Applying for v5

BillyJ · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Karma :

So there is a scooter with no tax, mot or insurance. The owner gave it to me today with the key but has returned the v5 to the dvla a few weeks ago.

How do I get the v5?

Do I need to apply for one via dvla as an abandoned vehicle?
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Tamsin · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Mar 2014 Karma :

send the new keepers slip off, or if you don't have that then appy for a V5c form (V62)

BillyJ · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Karma :

Yep don't have the slip.

I'll send off the application form thanks
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

I suspect that the previous owner has just lost the V5C. He can't meaningfully have "sent it in" - without new keeper details, DVLA can't and won't do anything with it.

You want the simplest, quickest solution, that won't result in either you or the previous keeper being pumped?

Send a letter to:

DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1BA

Head it with the name and address of the previous keeper. Say that "you" (i.e. the old keeper) have sold the vehicle to actually-you, but that you've lost the V5C. Include the:

vehicle registration number
make and model
exact date of sale
name and address of the new keeper (i.e. actually-you)

See:
https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle/y/no/sold-it/sold-it-privately-to-a-person-or-business

If you're a-scared of getting 20 years in Strangeways, print out the exact same letter, then just get the old keeper to sign it. That keeps both of you square with The Man.

DVLA don't check signatures though, so you could just scrawl any old squiggle on it - I've done that with V5Cs before, no problems.

If this looks like a quicker, cheaper way than sending in a V62 request form and a £25 bribe for the DVLA to do the job that our taxes already pay for, I believe that it is. Don't let them know that the jig is up. Shhh!

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Dave_80 · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 12 Nov 2016 Karma :

If you have bought a bike and not received a V5 after four weeks or so you can apply using a V62 fill in all the details and as a new keeper you don't need to pay the £25 as I read it.
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Tamsin · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Mar 2014 Karma :

Only if you have the new keepers slip.

I've just had to do this for the focarse..

Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Dave_80 · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 12 Nov 2016 Karma :

Yeah you're right forgot the bit about new keeper slip.if sending payment definitely send recorded post.
Dvla are great at losing stuff.
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BillyJ · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Karma :

Ok.... So the old owner sent the v5 off changing the keeper to a random address so he would stop getting tickets for the bike since it had been left for a while and the parking tickets were stacking up.

So surely I just pay £25 and get it in my name?
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andyscooter · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 May 2009 Karma :

how well do you know person getting rid of scooter op

if dvla come back to him with any threats of fines etc whats to stop him saying you bought it before the parking fines but gave a false name and address
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BillyJ · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Karma :

Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Exactly. They can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt which of you had it between the date the previous keeper said he'd passed it on to Mr Fakename, and the date you say you got it, which I would cheerfully put as today (the V5C being a liability, not an asset, as the previous keeper discovered).

No chance of a conviction for anyone, so no chance of a prosecution for anyone.

As the new keeper, you in particular are under no statutory obligation to tell them anything, not from whom or where or when or even that you obtained it. You're doing them a favour.
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BillyJ · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Karma :

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Being the registered keeper is not the same as being the owner. Says so on the document itself.

So he can have been the owner and is perfectly at liberty to sell/give it to you but not be the registered keeper.

If I were you, I would have a bill of sale made up between the two of you and both sign it. Make sure the date is on there. You can download templates.
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