Dvla

[Cockney_si]

Got a letter in the post from DVLA today saying that the address that I put down as the new keeper on V5 when I sold my car was not correct.

They now want me to send them (in a handy pre-paid envelope) the date that I sold the car and the name and address of the new keeper.

I have never recorded this in the past anywhere other than the V5 on any other car that I have sold. I can probably give them when I sold the car.

Can they do anything legally if I can't provide the new keeper's name and address?

They may well have moved house for all I know.

[DJHawkes]

if the address you put down was the address the buyer gave you then as far as you knew it was correct, do we have to do the DVLA's job when we sell cars now?

[EDDIE51]

It could mean that the person you sold the car to has given you an address that is incorrect or does not even exist . I do not know of any rule that you have to check that someone has given you a correct address . Do you know the address and name? if so look it up by checking the postcode on the Royal Mail postcode checker site it will tell you if it is a real address or not. If it turns out to be a false address i do not see what you can do other than tell the DVLA what you were told again.

[Maydup]

I'd ignore the letter to be honest. You've done your best and if they've given false details there's nothing you can do about it.

if you don't want to ignore it, write and explain that you have no more information than the information you filled in at the time.

[DJHawkes]

i wonder if the reason they have contacted you is because the person that bought the car from you has sold it straight on to someone else and the second person has then regsiteredf as the new keeper and the dvla has cross referenced your v5 with the new regsitered keeper details and it does not match, in which case, the middle man could be tax dodging

[Cockney_si]

I do not have the address or name of the man I sold the car to, it was all written down then and there.

I copied the address from the driving licence of the man I sold the car to.

He was not very good at speaking English, but I'm not gonna go down that route as it's irrelevant. Unless he has moved or had a fake driving licence.

[EDDIE51]

Then there is nothing you can do, just write back saying you have no more information.

[gsr600]

did you also write down the driving licence number on the v5