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Abandoned vehicles
xmob:
Consider this a hypothetical post for the time being. :wink:
If I, or somebody else, has a vehicle left on their private land for six months, what is the status in terms of abandonment?
It's NOT taxed and hasn't moved.
Some brief Googling failed to turn up some conclusive facts apart from local council involvement, ie removing and disposing of.
What if I (or the land owner) wanted the option of taking possesion of such a vehicle?
It's all hypothetical, but if you've seen some of my recent posts, it's also VERY relavent. :D ie Keep your hands off, I spotted it first!
gords:
I would suggest the only safe option is to ask a solicitor and/or the police - before doing anything. At least, that's what I would do :wink:
ChrisW:
With the relevant info you can apply to the DVLA to become the registered keeper. They then write to the last known keeper and ask if they have any objections etc. If not they send you a nice shiny V5 (this does not necessarily infer that ownership has passed on to you though!)
Dirty Gertie:
--- Quote from: "xmob" ---Consider this a hypothetical post for the time being. :wink:
If I, or somebody else, has a vehicle left on their private land for six months, what is the status in terms of abandonment?
It's NOT taxed and hasn't moved.
Some brief Googling failed to turn up some conclusive facts apart from local council involvement, ie removing and disposing of.
What if I (or the land owner) wanted the option of taking possesion of such a vehicle?
It's all hypothetical, but if you've seen some of my recent posts, it's also VERY relavent. :D ie Keep your hands off, I spotted it first!
--- End quote ---
Hypothetically:
Do you know who the owner is??
Was the vehicle left there with the landowners permission?
If so, was there a time scale discussed regarding the removal of the vehicle? Has this been exceeded?
If you know who the owner is, write them a letter of intent of removal of the vehicle, give a time limit for their response. Point out that 6 months storage will be charged for.
If you receive no response, or if the vehicle was just 'dumped' there, it is the landowners prerogative to remove said vehicle and 'dispose' of it in a manner they see fit.
xmob:
Neither the land owner, nor me, know who the vehicle belongs to. It just appeared there and doesn't seem to have been touched. One thought, is that it's a stolen one that has been dumped, but it is locked and there is no sign of damage. It just seems strange, 'cos it's too nice a vehicle to be dumped.
The land owner is going to contact the police in the first instance to make sure it's not stolen, then the DVLA. Local council aren't interested because it is on private land.
It would be a real same to see such a nice vehicle taken away and scrapped.
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