Why does our new "one previous owner" car now have two previous owners?

In October 2012 I purchased a Ford Fiesta, 2010 plate, 8000 miles from a main dealer. We were told it had one previous owner. After a delay due to the wrong paperwork at the dealers I have now received...

Car documents still show registered keeper as previous keeper - how can I change this?

Four years ago I bought a 2-month-old pre-registered Mazda 3 with seven miles on the clock from a main dealer. Obviously, it had never been driven much. I paid for the car and have the receipt. Still,...

When does a car fully transfer to its new owner?

I've just sold my car and I'm uncertain as to at what point it will legally transfer to the new keeper. I have prepared a handwritten receipt that both buyer and seller signed at the time of transfer....

Is it illegal for a car sales company to sell a car when they can't transfer ownership immediately?

In May I ordered a new car from an internet car broker who then went into liquidation and could not be contacted. Fortunately I paid the deposit by credit card and claimed my money back from the credit...

Does transferring a car to a new owner cancel SORN?

Last year the DVLA registered me as the new keeper of a 1936 Alvis. The car was at the time registered on SORN which was due to expire nearly a year later. I contacted the DVLA's Enforcement Centre where...

Is this deal on a new Toyota RAV-4 too good to be true?

I'm about to purchase a new Toyota RAV4. The local dealer is quoting £25,245 for a cash sale whereas an online company (www.broadspeed.com) has quoted me £22,781 for exactly the same specification car,...

Can't get the V5 for our new car for another three months - is this normal?

My daughter recently purchased a pre-registered Renault Scenic. She paid cash. She was never presented with the V5C to countersign for transfer of ownership. She has subsequently enquired about the V5C...

You can actually transfer a registration from a written-off vehicle.

There are a couple of errors in your reply about transferring a reg from a crashed car. Firstly, you wrote, "You cannot transfer a plate from a write-off". It is possible to transfer a plate off a write-off....

Previous owner of our car caught speeding and blaming us - how should we prove our innocence?

We received a letter from the police just over a month ago regarding a speeding fine. In the letter they stated that they were aware we were not the owner of the car at the time of the offence, but asked...

Is this a good method of removing the address of a fake owner from the DVLA database?

I can suggest an easier method of RB of Daventry removing the address of the fake owner from the DVLA's database? Simply make a complaint to the Information Commissioner that the DVLA is holding false...