Registered car ownership with DVLA

Owners data via CarVeto and DVLA

The CarVeto database receives thousands of queries each month about car ownership. Demand has spiked in recent years since DVLA registered keeper data was excluded from the V5.

Before May 2018, the previous owner’s name and address were printed at the bottom of the V5C registration document, known as the V5C Log Book.

Getting registered keeper's information from DVLA

You may want to get the details of the previous owner of your vehicle. Good reasons include:

• Find out when the car was last serviced (this may have been excluded from the rubber-stamped service book)
• How often the previous owner serviced the car
• If the car had any major mechanical faults
• When the cambelt was replaced (this is often the number one reason due to the expense of a replacement belt)
• Other legal reasons

CarVeto offers the nearest data for car ownership. The Car Ownership data includes information like:

• Date of sale and purchase of the previous owner
• Date of purchase of the existing owner
• Date of registration
• Car age
• Date of reg
• Previous keepers’ ownership history table
• The area postcode (not the exact postcode) or city/region where the car was registered with DVLA via the V5C logbook.

Plus, a unique MOT Advisory Notes and history report outlining tests, dates and advisories that are not readily available in the public domain without the V5C logbook number of MOT test numbers.

Related guides

• Complete guide – how to Sell Your Car Online and notify DVLA.