Paperwork Procedure when selling a car from October
Discussion
I used to run a car showroom in the 90s (before the new style registration documents were issued) and have been considering selling cars again in the future. I've just been looking at the logbook of my own car and have been wondering what is the procedure when selling a car these days as a trader, once tax discs disappear in October.
I'm assuming that if you buy a car at an auction as a trader, the auction will fill out the yellow part (top right) and send it to the DVLA. When it comes to selling the car to a private buyer, would I need to get them to complete the full left hand side page, sign it and then I send it to the DVLA and give the buyer the small green slip so that they can tax it?
Or would it be ok if I go to the post office with them, then when they tax the car the post office will send off the completed left hand page to the DVLA themselves? That way, I can satisfy myself that change of ownership will be received by the DVLA.
I'd imagine that given all the new fines being introduced, it wouldn't be a good idea for a trader to simply give the buyer the complete log book and assume that they will send it off themselves. Am I also right in thinking that if a car is in stock for more than 3 months it has to be registered in the name of the trader? Could this be why some big dealer groups send their cars to auction if they've been in stock for 90 days? I'm not sure if this rule is already in place as a few cars I've been watching at dealerships over the years on eBay have been in stock over a year and they never get re-advertised with an extra owner.
Surely one of the worst parts of tax discs disappearing is that no cars at auction will ever be offered with a tax disc? In the old days, a car with a tax disc was handy as the dealer could then use the car himself on trade insurance. Whereas from October, if a dealer wants to use a car he will have to register it in his name and tax it. I am assuming that after October it will still be the case that you cannot tax a car without registering it in your own name?
I'm assuming that if you buy a car at an auction as a trader, the auction will fill out the yellow part (top right) and send it to the DVLA. When it comes to selling the car to a private buyer, would I need to get them to complete the full left hand side page, sign it and then I send it to the DVLA and give the buyer the small green slip so that they can tax it?
Or would it be ok if I go to the post office with them, then when they tax the car the post office will send off the completed left hand page to the DVLA themselves? That way, I can satisfy myself that change of ownership will be received by the DVLA.
I'd imagine that given all the new fines being introduced, it wouldn't be a good idea for a trader to simply give the buyer the complete log book and assume that they will send it off themselves. Am I also right in thinking that if a car is in stock for more than 3 months it has to be registered in the name of the trader? Could this be why some big dealer groups send their cars to auction if they've been in stock for 90 days? I'm not sure if this rule is already in place as a few cars I've been watching at dealerships over the years on eBay have been in stock over a year and they never get re-advertised with an extra owner.
Surely one of the worst parts of tax discs disappearing is that no cars at auction will ever be offered with a tax disc? In the old days, a car with a tax disc was handy as the dealer could then use the car himself on trade insurance. Whereas from October, if a dealer wants to use a car he will have to register it in his name and tax it. I am assuming that after October it will still be the case that you cannot tax a car without registering it in your own name?
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