Where you can scrap your vehicle

Find an authorised treatment facility ( ATF ) where your vehicle can be scrapped. When the ATF has your vehicle, they can decide to: completely scrap it repair and sell it themselves It바카라 사이트檚 illegal to scrap your vehicle anywhere else. If your vehicle is completely scrapped The ATF will give you a 바카라 사이트榗ertificate of destruction바카라 사이트� within 7 days if you바카라 사이트檝e scrapped a: car light van 3-wheeled motor vehicle (but not a motor tricycle) You will not get a certificate for other types of vehicle. The certificate is proof that you바카라 사이트檝e handed over the vehicle for scrap. If you do not have it, you could still be liable for: traffic offence penalties vehicle tax Being paid for your scrapped vehicle The ATF will pay you the scrap value of your vehicle. It바카라 사이트檚 illegal to be paid in cash if your vehicle is scrapped in England or Wales. You have to be paid by bank transfer or cheque. If the ATF repairs and sells your vehicle You will not get a certificate of destruction if the ATF decides to repair and sell your vehicle. You can be paid for your vehicle by any method, including cash.

When you make an insurance claim because your vehicle is damaged, your insurance company will tell you: if your vehicle is being 바카라 사이트榳ritten off바카라 사이트� how much they바카라 사이트檒l pay you When your vehicle is written off, your insurance company pays you the current value of the vehicle, instead of the cost of repairing it. Your insurance company will decide if the vehicle should be written off or not. Write-off categories What you do next depends on which category your vehicle is in. Category Repairing the vehicle Using the vehicle A Cannot be repaired Entire vehicle has to be crushed B Cannot be repaired Body shell has to be crushed, but you can salvage other parts from it N Can be repaired following non-structural damage You can use the vehicle again if it바카라 사이트檚 repaired to a roadworthy condition S Can be repaired following structural damage You can use the vehicle again if it바카라 사이트檚 repaired to a roadworthy condition What you need to do Your insurance company will usually deal with getting the vehicle scrapped for you. You need to follow these steps. Apply to take the registration number off the vehicle if you want to keep it. Send the vehicle log book (V5C) to your insurance company, but keep the yellow 바카라 사이트榮ell, transfer or part-exchange your vehicle to the motor trade바카라 사이트� section from it. Tell DVLA your vehicle has been written off . You can be fined 拢1,000 if you do not tell DVLA. Keeping the vehicle If you want to keep a vehicle in category N or S, the insurance company will give you an insurance payout and sell the vehicle back to you. To keep a category S vehicle, you also need to: send the complete log book to your insurance company apply for a free duplicate log book using form V62 DVLA will record the vehicle바카라 사이트檚 category in the log book. You can keep the log book if you want to keep a category N vehicle.

Scrapping your vehicle and insurance write-offs

How to scrap your vehicle

When your vehicle has reached the end of its usefulness, you must get it scrapped at an authorised treatment facility (ATF). These are sometimes known as a scrapyard or breaker바카라 사이트檚 yard.

There바카라 사이트檚 a different process if your vehicle is an insurance write-off.

This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).

Scrap your vehicle without keeping any parts

Apply to take the registration number off the vehicle if you want to keep it.
Scrap your vehicle at an ATF. This is usually free.
Give the ATF the vehicle log book (V5C), but keep the yellow 바카라 사이트榮ell, transfer or part-exchange your vehicle to the motor trade바카라 사이트� section from it.
Tell DVLA you바카라 사이트檝e taken your vehicle to an ATF.

You can be fined 拢1,000 if you do not tell DVLA.

Scrap your vehicle and keep parts from it

You can take parts from your vehicle before you scrap it so you can use them to repair another vehicle that you own.

You must remove parts in a way that does not pollute the environment, for example making sure that oil and other fluids do not soak into the ground or enter drains.

If you buy a vehicle for the sole purpose of removing parts to sell or to restore another vehicle, you must have the parts removed at an ATF.

Tell DVLA the vehicle is off the road while you바카라 사이트檙e taking parts from it. You must keep the vehicle off the road, for example in a garage, on a drive or on private land.
Apply to take the registration number off the vehicle if you want to keep it.
Scrap your vehicle at an ATF when you바카라 사이트檝e finished taking parts from it. The ATF can charge a fee if you바카라 사이트檝e removed essential parts, such as the engine, gearbox, bodywork or wheels.
Give the vehicle log book (V5C) to the ATF, but keep the yellow 바카라 사이트榮ell, transfer or part-exchange바카라 사이트� section from it.
Tell DVLA you바카라 사이트檝e taken your vehicle to an ATF.

Scrap a vehicle that바카라 사이트檚 registered abroad

If you have a vehicle registered outside the UK that바카라 사이트檚 classed as 바카라 사이트榮eriously damaged바카라 사이트� you will not be able to register or tax it in the UK. Serious damage means the vehicle cannot be repaired - it might say something like 바카라 사이트榮tatutory write-off바카라 사이트�, 바카라 사이트榮crapped바카라 사이트� or 바카라 사이트榥on-repairable바카라 사이트� on the registration certificate.

If the vehicle is damaged, check if it is 바카라 사이트榮eriously damaged바카라 사이트� with the registration authority for the country the vehicle is from.

If it is not 바카라 사이트榮eriously damaged바카라 사이트�, ask them to provide evidence of this.

To scrap it once it바카라 사이트檚 in the UK, you must use an ATF.

You바카라 사이트檒l get a 바카라 사이트楥ertificate of Destruction바카라 사이트� to prove that the vehicle has been destroyed.

It바카라 사이트檚 your responsibility to tell the driving authority in the country where the vehicle is registered that it has been scrapped.

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