its an easy process log on to dvla website, download a V62, complete it and return. your logbook will reach you in 4-6 weeks

call the enforcement office and try not to lose your rag... point youve got in your favour are... you purchased the car in good faith once you respond (in writing) to the enforcement office they can order a micro film of who applied for the refund on the tax disc. once they see it wasnt you it would be unlikely that they would pursue the case. when your on the phone to them state that as a registered keeper you, of course, checked it had a tax disc before driving your purchase away, but it being a copy of a disc it fooled you, i mean, it did didnt it? offer to pay the back duty. They can make you pay it as its a volentary process, but it makes your case stronger for a closure. in terms of what happens next, you could (worst case senario) end up with a penalty for it being seen on the road without tax for every day of every month it was un-lic and have to go through the same process with every enforcement office that sends you a penalty. best case, you were just spotted the once and with a fairly painless phone call and the price of a stamp, all will be well again. i wouldnt try to contact the dealer who sold you the car, might be a hornets nest if there happy to sell a car with fake tax on. if you havent got a v5c logbook yet, get one by competing a V62 (download at the dvla website), then youre all legal and should get reminders from then on. chin up

its with a tin hat on i say the following... non of it would have happened if you had updated your details on the v5 when you moved. sorry petal. not an awful lot you can do now, the origional info from the clampers giving you your rights would have gone to the pre add, as would the penalty letter from the dvla adv you that the penalty is seperate to the clamp removal fee. the lady you spoke of was a court appointed bailiff, they dont care and are working on behalf of the court. the stat dec is the only way to go. call your local dvla on monday (one of the enforcement offices ) and explain that you moved and that you had no idea you had a penalty outstanding etc... they'll re-offer the origional penalty. this will be an amount based an how long the veh was un-lic plus an element of penalty for the act of putting it on the road without tax. the good side it that the penalty offered will be minus the court fee, the victim surcharge and the bailiffs cut. hope you do ok

due to the clampers and the DVLA being seperate, (the ncp are the boys that the dvla pay to clmap and remove untaxed veh's) you'd have to put the clampers pound address on your papers. Once you'd proved that the land was private, the clampers should have removed the clamp at no charge, how come they didnt? chin up x

no need to panick or knock on strange doors the aim of the day is to get yourself off the record asap. you need to do this IN WRITING, gotta have a signature... nothing too long winded, just name, reg mark and that you've sold it (approx date and buyers details if you have them, no problem if you dont) Once its been recieved by DVLA, you'll get an acknowledgement letter within 20 working days. if you dont get the letter,, give them a call to make sure youre not still listed as the registered keeper.