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• REGISTERING A CAR WITHOUT A V5C: How can I register a car without a V5C? (FAQs)
  
• SELLING A CAR AFTER THE OWNER DIES: How can I sell a car after the owner has died? (FAQs)
  https://www.gov.uk/tell-dvla-about-bereavement/overview 2. Keeping the vehicle What you have to do depends on if you have the vehicle’s V5C registration certificate. If you have the V5C registration certificate You need to: fill in section 6 ‘new keeper details’ sign and date the ‘new keeper declaration’ tear off and keep the green V5C/2 ‘new keeper’s supplement’ Send the V5C registration certificate to the DVLA Sensitive Casework Team.
• TAXING A CAR YOU HAVE BOUGHT: How do I legally drive home a car I have bought privately? (FAQs)
  You will need to get new vehicle tax before you can use the vehicle. You can tax the vehicle using the New Keeper Supplement (V5C/2) part of the vehicle registration certificate (V5C) online or by using our automated phone service - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 0300 123 4321.
• BROKERS: Which brokers should I consider if buying a new or used car? (FAQs)
  That poses an additional difficulty of the car if you insure the car, but it is registered to someone else for the first 6 months, then to you for the last 6 months of its first year. From 15 August 2010, the DVLA started issuing a revised version of the V5C to anyone who registers a new vehicle or notifies DVLA of a change of keeper, address or of any vehicle changes. The revised V5C is a different colour (red) and makes clear that the V5C is not proof of ownership.
• INSURANCE WRITE OFFS: What do different insurance write off categories mean? (FAQs)
  As the wording suggests the vehicle will be categorised depending upon whether it has achieved structural damage, or not. Moving forward, every salvage vehicle will have its V5C marked. We see this as a significant development and something that brings about enhanced transparency, provided that the V5C can be obtained cheaply and in a timely manner. Vehicle repairable:  Where insurance repairs becomes ridiculous and open to serious abuse is when, for example, a car worth £10,000 is in a crash which is not the owner's fault and sustains some repairable damage.  The damage will cost £3,000 to repair.