he paid for the car but i am named on ALL car documentation.We got no receipt because it was from his uncle but he reckons he can get a receipt from him now and use that as proof of paying soif he wasnted to he could take the car back. Apparently it so says on the V5 form? Oh just incase it makes any difference ive had the car about a year now.
2006-11-01 22:05:59 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Insurance & Registration
Like so many entries on this site, the answer can be summed up in three words, or four if you don't like lawyers : Three : SEE A LAWYER. Four : SEE AN AMBULANCE CHASER. Look, I know people are trying to help but they can't. Legal ownership of valuable property is subject to so many ifs and buts that there are no general rules that apply to all situations. The fact that the car is registered and insured in your name is a big point in your favour but if your "boyfriend" is going to get nasty about this he could come up with a dozen reasons why the papers are in your name. He could, for instance, claim he paid for the car as a form of loan with the agreement that you would repay him in installments, and you have defaulted on the payments. I'm not saying he will (or would) do that but it is a way around the technicality of the papers being in your name. His having a receipt from his uncle is not irrelevant, as someone said: it is vitally important. If the car was previously registered in his uncle's name then passed into your boyfriend's possession, then it is his car. The fact that he lent it to you and registered it in your name as a matter of convenience may not count for much. You would have to prove that it passed into your possession in a legal rather than a casual or social sense. That may or may not be possible, which is why I repeat my heartfelt advice : see a lawyer.
Anyway, schnookums, I think you've got a bigger problem than an difference of opinion about a car. No car is worth this kind of hassle (unless it's a Ferrari or a Lamborghini, in which case, send me your pone number). Your boyfriend is using this as a weapon against you and that's a very ugly thing to do. I say give him the keys and the boot, one immediately after the other.
Whatever you decide, best of luck to you.
2006-11-01 22:27:20 · answer #1 · answered by ANGUS 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unfortunately the V5 (log book) states that the registered keeper is not necessarily the registered owner. If all the details are in your name, you could always write the car off and profit from the insurance. Preferably leave the little git in it at the time, that way you get the best of both worlds
2006-11-04 10:37:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read your V5,
The V5 shows who the registered keeper is, not the legal owner.
Anyone who buys a car on HP still gets the V5 but the finance company owns the car up until the last payment is made.
Your Bf may be a git, but as he bought the car it is his, unless you could show in court that it was intended as a permanent gift to you
2006-11-02 03:50:48 · answer #3 · answered by Martin14th 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He sounds like an ****! Change the documents into his name, then, when it's safe to do so, speed through as many speed cameras as you can (You don't need to drive dangerously fast, 35 in a 30 should do it) park on double yellows.
All the fines will go to him, and you deny all knowledge!!
Either that, or take the car for a long blast on the motorway. Keep to 70mph, but do it in 2nd gear! That'll shag the engine, then give it back to him.
Or... (I've got loads of these!)
Buy a nice big kipper from a fishmongers, and hide it somewhere in the car. A good place is up in the upholstery of the drivers seat, or if you can, under the bonnet near to the air intake that takes the air into the heating system. Then give the car back to him. In a couple of days it will stink, and it'll take him ages to figure out why!!
Legally, the name on the V5 is the registered keeper, not the legal owner. (Although they're usually the same person.)
2006-11-01 23:13:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Tricky one that. Being named on the V5 form does not make you the owner, merely the registered keeper (the one who gets done for the offences committed in the car). You would have to prove it was a gift to you. If you taxed, insured and used the vehicle constantly there's a good chance that will prove you own it.
2006-11-04 05:20:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The MOST IMPORTANT trhing here is whose name is the title under. IF his name is on the title then he CAN take the car back. EVEN if it is registered in your name. BUT if the title has your name on it, then he can NOT take the car back. And I don't care what his uncle says or signs. The title is in your name the car is yours. But a little more advice here. If the title is in his name give the car back to him and tell him to stuff it where the sun don't shine. NEVER, EVER allow anyone to have control over you. He threatens you saying he is going to take the car away. WHY? Because you won't do what he wants? Thats his problem, Matter of fact DUMP HIS ASZ. Go one better show him my answer.
2006-11-01 22:28:30 · answer #6 · answered by GRUMPY 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if he brought you the car it's yours
if your the registered keeper is doesn't mean its yours
eyes of the law its his if he can produce evidence like receipts etc
if your a couple then he shouldn't say those words
a relationship is built on trust ,honesty and most of all communication.
when something bad happens he probably through that in your face,"i brought you that car blah blah" if he insists its his car give him the keys and tell him your sending the log book back to change the keeper to his name and that you buy your own car thank you very much.
good luck
2006-11-01 22:22:44 · answer #7 · answered by FRANCIS247 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paul J is right, if he can prove he paid for it. . stamped invoice receipt or some-such the car is his. It clearly states on the reg doc that that is not proof of ownership.
However, if you can prove he gave you the car as a present then it is yours. . in which case the receipt makes no difference.
If push came to shove and you had the car he would have to prove it was not a gift which might be difficult if you have had it over a year.
Possession may not be 9/10ths but it still counts for a lot.
2006-11-01 22:18:40 · answer #8 · answered by DavidP 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
If all of the documents such because of the fact the identify is on your call, then it is your vehicle. besides if he gets a receipt from his uncle, regardless of in the event that they lower back date it to next year it would nonetheless be your vehicle (you could consistently say it replaced right into a present day). If i've got been you i might look after the identify someplace secure out of his attain. P.S A identify is what proves possession so in maximum States they do no longer settle for hand written or typed receipts. His uncle might ought to observe for exchange identify and then sign it over to him. in spite of the undeniable fact that, he can no longer observe for a identify to a vehicle he no longer owns.
2016-11-26 23:20:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the vehicle is in your name,it is yours no matter what your partner tells you.He may of paid for the car,but he cannot actually prove that it was his own money used for payment,and there is nothing on the V5,saying he can take the vehicle back.
2006-11-05 06:23:56 · answer #10 · answered by nicky dakiamadnat600bugmunchsqig 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋