New V5's?

st3v3 · Super Spammer Joined: 16 Oct 2006 Karma :

Sorry people, I haven't seen this posted elsewhere here and haven't been on enough to check every last place Laughing

but seen this tonight:

https://buyerbeware.direct.gov.uk/v5c/index.html

Can see why, kinda, bit odd 'now' though.
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JP7 · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Karma :

They've released the new one to set it apart from the blue ones. There are nearly a million stolen V5Cs somewhere, many of which have now found their way into circulation. This is an attempt to flush those out and get rid of them.

On a side note the bright red colourscheme looks awful.

Tonka · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jun 2008 Karma :

Sorry, but just a simple question!

So, you do all the checks like the frame numbers etc. and you are happy that the V5 is all ok, how do you check that the person on the V5 is the legal Owner?

Obviously I know about HPI checks etc. so it's theoretically 'easy' to check that the vehicle is not on finance, but how do you check if the V5 is NOT the ownership evidence?

Embarassed

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JP7 · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Karma :

Everyone forgets one thing when they worry about the registered keeper not necessarily being the owner.

If a vehicle is financed or leased, it will be registered to its driver but the finance company owns it until it's paid for. But the keeper is still liable for taxing, insuring and MOTing it, not the finance company. Tonka mentioned it, a HPI is a good way of finding out if the finance company is the owner.

In the vast majority of cases, the keeper and owner will be one and the same person.

Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

This is part of the fucked up system that never actually lets you own your own vehicle and what lets the plod use their confiscation powers to take a vehicle off you if needed.

" From 15 August 2010, DVLA will be 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.

If you still have the blue version of the V5C, you don’t need to do anything – it’s still valid until DVLA issues you with the redesigned version (red). "

It's exactly that, not yours, ever.