Changing Ownership On Deceased Owners Bike

[Vincent]

I'm taking over my brothers bike after he recently passed away. Anyone know how I go about it? I suspect I may have to wait until his estate has been worked out and I would like to get around this if there's a way.
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[Ste]

https://www.gov.uk/tell-dvla-about-bereavement

[Doovy]

Sorry for your loss!
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[Vincent]

Cheers Ste.....I'm a bit concerned about sending off the V5C and not getting it back. I wonder if they ever have reason to contest the change of ownership

Thanks Doovy
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[ScaredyCat]

I don't mean to be insensitive but...

If you don't mention that he's dead just yet, you could fill out the new owner stuff couldn't you, i.e. transfer the bike to you from him on your own.

It might cause an issue if they're competent enough when you do inform them, that he managed to change the owner after he passed away... but are they that competent? Would they actually care?
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[Vincent]

Aye...........

None of us have any idea how much my brother was worth at the moment, and it's mind blowingly expensive to get him repatriated, (he died whilst working in China), so I'm concerned some shiny-arse lawyer will move in and take the bike away. We are all hoping his employers may cover some of the cost.

No problems here with insensitivity, as long as nobody slags him off, I'm fairly thick skinned Besides, on the internet, nobody sees you baaaw
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[ScaredyCat]

[woo]

sorry for your loss bro

but id just fill the details in and make up a sig for him and send it off
they have no way of knowing and its quicker and easier this way

rules..............dvla...............pls

hope you get him ok
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[Pete.]

You're only changing the registered keeper - not the owner so DVLA won't care about estate issues. I see two courses of action, one legal the other not strictly legal:

1) Fill in the new keeper part of the current V5 and send it in. They will send him a letter to which there will be no response then you'll get a new V5 in a few weeks.

2) Fill in the transfer of ownership part of the V5, forge his signature as the seller and back-date it a little. You'll get a new V5 more quickly.
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[Rogerborg]

Keeper ≠ owner.

Owner is entirely up to the wrangling over the estate. No can help. Sorry, about that and in general.

Keeper is up to the DVLA. Cut to the chase, they just want someone living to mug and blackmail, they won't give a stuff about whose signature is on the V5C. If you want to become the keeper, I'd just do it, but remember that being the keeper is a liability, not an asset.
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[Vincent]

Tanx all

I just need somewhere to put it now, picking the Toyota up this week and moving it to work on at my Dads place....tho that's not going to be easy as it's a tiny garage. The bike needs a bit of work....... I remember my brother saying he had difficulties finding a decent replacement silencer, one of the split ones......but from what I remember, it's not far off being on the road.
I may do something I always found tacky when I've seen it on other bikes and have a mini-portrait of him painted on it somewhere
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[P.]

I'd just do it as a standard fill in and send offski.

What are they gonna do? "Hi Mr Vincent, we've done some work, amazing right, we've found out this person is deceased"

I'd eat my own scrotum if there was any proof that 'work' happened in the Swazi Swansea office.

[Vincent]

[ScottT]

One thing that might have been overlooked, did your brother buy it on HP, is there any outstanding finance on the bike?

[Vincent]