charlie_boy Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Hi. Bought my first car. Not ready to drive it yet. Bought it secondhand. What do i have to make sure the car is legally mine with dvla or whatever? Mot is until june but tax is only until end of month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafya Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Hi. Bought my first car. Not ready to drive it yet. Bought it secondhand. What do i have to make sure the car is legally mine with dvla or whatever? Mot is until june but tax is only until end of month. The registration document for the vehicle should be filled in with your details by the last owner and sent off to DVLA. You should have got a green slip part off the logbook to keep until the new document arrives in your name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Its legally yours if you have a receipt. The log book just shows registered keeper, not the legal owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_boy Posted February 19, 2013 Author Share Posted February 19, 2013 It wasnt a receipt. We both just signed a bit a paper and dated it. Ive got the paperwork and signed section 6 and need to take it to post office to send off. Hoping thats all ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyoo Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Its legally yours if you have a receipt. The log book just shows registered keeper, not the legal owner. not necessarily true,Its only legally yours if you have a receipt if the last owner legally owned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janus Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 It wasnt a receipt. We both just signed a bit a paper and dated it. Ive got the paperwork and signed section 6 and need to take it to post office to send off. Hoping thats all ok. Charlie-boy, I assume you were the one that retained the "bit of paper" that was signed by both of you. You don`t need to take section 6 to the post office. My advice is to photo-copy this section 6 first, then send it to DVLA using recorded delivery-DVLA sometimes claim not to have received documents Do keep in mind that when the tax runs out, you still have to tax the car (& display the disc) to legally park on the road (even if you are not driving it). Safer parked on a drive a course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_arc Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Do keep in mind that when the tax runs out, you still have to tax the car (& display the disc) to legally park on the road (even if you are not driving it). Safer parked on a drive a course. Remember that if it's on the road taxed. If it's taxed then it needs to be insured. If you don't have it insured, then you need to SORN it and make sure it isn't on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrannyGranny Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 AS above, if you keep it on the road it needs to be taxed and insured. If its off the highway (driveway or garaged, not a private/shared car park etc..) and the tax runs out then you can SORN it (online I think). It doesn't need to be insured when SORN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truman Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 AS above, if you keep it on the road it needs to be taxed and insured. If its off the highway (driveway or garaged, not a private/shared car park etc..) and the tax runs out then you can SORN it (online I think). It doesn't need to be insured when SORN. To complicate things..if it's not insured it must be sorned (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_arc Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 To complicate things..if it's not insured it must be sorned (I think) This is Correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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