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My wife bought a van in October 14 and for reasons which were appropriate at the time registered her friend who was the main user as the registered keeper.
Jump forward to the present and the wife and her friend have fallen out over a business venture which has now had to close. My wife is looking to sell the van on which I believe we are legally entitled to do as the legal owner of the vehicle (We paid for the van, paid for insurance and tax). Unfortunately the other woman has the V5 registration document.
I’ve spoken to the DVLA who’ve advised that we can sell the van and notify the DVLA by letter of the sale to the buyer, however the new owner would not be able to tax the van until they received the new V5. This would be delayed by the fact the DVLA would contact the current registered owner to confirm they were not the owner etc which knowing this woman as I do is not something she would do agreeably. The same would need to be done to transfer the wife back into my wifes name.
We have approached the woman asking for the V5 document which she has refused to give us. A friend mentioned going to the police about it but this feels like it would be a waste of their time.
Is there anything we can do try and resolve this as quickly as possible?
Jump forward to the present and the wife and her friend have fallen out over a business venture which has now had to close. My wife is looking to sell the van on which I believe we are legally entitled to do as the legal owner of the vehicle (We paid for the van, paid for insurance and tax). Unfortunately the other woman has the V5 registration document.
I’ve spoken to the DVLA who’ve advised that we can sell the van and notify the DVLA by letter of the sale to the buyer, however the new owner would not be able to tax the van until they received the new V5. This would be delayed by the fact the DVLA would contact the current registered owner to confirm they were not the owner etc which knowing this woman as I do is not something she would do agreeably. The same would need to be done to transfer the wife back into my wifes name.
We have approached the woman asking for the V5 document which she has refused to give us. A friend mentioned going to the police about it but this feels like it would be a waste of their time.
Is there anything we can do try and resolve this as quickly as possible?