Getting an MOT - is it a good idea/necessary to take along your registration document please?

Question

I'm a bit worried that the chap taking my daughter's car for its MOT asked for the registration documents as he said it could get refused without it. Can that be right please?

Answer 1

there are times when the logbook mite be needed ie:if someone at the DVLA has enterd a number wrong in the logbook,the MOTer puts in the numbers he reads off the car the data wont match & a MOT cant be done.If he has the logbook all he does is enter the log nos ,then mot can continue.

Answer 2

Only if it's the first MOT and it's carried out within a month of the due date. I quote the official bumph :

"An MOT can be carried out at any time

If the vehicle is tested within the calendar month prior to when the MOT is due, the test certificate will run from the date of the test to one year after the expiry date of the current certificate. For example, if the current certificate was due to expire on 1 April 2007, and the vehicle was presented on or after 2 March 2007, the certificate would run from the test date until 1 April 2008.

The same rule would also apply when the vehicle is taken in within a calendar month of its first MOT. In this case, the vehicle owner would need to present their registration document."

Other than that first test, there is no requirement for the V5 as the expiry date will be on the system for future tests.

If it isn't the first test he doesn't need it, if it IS the first test I'd go in with him and take the V5 with you, for safety's sake.

Answer 3

If you are taking the car to a main dealer it's probably OK.
Letting someone you don't know have the car's registration document might be asking for problems. I have never been asked for it in many years of having MoT's done.

Answer 4

no all you need to do is ring the mot station make a time for the car to be mot`d then they will ask for the reg no then its booked in no need to give any documents if some one wanted my document i would be very suspicious and i have been repairing and taking vehicles for mot`s for years

Answer 5

If it's the first MOT and you are getting it done early and want the expiry date to be over a year ahead then they need to see the VR document. Otherwise the previous MOT should be enough.

Answer 6

If you give him a properly reassigned title and the vehicle has been properly licensed until the date of sale there should be no reason for you to give him the actual registration documents. If he has a problem with DMV tell him to provide you with a reject slip and you will give them the papers at that time.

Make sure that the title is properly signed over to the buyer before releasing it to the buyer. Don't just sign the title as seller and leave the buyer line blank. Be sure to fill in the buyer's name and address in the assignment of title area. Your best bet is to take a copy of it after it has been signed over.

I don't know title rules in all states but you need to be careful, especially when selling a vehicle privately.

Answer 7

It depends on the age of the car?If its its first mot?then nothing is on the computer as such?The v5c will give the mot tester all he needs to know about the car,and should make things easier,

Answer 8

I've never had a problem, I turn up and put my car in - its all electronic now and you dont haveto be the owner to mot a car

Answer 9

Taking the previous MOT might help - I have been asked for that. But not the log book. If you've got doubts, perhaps you could take it yourself?

Answer 10

a tester can ask to see it but it is very rare. the mot computer has all the vehicle details in its database and they will be printed on the checklist. unless the car is unusual or a vintage etc i wouldnt worry.
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