disputed personal registration

[paullawrence240]

Hi, nice little one for us all to sort out here.....

My son recently sold his car to a nice young lady sold as seen, it included his personal registration number and it was agreed during the sale that the plate would be transferred back to him on retention. A nicely hand written receipt said 'sold as seen' and 'registration to be transferred back'. The nice young lady has since registered the car in her name and the personal reg is still on it. Since the sale a few things have needed repairing and the nice young lady has got herself an angry boyfriend, who has suggested amongst coming round to sort my son out, that the registration is not going to be returned either. So all, what's the best course of action, we want the reg back, have filled out the retention form for her to sign but she won't do it. How would you handle this?

thanks

[paullawrence240]

so the hand written note counts for nowt then, even though she signed it, does this address legal ownership of the plate?

[paullawrence240]

V5 gone and returned to DVLA already, so in here name, looks like it's game over

[paullawrence240]

when you think it through, it's all a bit odd really, how do you legally enforce that you own something, if the signed note is worthless, then what was the point? Just because the process of selling a car takes the reg with it, why does that make it legal for her to own the plate, we bought the plate separately and have the receipt for this, we have the hand written note from her, so how come DVLA would ignore this because it's 'attached to a car'. Don't feel right to me! You should be able to evidence to DVLA that there is a dispute and that you own the plate. How do any of us go about proving we own something, normally a receipt, or say another form of legal document, otherwise we'd all be nicking each others stuff and saying it's mine, clear off or else!

[paullawrence240]

not about the cash folks, sentimental, Dad buys son plate that matches his name for his 17th B'day, son sells car and cocks up! resent the idea of paying them off to get it back, 2x4 springs to mind! opps sorry no we're honest citizens!

[paullawrence240]

the plate is to go on retention for now, because the current car wont be with us for long, we have the correct form, you fill it in and she becomes the donor of the plate to go on retention to a new owner (my son) he pays the £80 BUT, she has to sign it! and I guess also get a new plate for her car, not sure if she has to pay something for this too.....bloody plates, more trouble then.....

[paullawrence240]

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[paullawrence240]

mmmmm, that's where it gets interesting, if the plate belongs to the car, then how come I didn't buy if off a car, I bought it off a registration site, so I thought my receipt says I own the plate, so the minute I put it on a car, the car owns it? I thought the DVLA owned it from the responses on here, all morally out of line to me! The plate was not on a car, I bought it, I put it on a car, now the car owns it.....