Two V5C for the same car.

[KungFuPanda]

I recently bought a used car privately. Previous owner sent off the V5C with change of keeper details and a week after, I get a V5C for the vehicle. Followed by another one the day after. Both bearing different document numbers.

Before I battle through the DVLA phone system, should I just be using details from the most recent one? I need to put on a private reg.

[TheEnd]

Try to buy tax or declare it sorn, that should show you which number is the correct one, and which one has been superseded.

[Hi]

If you look in the bottom left corner of page 2 of the V5c you will see the line official use only - please do not write below this line

Just underneath this line there is a date (just to the right of the Doc. Ref. No.) this date is the date the V5c was issued or printed, chances are your 2 documents have differing dates and the most recent one will be the valid one.

[voicey]

Or you could just try both numbers when assigning the reg - only one will work.