Buying a Car with a Private Plate Question

[sulli]

I may be looking at a car with a private plate on, that the seller wants to retain but hasn't changed it yet. Apparently they intend to send off the V5C when sold, to do this.
I would have thought this should have been done beforehand, but is there any issue for me as a buyer here? Do I still keep the small green part of the V5? When do I change plates over?
Cheers

[sulli]

Anyone?

[marshalla]

Once you've paid for the car, it and the registration that goes with it are yours.

Seller should arrange transfer before sale to avoid the risk that you'll hold "his number" to ransom or sell to the highest bidder . If he starts messing around with transfers after he's sold the car to you, it will delay you becoming the registered keeper and you won't receive any communications about the vehicle until after all the paperwork shenanigans are done.

[Butter Face]

I would be expecting them to get to to DVLA and get their plate out on retention before collection.

If they sign the log book and you send it off, the plate is what's on the car.

[V6Alfisti]

They should ideally do it before but if you dont want to wait a month, get the current owner to cover the costs of retaining it in their name and getting new plates e.t.c made.

This is the way I did it, as advised by DVLA (it worked).

V317 + V5 - full slip + MOT
£105 cheque

V62 is not required

Send to local DVLA office and wait.