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Follow these steps to check you바카라 사이트™re not buying a stolen or unsafe vehicle.

This service is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Before you see the vehicle

  1. Ask the seller for the registration number, make and model and MOT test number.

  2. Check that the details you바카라 사이트™ve been given match the information held by DVLA.

  3. Check the MOT status and history matches the details you바카라 사이트™ve been given.

  4. Check if the vehicle has been recalled because of a serious safety issue.

When you go to see the vehicle

  1. Ask to see the V5C vehicle registration certificate (바카라 사이트˜log book바카라 사이트™). Make sure it has a 바카라 사이트˜DVL바카라 사이트™ watermark, and the serial number is not between BG8229501 to BG9999030, or BI2305501 to BI2800000. If it is, the V5C might be stolen - call the police as soon as it바카라 사이트™s safe to.

  2. Make sure the details in the log book match the details you바카라 사이트™ve been given.

  3. Check the vehicle identification number and engine number. Make sure these match the details on the log book.

If you buy the vehicle

Tax the vehicle immediately. You바카라 사이트™ll need the green 바카라 사이트˜new keeper바카라 사이트™ slip from the vehicle바카라 사이트™s log book.

Part of Buy a vehicle: step by step

  1. Step 1 Check the vehicle before you buy it

    You'll need the vehicle's registration number, make, model and MOT test number. You also need to see the V5C vehicle registration certificate (log book).

    1. Check the details you've been given match DVLA's information
    2. Check the vehicle's MOT history
    3. Check if the vehicle has been recalled because of a safety issue
    4. You are currently viewing: Check the log book is not for a stolen vehicle

  2. Step 2 Buy and register the vehicle

    Once you've bought the vehicle, you have to register it. How you register it depends on whether it has a V5C registration certificate (log book).

    1. Find out how to register your vehicle
    2. Get a vehicle log book if you do not have it £25

  3. and Register for MOT reminders

    You must get an MOT for your vehicle every year once it's 3 years old.

    1. Get a reminder when your MOT is due

  4. Step 3 Insure the vehicle

    You must have insurance before you can use your vehicle on the road.

    2. Read about vehicle insurance

  5. Step 4 Tax the vehicle

    You need to tax the vehicle before you can use it on the road.

    1. Check how much you바카라 사이트™ll have to pay to tax your vehicle
    2. Check when you do not have to pay vehicle tax
    3. Tax your vehicle