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A vehicle registration certificate is an official document providing proof of registration of a vehicle. It is used primarily by governments as a means of ensuring that all road vehicles are on the national vehicle register, but is also used as a form of law enforcement and to facilitate change of ownership when buying and selling a vehicle.

European Union and European Economic Area edit

In the European Economic Area (EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), vehicle registration certificates are governed by the European directive 1999/37/EC.^[1] The information contained in these registration certificates includes:

Vehicle registration number
Personal data of the individual to whom the vehicle is registered
Vehicle identification number (VIN)
Engine specifications
Exhaust emissions

United Kingdom edit

In the UK the document (V5C) was previously referred to as the "log book",^[2] and this name is still common usage. The document is issued by the DVLA and tracks the registered keeper of the vehicle, rather than the owner. 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, who issue a new document, if appropriate, with the amended details.

2001 redesign edit

A new design was issued in 2001 to comply with EC directive 2001/127/EC? (or 2003/127/EC), not as a result of a theft of blank forms in the same year.^[3]

Red forms edit

In 2011 and 2012, a programme was launched to replace the previous blue forms with new red forms as a result of "theft of a number of blank V5Cs".^[4] The theft may have been of several hundred thousand forms in 2007 and 2008,^[5] or the loss of over two million forms reported in 2008.^[6] Both or either incidents may relate to blank forms returned to a supplier in 2006 for overprinting which were eventually sent to be destroyed.^[7]

The police (NVCIS) launched "Operation Drift" to recover stolen forms, over a thousand being recovered.^[8] The relevant serial numbers of the illegal V5Cs are either (according to the police):

BG 8407501 – BG 8431000
BG 9167501 – BG 9214000
BG 9282001 – BG 9305000
BI 2305501 – BI 2800000^[8]

or, according to the DVLA reported in Parker's:

BG 8229501 - BG 9999030
BI 2305501 - BI 2800000^[6]

References edit

^ European Directive 1999/37/EC - Europa
^ "Get a vehicle log book (V5C)".
^ Paul Jeffreys. "Freedom of information response".
^ "Your new, red Vehicle Registration Certificate (V5C)" (PDF). DVLA. 2011. INS215 7/11. Retrieved 16 December 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Fake number plates, fake Vin plates and fake V5Cs". The Consumers Association. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b "DVLA in stolen documents scandal". 19 August 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
^ "DVLA Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11: Specific Control Issues".
^ ^a ^b "Operation Drift" (PDF) (1). January–March 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)