Legal Keeper/Legal Owner confusion

ConTRo13R · 16 Jun 2013 at 15:15

I have just bought a used car...however i do not have a full driving license... I would ideally like to be the legal owner and have another name as the legal keeper of the vehicle as they will be the one driving for now.

How do i go about getting this sorted? what forms/contacts would i need? I have never delved into this before and am rather confused :confused:

Burnsy2023 · 16 Jun 2013 at 15:36

You already are the legal owner of the car since you bought it. Just get someone else to be the registered keeper on the V5C. I suppose you don't want to be the RK for insurance purposes? I'm not sure if that's the best route though.

monkeys · 16 Jun 2013 at 16:06

If you bought the car and the reciept is to you, the car is yours.
Keeper can be changed anytime.

ConTRo13R · 16 Jun 2013 at 18:20

So if i register the car on the V5C to my girlfriends name then I still own the car?

I need her to be the keeper for insurance reasons (otherwise Tesco wont insure her) until iv passed my test. Is it easy to change the name of the registered keepr into my name once im driving...or is that not wise

Burnsy2023 · 16 Jun 2013 at 18:23

ConTRo13R said:
So if i register the car on the V5C to my girlfriends name then I still own the car?

Yes. Ownership doens't change. The DVLA just want to know who the registered keeper is rather than owner.

ConTRo13R said:
I need her to be the keeper for insurance reasons (otherwise Tesco wont insure her) until iv passed my test. Is it easy to change the name of the registered keepr into my name once im driving...or is that not wise

You can do, just requires you to send the V5C off to the DVLA with the new keeper details. The car will have an extra keeper on the V5 is that bothers you though. It seems to bother some people if you come to sell the car.

ConTRo13R · 16 Jun 2013 at 20:57

Burnsy2023 said:
You can do, just requires you to send the V5C off to the DVLA with the new keeper details. The car will have an extra keeper on the V5 is that bothers you though. It seems to bother some people if you come to sell the car.

Thank you so much for your help

That is why I think it'd be unwise as people will only see an extra user/driver.

I'm just worried that if things went sour she wouldnt be walking away with two grands of car i paid for....

m4cc45 · 17 Jun 2013 at 11:15

Only minor downside (and depends on the car, etc.) is that the number of previous owners will increase when you change the registered keeper to your GF and back again so adding two further owners on.

Edit: doh as previously mentioned.

M.

monkeys · 17 Jun 2013 at 15:45

Don't worry, go ahead and do as you wish.