Mark_

I have found an Audi A3 on a 53 plate which has been sat for more than 6mths.
2 tyres are flat, its sat under a tree and is covered in shite. its not taxed either.

Is there a process to check weather its stolen, and see if the registered keeper still wants it.
How would I go about claiming it?

botters

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contact the police and say you want to claim it and is it ok to do so, then contact the dvla for the logbook and so long as no one contests it you will get a logbook, you will not ever officially own it tho but you will be the registered keeper, a guy on here did it years ago with an escort cosworth using the above method

Mark_

So would I be able to sell it on in future?

1.9 xr2 on 40's

where is it? in a garden, field, woods

you can apply for the logbook and see if you get it, is the car ever really yours
hmm nope but worth a shot

Mark_

Its not in a garden or anything like that,
Its on a back road under some trees..... Possibly stolen?
I will drop into a police station and find out

RichieST

iTrader: (2)

You can apply to become the registered keeper, which basically means you become responsible for taxing / insuring it etc, however it does not make you legal owner of the vehicle. The owner could be a nutter currently in prison who will come looking for the car and you

Mark_

There is that to it Rich,
It wont be long before the council remove it and crush it anyway as its not taxed or insured,
I Checked the reg on askmid.

mechanic28

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it will prob belong to someone either the owner or a insurance company

mk1trb

once you get it possetion is 9/ 10ths of the law anyway, if you go to the police they note it as "dumped", they try to locate the owner and if they cant in the usual 2 weeks they will come back to you and say its yours, i did it a few times over the years with dumped cars and never had an issue mind you was like 10 years ago when scrappys charged to take cars away then

1.9 xr2 on 40's

urrr so if i go on holiday for a month all my carscan be given to anyone who wanst them becaus i didnt answer the phone or knocking?
whollyuntrue
cars are not found property like a fiver or a watch (which takes 6 mtsh to a year to be given to the finder)

Java=Blue

Wont be a bad raise either if its a 53 plate.... good find lol

KregRS

A few months ago there was a Vectra GSI abandoned near mine, tax was out, flat tyres and smashed window. I made enquiries with the police, who after finding it wasn't stolen, weren't interested and pointed me to the council. So, I made enquiries with the council, just to make them aware it was abandoned, if they weren't already aware, and that I intended applying for the V5 which seems to have been a mistake. Within the space of 2 weeks, they'd issued a notice on the vehicle, lifted it and disposed of it. Lesson learned, don't tell the council and just apply for the V5 in future.

mechanic28

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the v5 means nothing other then you get the fines posted to u

zippyobrien

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That car has to be untaxed for you your to be able to apply

Nismo

If its on private land you’ll have no chance in claiming it though.


Long as there parked up on the driveway, side house, back garden no one can touch them in this sense.

Paul_RS

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Chip did this a couple of years ago, maybe worth PMing him?

Mark_

Its not private land, Its public highway

Mark_

Vehicle isn't taxed and isn't on the insurance data base

Mark_

The car has been sat for more than 6mths,

It's Czech Mate

Sorry but they are

Despite your opinion

The logbook can be applied for from the DVLA, they make every attempt to contact the registered owner over a time period, if they cant they will issue you with the V5

There is the matter of 'ownership' but trust me once you have the V5 nobody is going to be able to do a fat lot, especially once you punt it on, LEGALLY

bigtoddy

mate this is true,ive done it a few times,just dont tell the council,police then dvla andonce u have that log book sell the fucker.made alot doing this ova the past 3 years
all on public highways and no tax or insurance for months.

Psycho Warren

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only if its got no tax or insurance and on public land or its on private land and the landowner/resident confirms its not theirs.

You cant just go claiming cars parked on someones drive as on private land its not considered "lost".

Same as you cant touch a legally parked car on the public highway with tax and insurance.

You can in theory report any vehicle as abandoned but you would need reasonable grounds. A tax and insured car parked legally on the public highway wouldnt count as abandoned unless it was vandalised or trashed or similar.

ie you can quite safely go on that 6 month holiday (or 6 month prison sentance ) and come back and nobody will be able to have legally claimed your car as long as it was legally parked on the road, taxed and insured or on your own land in any condition.

It's Czech Mate

Warren we already know from the OP that the car is untaxed and on the road so there is no argument, it CAN be claimed in theory if the current v5 holder does not respond to the DVLA's investigations

Adam.

Fuck me, if the council dont take it, the police dont take it, a pikey doesnt weigh it in, a crackhead doesnt steal it, then you will be there applying for a logbook and taking it instead.....

dojj

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arrange for it to be collected

have it delivered to your house

once it's there, figure out what to do with it once you've got it under a tarp

at least you can break it and get some money back form it, no one will be any the wiser (but don't do it on here otherwise the mods may ban you for trading )

Daviet

No that's just plain theft you pikey fooker!!

RSCossieGaz

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Go for it mate i done the exact same thing 9 years ago and got an escos out of it

Psycho Warren

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its more for 1.9 xr2 bloke worried about going on holiday and his car being taken off his drive by some random claiming the v5. In that scenario it could never legally stick. Same parked on the public highway legally taxed and insured.

dojj

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i've never done that sort of thing several times so i wouldn't know about it