Abandoned vehicles are anti-social and attract crime. Your Local council has a duty to remove all abandoned vehicles. Most vehicle disposal services will be pleased to assist in the removal of abandoned vehicles that have been declared to the police and local authority assuming permission has been granted to do so. Most can also remove abandoned vehicles on private land once permission has been sought with the land or property owner.

An abandoned vehicle could be a vehicle that has been left in the same place for a period of time and in a condition that suggests it is abandoned, evidence of this may include:

• Flat tyres
• Rusted brake discs
• Broken windows or other vandalism
• Build up of dirt & debris around the wheels.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/3/section/3

There are so many companies offering to take your car ‘off your hands’ for free and then turning it into a profit so you need to be sure when you contact a company whom offer a scrap car collection service that they will be acting within the law and offering the service that they claim to offer in their advert.

There are procedures that must be adhered to when scrapping any vehicle, paperwork must be filed in accordance with the law mainly a receipt must be issued and the vehicle V5 ‘Log Book’ must be completed correctly and sent to the DVLA. If not, fines can be imposed so be careful!