Taxing a car without a V5C.

[Pebbles167]

Hi all. Another typical DVLA documentation headache here. I've checked various other threads but the circumstances are generally slightly different.

So I've bought a car that was previously registered as a Category C write off. A small time dealer bought the car, had it fixed, and put it through a Vehicle Identity Check which it passed. The seller did not then apply for a new V5C.

Speaking to DVLA, I was advised that I could fill out a form V62 (application for a V5C) and a form V10 (application for vehicle tax) and send them both off together. Whilst I'm aware that the V5C might not arrive for up to 6 weeks (had this before on a previous vehicle before the new tax laws), I was told that if I sent off a V10, then the car would be taxed within 10 working days.

I'ts now been over 10 working days, and still nothing has arrived and checking online shows my car as untaxed. Checking in the bank shows the cheque for the tax enclosed with the V10 has not been cashed. I have contacted DVLA who have told me that they would not tax the car until the V5C has arrived in my name, but naturally another call later on in the day confirmed that they could indeed tax it. Sigh...

Can anyone confirm if this is possible or not?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Pebbles.

Edited by Pebbles167 on Tuesday 24th February 23:35

[sebhaque]

Has the payment been taken? You can normally insure a car with the V5C/2 supplement (the little bit you tear off when you buy a car and the seller sends the V5 off), but obviously with no V5 it complicates the process. In my speculative opinion I think you're stuck until a V5 surfaces, as without that the car technically has no registered keeper.

[Pebbles167]

sebhaque said:

Has the payment been taken? You can normally insure a car with the V5C/2 supplement (the little bit you tear off when you buy a car and the seller sends the V5 off), but obviously with no V5 it complicates the process. In my speculative opinion I think you're stuck until a V5 surfaces, as without that the car technically has no registered keeper.

Edited just as you posted. No payment has been taken yet.

I think you are correct, as you say, it has no registered keeper. And the previous keeper would have been the owner who wrote it off. Usually people have a supplement, but as the V5C was destroyed, I have nothing.

I should have learned my lesson last time I bought a vehicle without a V5C.

EDIT**: From a page on the website:

"If you’re not shown as the registered keeper on DVLA records you cannot tax the vehicle. You’ll need to apply for a Registration Certificate in your name."

Damn. Guess I'll be waiting. Thanks for the reply.

Edited by Pebbles167 on Tuesday 24th February 23:43

[S5V8]

Keep watching the system, I don't think it will be taxed when you get the V5 but more likely when they process it which will be 2 days before you get it in the post.

Once the system updates you are good to go before it drops through the letterbox I was told by the DVLA.

I think you could have a bit of a wait. My understanding is that it cannot be taxed until the ownership is resolved and YOU are on the V5. They cannot tax it first when ownership changes are going through otherwise the tax belongs to the previous owner and when they add you it will trigger a refund for the person who wrote it off.

I bet they would like a refund arriving through their letterbox though!!

[Pebbles167]

Cheers for the heads up, will just have to wait.

Very frustrating obviously. Although I should have known better, it filled me with a bit of hope when the DVLA phone operator said it would be taxed.

Arg.