How does an owner of a car get the logbook back off an unwilling registered keeper?

[kelmayo77]

My friend is going through a break up and His Ex will not hand over the logbook (which is in her name) of a car they purchased 4 months ago, My friend is paying finance on this car yet she refuses to hand it over she has told him that she has taken his name off the insurance so even though he has a key to take it he can not get the insurance to drive without the logbook. In my opinion this should be classed as theft as he is the legal owner and she is now driving it and withholding the logbook without his permission Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[boxtops]

If the log book is in her name, she's the registered keeper - it doesn't matter who's paying for it.

[ummmm]

I don't think that's true Boxy.

[boxtops]

Is it not? It's what I have always believed. Mind you, if kelmayo's paying finance on the car, it belongs to the HP company, not either of the estranged couple.

[boxtops]

^^ kelmayo's friend is paying

[woofgang]

Registered keeper doesn't mean owner. I would go to the dvla on this one and ask for a duplicate logbook.

[kelmayo77]

I told him to contact dla to say it had been stolen but then thought they would just send it back to the address they both lived and her name. would this not be the case then? we are aware that the finance company actually own it so do you think they will force her to give the logbook to them as they have the contact with only my friend so they know he is eventually going to be the legal owner otherwise there is no point him paying it.

[kelmayo77]

dvla even lol

[Hopkirk]

If 'they' purchased it, then surely it is half hers.

[ummmm]

Get in touch with the finance company.

[Prudie]

You don't need a registration document to get insurance anyway.

[ummmm]

Not if he's making the payments out of his personal account.

[ummmm]

And Prudie is right....all you need is the car details for insurance.

[Hopkirk]

Why is it registered in her name?

Why is she the insurance policyholder?

There's more to this story, I reckon.

[kelmayo77]

they did purchase while a couple but split 3 months later so 3 payments I guess have been kind of paid by both but he is the only one on the finance and she is expecting him to pay for the remainder of the 5 years and her keep the car... obviously there is more to it and he has left her with the home and the goods in the home so I think he is not asking to much to want the car that he alone is committed to pay for. I believe he has to pay extremely high insurance as he is not the registered keeper and some companies will not insure at all. she is also telling him that although he has one of the keys she has been to a solicitors and they have advised her that as she has the logbook if he takes the car it will be theft and she will phone the police

[kelmayo77]

she is the policy holder because they was a couple I don't know why he put it in her name maybe it was cheaper????? All I know is this is how they chose to do it when in love and now they hate each other lol

[boxtops]

I'd take legal advice, if I was him. It's not the first time we've heard of someone having to keep paying for a car to which he no longer has access.

[ummmm]

Easy Hopkirk. She filled in the log book and she took out the insurance.

[Hopkirk]

I suggest he goes to Citizens Advice about the whole situation, not just the car.