Abandoned car - on (my) private land

[Muppet007]

Hi,

I've googled this question and looked in the forums but can't find a good answer for my problem.

Tenant has moved out and left and old, knackered car on my drive. Last MOT & Taxed in 2016. Its full of crap, looks like its been in a crash and has not moved in years.

My local council website for abandoned car just says "contact the land owner" in this situation. I am the land owner but I can't find a good answer if I can just call up scrap company to come collect and get rid of it.

Reading a few of the local scrap yard / car collection websites, they say I either need the V5 or keys. I have nether.

Any advice would be grateful received.

Thanks

[rev-erend]

Tow or drag it on to the public road. It's then the local council problem.

[aterribleusername]

I have this problem where I live regularly with tenants moving out of flats and leaving cars behind. One landlord just applied for a new logbook that came to the flat then changed it to his name then scrapped it, a bit naughty but then it was a very knackered Focus so no-one really cared. Others have been dealt with by the management company by trying to contact the owner at the last known address (ie it comes to the flat and is then ignored) then they leave a laminated note on it for so many days before it's removed by grabber crane. Currently got an X3 sat awaiting that fate as the Volvo that had been here since February went on the weekend.

[Old Merc]

I`m sure you could find a "traveler Type" scraper who will not ask questions, drag it on the back of a pickup and disappear.

[BrettMRC]

Apply for the V5 and then get it removed?

[gsr121]

What does the tenancy agreement say in respect of property left at the Property after the agreement has ended. I suspect this might be a tenancy law question, rather than a general law question.

Have a look at landlordzone forums, I think similar questions have been asked, albeit in respect of belongings left inside the property, but I suspect the principle will be the same.

[Far Cough]

BrettMRC said:

Apply for the V5 and then get it removed?

This. So easy to do.

[vaud]

gsr121 said:

What does the tenancy agreement say in respect of property left at the Property after the agreement has ended. I suspect this might be a tenancy law question, rather than a general law question.

Have a look at landlordzone forums, I think similar questions have been asked, albeit in respect of belongings left inside the property, but I suspect the principle will be the same.

https://www.landlordvision.co.uk/blog/tenant-leave...

[Muppet007]

Old Merc said:

I`m sure you could find a "traveler Type" scraper who will not ask questions, drag it on the back of a pickup and disappear.

I had thought about this and might make a few phone calls

Far Cough said:

This. So easy to do.

Not if I don't know the address the car is registered at , and its not mine (might not even be in his name, he is dodgy as the day is long).

gsr121 said:

What does the tenancy agreement say in respect of property left at the Property after the agreement has ended. I suspect this might be a tenancy law question, rather than a general law question.

Have a look at landlordzone forums, I think similar questions have been asked, albeit in respect of belongings left inside the property, but I suspect the principle will be the same.

Thanks will take a look.

[PurpleTurtle]

Muppet007 said:

Old Merc said:

I`m sure you could find a "traveler Type" scraper who will not ask questions, drag it on the back of a pickup and disappear.

I had thought about this and might make a few phone calls

Trouble is that once this "unofficial recycler" has had his money's worth he will just fly tip the rest, making it someone else's problem.

It sounds properly abandoned. Please just be a responsible landlord and apply for a V5, get it in your name, then scrap it via a licensed operator.

Any cost involved surely has to be treated as one of those incidental expensed of being a landlord, yes?

[julian64]

Far Cough said:

BrettMRC said:

Apply for the V5 and then get it removed?

This. So easy to do.

And its all totally free


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[SiH]

I don't think it's quite as simple as getting rid of it now; I believe, in the words of BV72, that you have become the 'involuntary bailee' of the car and you don't have the right to just scrap it immediately. As I understand it you have the obligation to contact the owner and give them notice of your intent to have it removed in a time-frame that has to be reasonable. I think you can charge storage fees but I would be wary of just having the car removed without doing a bit more digging about what might happen.

[KungFuPanda]

SiH said:

I don't think it's quite as simple as getting rid of it now; I believe, in the words of BV72, that you have become the 'involuntary bailee' of the car and you don't have the right to just scrap it immediately. As I understand it you have the obligation to contact the owner and give them notice of your intent to have it removed in a time-frame that has to be reasonable. I think you can charge storage fees but I would be wary of just having the car removed without doing a bit more digging about what might happen.

Yes, contact the owner at their last known address ie your address. They won't receive this then you can scrap it.

Use Form V62 got get a V5c in your name and you can then properly dispose.

[Flumpo]

Get a set of these and leave it considerately parked in the street.

[808 Estate]

Invoice them for parking.

[OutInTheShed]

Would it be possible to get the keeper's current address from DVLA, contact them and go from there?

Assuming it's not some star of the 'classics left to die' thread I'd probably just try to get the V5 and scrap it, but if it was something remotely interesting I might advertise it on ebay, even if people just rob parts from it.

[NMNeil]

Contact your local council.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/abandoned-vehicles-cou...
https://www.gov.uk/report-abandoned-vehicle

[HantsRat]

NMNeil said:

Contact your local council.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/abandoned-vehicles-cou...
https://www.gov.uk/report-abandoned-vehicle

Private land. Council won't touch it.

[BertBert]

aterribleusername said:

I have this problem where I live regularly with tenants moving out of flats and leaving cars behind. One landlord just applied for a new logbook that came to the flat then changed it to his name then scrapped it, a bit naughty but then it was a very knackered Focus so no-one really cared. Others have been dealt with by the management company by trying to contact the owner at the last known address (ie it comes to the flat and is then ignored) then they leave a laminated note on it for so many days before it's removed by grabber crane. Currently got an X3 sat awaiting that fate as the Volvo that had been here since February went on the weekend.

So who do they get to move it then with the grabber crane?

[Yellow Lizud]

HantsRat said:

NMNeil said:

Contact your local council.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/abandoned-vehicles-cou...
https://www.gov.uk/report-abandoned-vehicle

Private land. Council won't touch it.

Quote from the first line on the government website (as linked to above).

From Gov Website said:

Duty to remove abandoned vehicles

Councils and national park authorities (authorities) must remove abandoned vehicles from:

land in the open air (including private land)