Road tax on a dispted vehicle

[drew.h]

I've asked about this before, but the threads ended up with sheriff is better than a bailiff answers.

I have a car parked outside my house, it is in my name and the tax runs out this month. I have a CCJ against the garage I bought it from, part of which is the cost of the car. I've been told not to let him take the car until the debt has been paid (which he tried to do). I don't have off road parking and don't want to spend more money on road tax. What can I 'Legally' do? I only have 10 days to sort the tax situation out.

MCOL says ask CAB, CAB says ask MCOL, bailiff can't offer legal advice.

[drew.h]

randlemarcus said:

Provide either off-road parking, or road tax. This is a separate issue from the original claim - perhaps MCOL could answer the question about costs incurred storing the asset prior to the debt being paid?

I really don't have the facilities or money to do either.

[drew.h]

Should I put the registration in the dealers name then?

[drew.h]

How about putting it in their name and getting the bailiff to levy it?

[drew.h]

I wasn't aware you can tax it for 1 month. Isn't it 6 month minimum?

[drew.h]

Ok, say I do the direct debit route, then in 6 months when the insurance, MOT and tax runs out, and the CCJ still hasn't been paid, what do I do then?

[drew.h]

So if I send a notice of sale of goods, the cost or taxing the car should be taken off what it sells for and the rest is knocked off the debt.

If within that 3 months he pays up and collects the car, how do I recover or add the additional costs to the original debt?

[drew.h]

LOL, only just spotted my typo.

Just an idea, who is responsible for the road tax on a car, the registered keeper or the legal owner?
I'm back to the idea of sending off the v5 in the garages name, but not letting him take the car, as I am the legal owner, until he as paid me back for it?

[drew.h]

TooMany2cvs said:

Seriously, for the sake of a few tens of quid at most for a month's DD...

But its not just that, the car also has to be insured and its policy has my NCD on it. Next it will be the MOT. I've had 5 months without my own car.

I was thinking the possibility of DVLA fines might force him to get his hands out of his pockets. As far as stopping him remove the car, its a close rural community, one road in/out and I can wave the CCJ shouting 'Stop thief".

[drew.h]

Vaud said:

Just picking up on your other thread (where I am supportive but pragmatic as to your chances of resolution) - how did this one end?

Car gone, money in bank just before Christmas. When loading onto the transporter the guy spotted a serious problem with the steering, so lucky I stopped driving it.

[drew.h]

LoonR1 said:

Maybe stop buying cars that are clearly not the bargain you think they are, or better still stop making up stories like this amd the other thread.

If you read you will see both cars bought around same time, from dealers, which I normal do not do, but at the time thought it safer, because with my chest injury I wasn't able to full inspect the cars myself. As for making stories up, what proof do you want? I have a paper work from MCOL for the Saab, receipt for the Shogun plus photos of the rust and a police report for the crash that caused my injury.

This all started when that prat did this to my pickup:



No wonder I'm angry