You don't send off the green slip. It is only to be used once when taxing it then you chuck it in the bin once the new V5 comes through.

The seller fills in the other part of the V5 and sends it to DVLA.

If you did agree to pay for the tax, do the decent thing and pay it and ask he sends the V5 off (it is in his interests to do so to get the car out of his name). If you didn't agree to pay it then fill in a V62 with £25 fee and send to DVLA.

Did you give the dealer an insurance certificate in your name to tax it with? If not, they taxed it on their insurance which is why they put their name on it. He hasn't put the car in his name - the green slip cannot and does not change the ownership.

You are wrong as to what the green slip is for. It is to hold onto to tax it and retain until the new V5 comes through. It is never sent to the DVLA in normal circumstances and the car will not be in his name.

If you agreed to pay the tax pay it and he should then send off the front page of the V5 which presumably he still has and WILL change the ownership.

If he doesn't, you can download and fill in a V62 form and send it with a cheque for £25 to the DVLA which will put it you name. However, it is better the seller does the above as it is quicker (a V62 takes about 6 weeks to process). You DO NOT need the green slip for this.

Don't get hung up about the green slip and his details - it is just a way around him using his insurance at a Post Office and is meaningless in terms of changing the registered keeper.

The V5 does not prove ownership anyway. You still own the car, it is just the keeper you need to sort out.

Edited by pd on 16/09/2013 at 23:23

In any case Log book/V5 has nothing to do with who is the legal owner of the car. V5 simply records the registered keeper which is often someone different, especially for company cars and so on (although some companies register it in their name or indeed another related company). If you have a receipt you have proof the car belongs to you, so ownership is not an issue.

So then the only issue is whether another owner will show up on the new V5 between you and the last non trade owner, as this could reduce its resale value. Thats certainly something worth fighting but its not a risk of the police taking the car off you etc if you have proof of ownership. And so on.

Indeed the registered keeper doesnt need to be a driver, doesnt need to be any particular age. Indeed many a rock star with no licence has their limo in their name even though they never drive it. And there was an old trick of registering cars in childs names as they cannot be prosecuted and that sidesteps parking fines etc.

And so on.