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• Peugeot 307 SW - Bought a trade car with no V5C 13 May 2021 (Forum)
  Hi A friend has just bought a car privately from someone who works in the motor trade who was running the car himself and he in turn appears to have bought the car from a friend who is another dealer as a trade car and has been running it as such (i.e. he never bothered to get the V5C
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  Is my 1978 car now tax free and how do I go about applying? 18 Jan 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Mk4 Ford Cortina registered in 1978. When is it tax free and how do I go about getting it registered as tax free?
• vauxhall zafira sri - car wrote off v5c not in my name yet 9 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  hi my car was recently wrote off outside my work ive claimed and its a write off they need the mot and v5c form i still havent recieved it off the previous owner and they claim that they sent it off ages ago and notified the dvla ive applied for it myself now
• Any - V5C 27 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  Is there any problem with giving a prospective purchaser the document reference number.  They reckon they need it to check the road tax.  I...
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  Why does my insurance company require my V5C two years running? 23 Mar 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Last year I received a letter from my insurer threatening to cancel my policy if I failed to send them a copy of my V5C within seven days. I complied and...
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  Kaptive audience 24 Apr 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a Hyundai i10 on 1st November 2008 and the dealer assured me it had the new Kappa engine. Is there any easy way to identify the new engine? I...
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  I lost the V5C to my car, which has been abroad for 10 years - how do I get it back to the UK? 19 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  My 10-year-old car has been in Spain for nine years and 11 months. I've lost the V5C, so what do I say at Dover when I try to bring it back to the UK?
• MOT certificate no longer online without V5C 6 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  Checking the Govt MOT history site today I see you now need the V5C number to access the certificate. Previous years' history is still there but presumably that will disappear on a rolling basis in future years. Unless I've missed something this change hasn't been mentioned in this forum so
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  What do I need to do to make sure my classic car is tax exempt? 11 May 2018 (Ask HJ)
  My 1978 Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1 is eligible for tax exemption from April 2019. How do I obtain a Build Date Certificate to prove to the DVLA when it was...
• Do not have the V5C yet but needs to tax car. 26 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  tax the car if i only have the V5C/2 (the little green slip) and the docs mentioned above without the reminder from the DVLA.    
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  Change of ownership after lease expires - do I have to notify the DVLA? 30 Apr 2022 (Ask HJ)
  I have just bought my car after its three year lease expired. Do I have to notify the DVLA?
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  I bought a car and the dealer still hasn't sent the V5 - how do I source a replacement? 30 Oct 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I purchased a car from a dealer and completed the V5, but after weeks I have not received the document. The dealer claims it's not his responsibility....
• Ford Fiesta - NIP for Speeding - sent to unupdated address 3 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  Got an NIP for speeding, but sent to my parent's address, since I hadn't updated it on the V5C yet. My address is updated on the license and insurance, but I clean forgot about the V5C - which is obviously the address that was given when they ran the plate. The question
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  "buyacar.co.uk" internet purchase 8 Jan 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Buyacar.co.uk says they obtain BMWs from UK dealers and all warranties etc are exactly same as buying from UK BMW dealer. Is anything known about this...
• Wrong Information on V5C document 29 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  I`m in the process of selling my Audi and have only just noticed on the V5 document they show the car as a 3 door and not 5 :( Should I notify the DVLA...
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  Bought a new car, but no V5C - what should I do? 2 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I am worried about the ownership status of my six month old Kia Cee’d. I bought the car new from a Kia dealer, but they insisted on V5C retention for three...
• Alfa 147 - V5C/3 not filled out properly? 12 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  A man offered to buy my car while I was sprucing it up at the garage to take for an MOT.   After a lot of faffing around I agreed to sell it to him.  I signed the V5C/3 and he said he would fill out his address.  Didn't have my glasses and when I got home I realised he hadn't
• Getting road tax without a V5C? 1 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  just bought a car and need tax but dont have the full log book yet is there any way i can tax the car with just the green slip {moved out of IHAQ as...
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  I changed address and got a new V5C for my old motorbike, which has been stored since 1984 - do I now need to declare it SORN? 21 May 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have an old motorcycle, which was last on the road in 1984. SORN has never been declared because it was not in use when the SORN rules came in (January...
• Why have n't I received my V5C (done online) 16 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  I bought my used car from a main dealer. It shows the last registered keeper changed in January 2024. I don't know why this is. When I bought the car, we were doing the logbook change online. He was having trouble with the 'document number' from the V5C. Eventually, his colleague said put