Digitisation has already pushed the tax disc off our windscreens and the paper part of our driving licence out of existence, but the V5C document, also known as the plain old ‘V5’ or your car ‘logbook ...

Every vehicle that’s legally registered in the UK is issued with a V5C registration certificate by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). This document is also commonly referred to as the ...

I bought a secondhand Mazda 6 at the end of August 2025 and the seller gave me the new keeper slip so I could tax and insure the car. I haven't received the new V5 log book yet so I decided yesterday ...

Originally issued by a local office, with a ‘registration number’ assigned to a region, the current record of car ownership is the V5C, which is an evolution of the V5. The V5 marked the point of the ...