Yes, your registration certificate (also known as the V5C or logbook) is not essential when you scrap a car. However, it helps if you can try to find it as it can make things easier. If you don’t have your registration certificate, you’ll be asked to provide personal ID instead.
If you don’t have your logbook you’ll still be able to follow the usual process for scrapping your car. We’ll find you the best scrap price even if you’ve lost your logbook. Plus, it doesn’t matter if your car is ready to be recycled, has plenty of miles left in it, or it has high mileage, is damaged, broken down, faulty or has no MOT – you can get a price to sell your car no matter what the condition.
When you sell your scrap car, you’ll need to inform the DVLA. To do this without a V5, you should write to DVLA, Swansea SA99 1BD, giving your name and address, your car registration, the make and model, the date you sold or disposed of your car to us, the name and address of the CarTakeBack Branch (which will be shown on your confirmation email).
You’ll be sent a letter confirming you’re no longer the registered keeper of the car, and a refund cheque for any full months left on your vehicle tax – if you pay by Direct Debit, it’ll be cancelled automatically.
The value of your scrap car can depend on many factors, including the global demand for scrap metal, as well as the make and model, age, weight, condition, and even the location of your car. Plus, whether there are any reusable parts on your vehicle. So, each scrap car price will vary.
To find out how much your scrap car is worth, just tell us your reg and postcode, either using our online form or by calling our Customer Services Team, and you’ll instantly find out the value of your scrap car. There’s no obligation and all quotes are guaranteed for seven days.
4.9/5 stars based on 1,498 service ratings over the past year
Easy transactions with vehicles collected from base so no need to travel and payments made on the day of the offered amount. More than scrap value if taken to scrap metal yard.
It was a very straightforward process and everything went very smoothly on the day the car was collected. I was paid promptly. I did not give 5 stars only because the quoted price was a bit less than when I checked previously.
Very impressed. It was so simple and stress free. From quote to pick up was a couple of days, payment was on same day as pick up. Communication from transporters was excellent, advised arrival time, and turned up on the dot. I've already recommended them to others.
The process is simple and the people who collect the car are lovely. Will always return to them if I need tonsell a car and will recommend them to others.
Makes an offer immediately you apply for one, keeps in contact throughout the process and collected vehicle from me on time by courteous driver. The whole transaction went very smoothly , the quote was paid immediately too.
Great all round service. I had a decent offer for the car, they picked it up when they said they would, all the paperwork was in order and payment was prompt. What more can you ask.
Excellent service ftom start to finish! Good lines of communication, good price offered & issue free pick up with immediate payment. 5 star service, highly recommended!
So easy and convenient, no worries and exactly as they said it was going to go. Thank you, finally shifted that car that was rotting in the garden and made some cash too. Great to have it recycled!
Easy, collection went very smoothly. Good communication from both driver and the people at the office. Money arrived within hours would definitely use again!
Excellent service, easy to arrange. Helpful on the phone. Free collection when they said they would, paid the price they said they would. Money in account same day.
Excellent service, these guys were very understanding, when my mechanic wasn't on site when they had arranged to collect the vehicle... and they just rescheduled. Thanks for making a potentially stressful car disposal... Stress-free! Cheers 👍🏾.
Absolutely hassle free and perfect service from start to finish very well informed and felt very comfortable throughout the process. I would recommend this company to friends and family thank you. Excellent service!!!
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