Buying a SORNed car

[andyps]

I just bought a car from my daughter and transferred the registration across. Got the new registration document today and saw the reminder in it about taxing the car. The car has been SORN since last summer so I checked and of course saw that with the changes to continous taxation rules the SORN was cancelled with the change of registration, meaning the last SORN expired on September 1st and the new one only started today, meaning as far as the DVLA are concerned it hasn't been taxed or SORNed for a full month. Is there likely to be any follow up from this?

The car hasn't moved at all as it has been on my drive since it was SORNed last year, but difficult to prove it hasn't moved other than marks on the ground that will indicate it if it was moved!

My fault I know, but I had in mind that SORN had changed to not needing an annual declaration but forgot about the implications of a change of ownership.

Edited by andyps on Friday 2nd October 17:02

[B'stard Child]

Have your SORN'd it now?

When did you get the reg doc back in your name?

You are unable to SORN a car not in your name so you couldn't have done that until you did have the reg doc back in your name

[andyps]

The official date of transfer was September 20th, I got the reg document back yesterday and declared SORN yesterday. I think I was probably supposed to use the new keeper element of the document to declare SORN.

[B'stard Child]

andyps said:

The official date of transfer was September 20th, I got the reg document back yesterday and declared SORN yesterday. I think I was probably supposed to use the new keeper element of the document to declare SORN.

You'll be fine I reckon

I normally SORN by post around the same time as the PO sends the reg doc off

This means I get a letter back from DVLA returning my application saying I can't SORN as I am not the owner.

Normally a couple of days later I get a new reg doc in my name and I SORN on line then

I then have all the documentation I need to prove I tried to comply with the legislation

Not that I've ever had any issues with SORN and subsequent fines when the process was an annual renewal