Just a queick question really, if a car has been dumped (assuming not stolenjust dumped) is it possible to take it away and change ownership sort of thing? just a quickie really as i was curious

 

I think it is possible to assume ownership of a vehicle but there is a time factor involved, don't know what it is though, and you have to apply to the DVLA for the change of ownership, obviously . When the DVLA receive your request they will contact the previous registered owner and if that person does not object then the ownership will be changed over to you AFAIK

I have never done though and I don't know if this is still the case.

HTH

Martyn

 

Gra - Someone dumped an Aston Martin outside your house or something?

 

you have to put 28 days notice on the car itself (don't stop ya taking all the desirable shit off it ) and inform the dvla that you have done so. They will "try and contact" the registered owner, if they can't be bothered or can't it's yours...

 

A friend of mine did it, the DVLA will provide the details of the previous owner and you can try and contact them yourself if you wish. A friend of mine noticed a Cav SR16v left for ages not far from him and went through the process, found out it was still registered to a garage owner and went for a chat. The garage owner said no problem and he'd be expecting the letter. My mate then effectively stole it since there were no keys and stripped it for parts.