Release of another vehicle’s keeper deta

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Thu 26 Jun 2003 14:04
Release of another vehicle’s keeper deta - pdc {P}
A friend is having problems with her ex and the CSA. The details are not necessary, but basically the CSA won't make an assessment for 1 year as he has just gone self employed (bought into a solicitors partnership). He is now driving around town in a new Porsche Boxter while paying just £10 per week maintenance, down from £80. My friend would like to know if the car belongs to her ex.

The DVLA website states the following:

Release of another vehicle’s keeper details

You can obtain the name and address of the registered keeper of a vehicle if you can show reasonable cause for needing the information.

Does anyone know if the above would be grounds for them releasing the information, or could anyone suggest grounds that would result in them releasing the information.

TIA
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Thu 26 Jun 2003 14:24
Release of another vehicle's keeper deta - Mark (RLBS)
I believe that if another car has damaged your car and driven off, that the DVLA people will release the name and address of the registered keeper to you, on written aplication, in order for you to pursue your claim for damage repairs.

Or at least, they used to I suppose they still will.
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Thu 26 Jun 2003 14:46
Release of another vehicle's keeper deta - Pugugly {P}
Worth a try through the LVLO. If she has a brief, it may be worth making a deposition and producing this as the evidence of the need of information.
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Thu 26 Jun 2003 18:20
Release of another vehicle's keeper deta - Miat
they'll release info if its been parked on your private land and you want to issue parking fee etc
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Fri 27 Jun 2003 11:08
Release of another vehicle's keeper deta - Cliff Pope
It sounds as if there is a bit of a loophole here for obtaining the address of people who don't want to disclose it, whether to CSA or anyone else.
Writing to the DVLA saying you believe that such and such a car was the one that scraped your car, and you need to persue investigations,check for paint marks etc, is not quite the same as actually accusing the driver of hitting your car. I don't suppose the DVLA follow up what use anyone makes of the information they disclose.
Or you could ask a friendly insurance broker. They have access to names and addresses of all car keepers, indeed all car drivers too.
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Fri 27 Jun 2003 13:54
Release of another vehicle's keeper deta - BobbyG
How do insurance brokers have this info?
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Sat 28 Jun 2003 07:19
Release of another vehicle's keeper deta - Cliff Pope
How do insurance brokers have this info?


I don't know, but whenever I phone up a broker for a quotation they only want the car reg no, and then ask if it is a so-and-so and am I Fred Bloggs at such and such. When I added a friend to my insurance for a fortnight they only needed her name and DOB. They had address and driving record to hand instantly.
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Fri 27 Jun 2003 13:58
Release of another vehicle's keeper deta - Onetap
DVLA and the V5 registration document list the registered keeper, not the owner. It could be a company car, owned by a contract lease company or it could be owned by a finance company who are being repaid through a loan. The ex is probably listed as the keeper, but that doesn't necessarily means that he owns it.

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Fri 27 Jun 2003 15:35
Release of another vehicle's keeper deta - pdc {P}
And if he doesn't and he leases it, then the cheapest least I have found today on a Boxster is £399pcm. If it's a company car, then as he is a partner in the company, it is still an asset.

Either way, a Boxster shows he has a lifestyle not consistant with the amount he is declaring, and he is a solicitor too! Dodgy ground. Well the CSA have the details of the index, but they have shown themselves to be incompetent so many times, my friend wants to check herself.
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