Sorn my untaxed car - can't find the answer!

is it in your name and was when the tax ran out?

if so, I'm surprised they haven't been chasing you already unless its cat c where they don't send reminders and you cant sorn or tax online, you have to fill in a form to sorn it through the post.

will they try and charge you? I would have thought so, and as I mentioned I'm surprised you havent heard from them.

What does 'garaged under someone else's name' mean? Are your details on the V5C?

Regardless of anything, if its not SORN'd now, SORN it.

In all likelihood, the DVLA will send you an £80 penalty charge for not re-taxing or declaring SORN, which in unenforceable and you may ignore.

I'm not worried about paying the £80 fine, that's completely down to me leaving things to the last minute as usual, my main concern is weather I'm accumulating further charges!
I haven't heard anything apart from the initial reminder...
The car was and is fully registered to me.

When I say garaged under someone else's name, I mean the garage that it's stored in has no link to me whatsoever

It has my car, 2 complete kingsize beds (of which the mattresses are on the herald's roof)
Around £1200's worth of jumbo metal partition stud work, a 1.6 Capri engine, various car related things. 4 sets of alloy wheels, lots of '88 Volvo 240 parts, clothes, a drivers seat from my old S14 that's going in the herald...

That's almost it! Lol

Do not pay any 'fine' the DVLA have no basis to fine you and can not take any action to get money from you, you might receive some of those 'we are acting on behalf of DVLA to collect monies owed' type letters but just file them in the bin.
As for the car being clamped and towed, they first need to find the car and will only look on the property where the car is registered and if they did find the car they have to ask the police to attend to hold their hands whilst they put the clamp on and do the paperwork and believe me no police officer wants to waste their time doing this as no offence has been committed and there is a shed load of paperwork to fill out should the car owner kick off. they will only tow the car if it is easily accessible as the recovery operator can not move property to gain access so towing just doesn't happen unless the car is on a public road or car park.

Form v890 is what you need & can be done in the post office if you have the log book in your name.
I recently realised that I hadn't received the log book for my car bought back in September, it needs a SORN and I've yet to get around to doing it.


It's a bit different if you have no log book as you need to pay £25 and fill out the log book request form and submit it with a V890.
If you have the log book in your name then you can try the automated service (as long as it has been in your name for at least a year) on 0300 123 4321 and enter the 11 digit doc ref on the front of your log book.


Always best to get it out of the way and then fight your corner if needed.

(turns out my logbook never arrived as the previous owner sent the yellow section off)

If you have the V5C go to this link

www.gov.uk/make-a-sorn

Click on 'Apply Now' and follow the process.

'Simples'

Chris

Ah apologies, I thought that I was answering peddyp's question.