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The registration certificate mostly known as v5 is the document that helps you to tax a car when you do not have a V11 reminder. But for taxing through a v5, you should be the current keeper of the car.
The v5 is also known as the logbook, v5C and new keeper slip. If you do not a v5, then you should apply for a permanent v5 because then only you will be able to tax your car. After paying the charges in the agency, you will get the v5 document and then you can tax your car in the post office.
Taxing a Car Without a V5 in the UK
The agency also facilitates people of UK to pay their tax online with the help of an 11-digit reference number if they have v5 and people who do not have a v5 in their name can pay the tax with the use of the 12-digit reference number from the new keeper slip they own from the recent purchase they made.
The agency even provides their contact number for the conveyance of the people of the UK. The people can contact the agency via call for knowing details of their tax buy they need to have the logbook or the new keeper slip with themselves for this.
You can also pay the tax at the Post Office that deals with car tax. There also you will need the documents such as v11 and v5. At the Post Office, you have an additional option of setting direct debit to pay tax for your car. For this purpose, you need to submit a few additional documents to the Post Office such as your address proof, date of birth and your account details.
Concept of a v5 document
It is the most important document that the people of the UK should get while purchasing a car because people will have to face serious repercussions if they do not have a v5 document if they want to buy or sell a car in the future. The owner or the current keeper of the car should keep the v5 document seriously till the time they have possession of the car.
In other words, it is the registration certificate that people get at the time of purchase of a car that acts as proof of possession of a car. The person who has the v5 document is the person who is responsible for taxing the car and paying for any parking, road offences that can occur in the future.
While purchasing a car the buyer should check the v5 document necessarily to verify the legal owner of the car as there can be chances that the legal owner and the current keeper of the car can be different.
At the time of purchase, make sure you have the v5 document as it contains various details such as the engine number, model number, colour of the car, engine size, tax class of vehicle, identification number, registration number, the name of the previous as well as of the current keeper of the car. If the owner makes any changes in the car, then it shall be his duty to mention the same in the v5 document.
Process for applying for a v5 document
Mostly, you do not need to apply for a v5 document as to when you buy a car; the previous owner or the dealer himself registers you as the new owner. After the completion of the registration process, you will get the v5 document at your doorstep in a few weeks.
But if any discrepancy, it is better that you should to how to apply for a v5 document. In the process, you need to fill out the V62 form that contains the legal procedure of how to apply for a v5 document. After you will the form, you need to submit that form to the authorized agency along with the fees payable, then after a few weeks, you will get your v5 document at your place.
There are cases when people misplace their v5 document or even lose their document. In all these cases also, the current keeper will have to apply for the replacement of the old v5 document. The current keeper needs to follow the same procedure that is mentioned above to get a new copy of the v5 document. But there can be some changes in the fees charged as people who misplaced their v5 document will have to pay more than the people who are applying for a v5 document.
How to car transfer ownership of a car
The owner can transfer the ownership of the car without actually selling the car. So, there is a difference between transferring ownership and selling a car.
To sell a car, the owner of the car will have to change the legal ownership of the car, also he will have to present all the official documents including the v5 at the agency, and then only he will be able to sell a car.
Transferring the ownership of a car is a simple process than selling a car. For example, parents want to gift their car to their children so they want to transfer the ownership of the car. The v5 document has various sections such as section 6 and section 8 that the person who wants to transfer the ownership needs to fill these sections in the form.
There are various questions that the section asks but the most important of them is the question of change of current keeper, so make sure you tick that question. After filling out the form, the owner only needs to submit it at the agency, and then after the completion of the procedure, the ownership will be transferred from the owner to the current keeper.
Preparation of a v5 document helps in the easy taxing of the car, and it acts in the interest of the buyer as he will be able to know the exact details of the car.
