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In the UK the document is the V5C, also commonly called the "log book". [2] The document is issued by the DVLA and tracks the registered keeper of the vehicle. When a vehicle is transferred, exported, scrapped or had major modification (new engine, chassis or factors affecting the taxation class) the form is returned to the DVLA with details of the required changes, who then issue a new ...
The current version has the reference number V5C. Prior to computerisation, the title document was called the 'log book', and this term is sometimes still used to describe the V5C. The V5 document records who the Registered Keeper of the vehicle is; it does not establish legal ownership of the vehicle. These documents used to be blue on the front.
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Driver and Vehicle Agency in Northern Ireland: Spain: Directorate General of Traffic: Driver licensing and vehicle registration in Spain Sweden: Transportstyrelsen: Driver licensing and vehicle registration in Sweden Portugal: Instituto da Mobilidade e dos Transportes (IMT)
Pre-2012 logo of DVLA. The vehicle register held by DVLA is used in many ways. For example, by the DVLA itself to identify untaxed vehicles, and by outside agencies to identify keepers of cars entering central London who have not paid the congestion charge, or who exceed speed limits on a road that has speed cameras by matching the cars to their keepers utilising the DVLA database.
This responsibility was transferred to the DVLA. Personalised ( private ) registrations must now be purchased through the DVLA directly, and customers are recommended to tax their vehicles online. Customers can still tax their vehicles in person at a Post Office branch in Northern Ireland.
The original "pink slip" (or a replacement issued by the DMV, if the original is lost) is needed to transfer ownership of the vehicle, like during a sale. [10] The color pink was chosen to draw car owners' attention to it, to help prevent the document from being discarded with other non-essential paperwork. [10]
In these days, in India there is a movement called "Digital India" in which every type of work related to every department is getting digitalized and "Ministry of Road Transport & Highways" has created a portal called "Vahan" for online road tax payment to ease the pain of paying of taxes to the government in offline mode.
Levels of ownership have risen significantly since automobiles were pioneered in the 19th century. The United States was the first country in which mass ownership became common and 60% of families owned a car in 1929. By the 21st century in the United States, there was, on average, a vehicle for every person of driving age and more vehicles ...