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I shall try and keep this as short as possible. I was pulled over by the police yesterday and was convicted of driving my car without insurance and road tax. The cop looked into his handset and told me I was not the registered keeper. So they handed me this document with the details of the conviction - they confiscated the car. When I got home I had the registration form with the signature of the previous owner and mines. I'll cut another long story short. The DVLA said they had no record of me being the owner. So, in a court of law and with me not being the registered owner, does that mean the fine would be dropped?
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NO, You were caught driving the vehicle so no get out clause there. -
Did you inform the DVLA? As above - the conviction for no insurance or tax is 100% yours. Points and a fine...Comment
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The DVLA does not operate any database that records ownership of motor vehicles.Comment
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No that is correct but you fill out a V5 when you buy / sell a car and it records you as the keeper. It seems that the OP bought the car but the registration doc was in the sellers name stillComment
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Well, I can tell you, it is not in my name - fact!!Comment
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Maybe I'm missing something here but the fact you are not the registered keeper does not absolve you of failing to drive without tax or insurance. Either you had tax and insurance for the car or you didn't.
By law, anyone driving a car on a public road must be taxed and have the appropriate insurance otherwise it is a criminal offence. The name V5C is irrelevant I think, so long as the car is taxed.If you have a question about the voluntary termination process, please read this guide first, as it should have all the answers you need. Please do not hijack another person's thread as I will not respond to you
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If it is your vehicle and you are the keeper I wouldn't go on about it not being in your name.
It is an offence not to notify DVLA of change of keeper and the V5C should have been sent to DVLA by the previous keeper
You should not have that document and if you told the previous keeper you would send it in and haven't you could both have a problem.Comment
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If you believe you have a defence, rather than argue it here, may I suggest that you go to court and present that defence.
You would then have no need to pay the FPNs that were issued to you by the police, which, as you have read them, you will know are time limited offers to settle the matter without going to court.
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When a car changes hands then the tax is immediately cancelled and the purchaser is required to pay the tax or SORN the car. You didn't purchase tax? Then no tax.Comment
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Agree with all the above - car not in your name? Makes no difference whatsoever. If you were driving it the offence is yours!Comment
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