Car Tax

[queries]

If someone sells their car to a dealer, but the dealer doesn't send the relevant part of the registration to DVLA is that an offence?

[ChuckFickens]

The seller sends the form to the DVLA, not the buyer.

[queries]

But isn't there some responsibility on the buyer? We have an abandoned car in our road and the Police say they only have details of the old owner, not the new one and so they can't do anything. I thought that was illegal?

[chas2008]

when you send your bit off you actually state thats its been sold to a dealer , so the DVLA has a record of where the vehicle is, anything after that is not your problem.
As regards the abandoned car it could be the purchaser gave false details theres no onus on the seller to check, it could be the old owner is the current keeper. All they would have to do is dump the car fill in the V5C (logbook) as if its been sold with a false address..job done.

[queries]

Much appreciated Chas 2008 - looks like something dodgy has definitely gone on!!

[oldhamfan]

If there is no keeper and the vehicle is untaxed by a complete month, the police can lift it.

[Andyvon]

My dodgy neighbour buys old cars and drives them til they die. Once he's bought another for £150 or so, he just pushes the one that's died about 50 yards up the road and leaves it there. After a while someone calls the council and police and they come and put tickets on the windscreen. After a week a low-loader arrives, picks the cars up and takes them to the local scrapyard.

When we speak to the council workers and private towing crews they say the disposal costs are being paid from Council Tax. The police say the neighbour sold the car to a buyer they can't trace. Both say they can't send our neighbour bills or prosecute as they can't prove the cars are his. He gets to scrap his cars for free.

[carlton23]

Is it not true that Scrapyards are only too pleased to buy your old car now, and after scrapping sell it on to China who are after all the metal they can get?