

Herzlos

Do you still have the New Keeper slip? What registration number is on that? I'm assuming the old keeper took their plate off before selling it to you but you never changed the plastic over.

If you send the New Keeper slip in tomorrow Special Delivery then it may get registered in your  name in time even if it hasn't made it to you.

If I were you I'd be visiting the old keeper and asking them to sign a statement saying that they sold the van to you on blah date for blah money, and try to use that along with the V5 and finance paperwork to show you own it even if not registered.

Then you'll get to deal with all of the other offenses plus a whole host of expenses since you're going to need to get insurance that'll remove it from impound and since it presumably doesn't have an MOT you'll need to get it recovered in a vehicle big enough to recover a van.

Hoenir

sheramber said:

eskbanker said:

sheramber said:

How can the vehicle be sold when the registration number on it is not correct?

OP has more urgent matters to address before considering issues associated with selling it later on, not least physically getting hold of it again!

I was referring to

The vehicle will be sent to auction if I can’t prove ownership within 2 weeks

A week to prove ownership then a further week to remove the vehicle from the pound. 

Car_54

Arunmor said:

Start of by trying to get it registered in your name.  Talk to the previous owner if required you have his details.

One step at a time.

He bought it from a dealer, so he’s unlikely to know who the previous owner was.

Mildly_Miffed

It's likely the van is still "in trade" with DVLA, if the original keeper sold it to a dealer.

Aretnap

bluelad1927 said:

Without sounding harsh or sarcastic it sounds like there's a bit more to this than is being told.

Only now are you worried about the value but for the last 7 yrs it hasn't been insured. 

How has it now come to being on a road then to be seized.

And then there's the dogdiest reason ever given for it not being registered  with the correct owner

Also... I'm pretty sure that the police don't routinely seize random vehicles off the street just because they happen to be parked somewhere distance from the address that they're registered at - surely the point of having a vehicle is that people take them away from home? So why did they think that this one was stolen?

Emmia

Aretnap said:

bluelad1927 said:

Without sounding harsh or sarcastic it sounds like there's a bit more to this than is being told.

Only now are you worried about the value but for the last 7 yrs it hasn't been insured. 

How has it now come to being on a road then to be seized.

And then there's the dogdiest reason ever given for it not being registered  with the correct owner

Also... I'm pretty sure that the police don't routinely seize random vehicles off the street just because they happen to be parked somewhere distance from the address that they're registered at - surely the point of having a vehicle is that people take them away from home? So why did they think that this one was stolen?

The number plate came up as untaxed (which is possible if the plate is also on another vehicle, which hasn't been taxed)? Or belonging to a different type of vehicle than the van in front e.g. potential cloning...

We still don't know why the relative was using a vehicle the OP knew wasn't insured, taxed or MOT'd.

MeteredOut

Emmia said:

Aretnap said:

bluelad1927 said:

Without sounding harsh or sarcastic it sounds like there's a bit more to this than is being told.

Only now are you worried about the value but for the last 7 yrs it hasn't been insured. 

How has it now come to being on a road then to be seized.

And then there's the dogdiest reason ever given for it not being registered  with the correct owner

Also... I'm pretty sure that the police don't routinely seize random vehicles off the street just because they happen to be parked somewhere distance from the address that they're registered at - surely the point of having a vehicle is that people take them away from home? So why did they think that this one was stolen?

The number plate came up as untaxed (which is possible if the plate is also on another vehicle, which hasn't been taxed)? Or belonging to a different type of vehicle than the van in front e.g. potential cloning...

We still don't know why the relative was using a vehicle the OP knew wasn't insured, taxed or MOT'd.

All we know is "A relative parked the vehicle on a main road" - it could have just been moved from private land to there, but not actually driven any further.