Car recorded as scrapped by unknown after I purchased it

[m1chaels]

I purchased a car in what appears to be good repaired condition after a Cat S last year, mileage was 30 more than recorded at point of Cat S and have the V5.

Shortly after I purchased a scrapped marker was applied by DVLA. I got the car MOT'd as part of the pre-purchase checks which passed with no advisories. I have had the car SORN in our garage since purchase and was completely unaware of this marker until I decided to sell and found it could not be taxed.

There is no insurance record beyond the original Cat S.

Presumably someone has either deliberately or by mistake informed the DVLA that the vehicle has been scrapped. Given the notification to DVLA was 6 months ago what is my route to get this resolved. The VIN markings all seem correct and obviously the HPI check I did on purchase only showed the CAT S as the scrap marker was only applied later.

Help please

[sherman]

VOSA and get the car reregistered?
Im sure the dvla wont give you the old title once its been registeredxas scrapped.

[wpa1975]

Are you sure it is a cat s and not a cat b.

Might be worth checking further.

[Draxindustries1]

wpa1975 said:

Are you sure it is a cat s and not a cat b.

Might be worth checking further.

This^
It could possibly be the car was categorised wrongly in the first instance.

[m1chaels]

Recorded as Cat S last Feb and sold as a Cat S in April by copart. HPI showed cat S in June when I purchased. Scrapped marker added at DVLA in July.

[bolide]

Private sale or from a garage?

[m1chaels]

Private. HPI check was ok and vins all match and got MOT on the day as part of test drive.

[Scrump]

Got your message. I think it is fine as is
Hope you get the car problem sorted.

[gsr121]

I wonder whether the owner of the car at the time I.e. the person who had the accident and made the insurance claim, mistakenly believed they had to register the car as scrapped once the claim was settled, rather than transfer it into the trade as being ‘owned’ by the insurer?

I only say this as I had an elderly friend who tried to do exactly this as they believed the car was essentially scrap once it had been written off. It was only when I took them through the instructions issued by the insurance company that they correctly transferred ‘ownership’ to the insurance company.

The gap in time may be explained by DVLA delays and inefficiencies.