I Have Received A V5C Log Book

[daveygh]

I have received a v5c log book for a motorbike i have never owned,with my address and someone elses name on it. The form says if there is an error fill out the correct details in section 6 - how can i do this if i have no idea who should be on it??

[Dizmo]

Send it to the DVLA with a covering letter explaining you are not the owner and the address is incorrect.

[Dizmo]

Address is:

DVLA
Swansea
SA99 1DD

[daveygh]

thats what i was going to do but am i likely to receive confirmation that my details are going to come off it. my worry is that if the bike was bought on finance and defaulted on will the black mark go against the registered address?

[Dizmo]

There is no such thing as a 'black mark on an address', there may of been in the past but not anymore. You have absolutely nothing to worry about daveygh. Just send a covering letter to DVLA explaining that it isn't and have never been your bike and you do not have any connection to the owner stated on the V5. You're worrying about nothing.

[Dizmo]

I've rented before and I used to get hundreds of letters coming through the door for debts of over £10,000's for different people and I just called the debtors and told them that person doesn't live there anymore - they have to leave you alone. Next time you get any mail for someone else just write on it in big letters "DOES NOT LIVE AT THIS ADDRESS" and throw it in the nearest post box. That way you won't have to worry what's inside it!

[Dizmo]

My friend got a V5 through the post years and years ago and he couldn't be bothered to even send it back so he rang the DVLA and told them he'd destroyed it after they asked him to return it. They didn't seem bothered. I think he still has it somewhere. He was a lazy so and so though - too much effort to go to the nearest post box. He's got a missus now though so he has to pull his weight lol.

[SpikeyBush]

Could be that the bike is intended for criminal activity rather than defrauding a finance company so keep copies of all correspondence with the DVLA in case plod come knocking on your door.