Car - Change of Keeper

[Bazile]

Car A sold on ,for example 25/08/12 .

Previous owner transfers insurance from car A to their new vehicle on 26/08/12

New owner of car A insures car A on 02/09/12.

Does it matter to the DVLA that the car did not have any insurance , between 26/08/12 and 01/09/12 , ( with respect to this continous insurance - car was not driven on road )

[tonyav]

Not to the person who has sold the car.

[Bazile]

What's the likely consequences to the New Owner , when the new owner sends off the Registration Document for change of keeper .

Do the DVLA make any checks as regards to insurance on the vehicle ?

[tonyav]

Don't know what the consequences will be if any, but the car was uninsured for a few days wasn't it.

[sunny-dave]

If it hasn't been on the road during the missing period, then no offence has been committed.

If it was used and captured on an ANPR camera then the new owner may have some explaining to do.

[Bazile]

Yes , but what about this new law which came into force requiring a car to have continous insurance - unless it is SORN ?

[KJN]

Sorry I may be a bit thick here but how can a car have continuous insurance. When you sell it to a dealer and it stays on their forecourt for a few weeks sometimes longer. I am sure they do not insure all their cars or declare them SORN, However I stand to be corrected.

[Nibble]

As long as owner A has sold car A to a dealer, then the car insurance is no longer valid for said car, and comes under the dealers insurance as SORN until sold, AT WHICH TIME, the insurance becomes the responsibility of the new owner, IMO.

And at such time, the new owner has a legal responsibility, under the relevant Traffic Act to ensure all sections of the said Act are complied with.