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Old 06-06-2009, 04:42 PM
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the big clue is on the logbook...

it says KEEPER....not OWNER...


from a dictionary...
keeper


noun 1 a person who manages or looks after something or someone. 2 a goalkeeper or wicketkeeper. 3 an object which protects or secures another. 4 a bar of soft iron placed across the poles of a horseshoe magnet to maintain its strength.

owner


noun a person who owns something.
— DERIVATIVES ownership noun.



bet this is how the dvla etc etc can crush your car etc.....
why we have to pay road tax etc etc etc....
Old 06-06-2009, 04:43 PM
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You still own it, I think?
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Well I seem to own my cars when they need repairs
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Course you own it, when you hand the money over to whoever you are buying it from and they give you a receipt. You are then the legal owner of the car, the logbook just proves who is responsible for it at the time.

When you claim an abandoned car for example by applying for the logbook, although you can become the keeper, you don't legally own a car, and it is theft!
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I'd love to try and see anyone walk and take either of my cars from me....be brave boy that I do know....
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Originally Posted by Rich170
Course you own it, when you hand the money over to whoever you are buying it from and they give you a receipt. You are then the legal owner of the car, the logbook just proves who is responsible for it at the time.

When you claim an abandoned car for example by applying for the logbook, although you can become the keeper, you don't legally own a car, and it is theft!
its not theft!!not when the dvla will send you out the books etc.you were right in your first statement tho.you are the keeper but not the owner if you do that.the owner can come back with original docs and you screwed.
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it says the keeper is not nessesarily the legal owner on the v5 for company cars etc. its not so the dvla or anyone else can take it. that would be silly.
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And cars on finance too you dont own them till you make the last payment
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afaik you own your car but you never own the registration number personal or not and the v5 is a registration document for a reg number not a car which states what car the number is assigned to.
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