I've been offered a car, worth a fair bit more than the price offered to me, and in sound condition - but it has not been taxed, or sorn declared. The car was out of use for around 15 months, and only just been brought back into use (though not been on public road yet obviously).
The person I'm potentially buying from has had a bit of a rough time over the last year or so, and effectively put his head in the sand - hence why no sorn done etc.
Now, If I was to buy the car, put it through it's MOT etc - will I be able to tax it at the post office, or will the unlicenced and un-sorned status prevent a disc being issued?
Basically, I don't want to buy it and then find I cant make use of it without paying backdated tax and/or fines - especially given that they won't be mine to pay anyway.
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My understanding is that, assuming you do purchase the car, you are only liable for car tax or SORN from the date on which you purchase the vehicle.
However, what you must make sure you do get is the V5C Registration Document as, without it, you cannot tax the car at the post office until you obtain one.
This processs typically takes up to two months!
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I'll back you up on that one, you're only liable for the tax after you become the owner. You'll probably find it has been sorned by now despite what the owner thinks.
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If it isn't taxed or SORN'd the the owner will be getting regular fines. If he isn't, then it's not registered at that address.
Tread carefully.
(unless it's been of the road from before Jan 1998).
Martin
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richy who do you think sorned it then as the man with the head in the sand won"t have? as said
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This sounds very dodgy, The DVLA database is now designed to ensure that vecles are either sorn or taxed. It is very unlikely that the car would be overlooked unless the present owner is not the prsesent owner ie new keeper section on V5 never sent off or stolen plates
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Well, following the earlier reply regarding making sure the V5 is present, I've uncovered another little problem.
He has the V5, but the registered keeper is still the owner previous to him. That in itself wouldn't be a major issue - except that he has filled his own details in under the 'new owner' bit (including the green slip).
So, presumably this could cause a problem with the tax?
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not really omeuk get an invoice off him to show when you purchased the car get it mot"d and go to your local dvla taxation office with the v5c and its bits fill in a new v62 and a v10 and the man behind the counter will give you a tax disc the previous keeper to your man will probably get the fines for not advising the changes, or you could post them (not recommended)to the local office.
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If the person concerned shows little or no interest in dealing with the vehicle properly, how do you know it's been looked after and maintained correctly even when on the road more than a year ago?
There are more than 32 million vehicles on UK roads and a large percentage of the cars sector are up for sale at any time. Surely one of them would prove a better bet?
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Well, following the earlier reply regarding making sure the V5 is present, I've uncovered another little problem. He has the V5, but the registered keeper is still the owner previous to him. That in itself wouldn't be a major issue - except that he has filled his own details in under the 'new owner' bit (including the green slip). So, presumably this could cause a problem with the tax?
You haven't said what the car is or the price you're paying, but this sounds odd. If it is a real bargain, consider investing in a HPI check and make sure there's no finance owed on it. Regardless of who the registered keeper is, the lender has title. For all you know, the owner before the guy you're dealing with may have finance owing.
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I dont think you would have a major problem, although it may take a little while to sort out. If he has filled in his details on the V5 then I presume its an old style V5 ? dvla should be aware of a problem since the new v5 would have gone to the old owner.
Give dvla a ring and (once you have fought through the phone system) explain the situation.
I did this recently for a friend who had a car not sorned or taxed just sitting at the back of the garage, got it all sorted out pleasantly on the phone. We followed up with a letter and they returned a new style v5 and accepted it as being sorned. Key think was that ot hadnt been on the road.
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If you go to the post office with a valid MOT and insurance certificate for the car and the green slip from the bottom of the V5 with the date of transfer less them two months old you will be issued with a tax disc, no questions asked. I speak from personal experience from just two days ago.
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