When bailiffs sell a car to pay a debt, you can get the new keeper details from the DVLA and ask the new keeper for price paid and get a copy of the auctioneer's bill of sale.[1]
Contact the auctioneer and ask them to confirm whether the invoice is genuine and make a screenshot of their reply to record the time you received it.
If the price paid does not match the value given by the bailiff, then he is being dishonest and he commits fraud by abuse of position.[2]
You can apply for a detailed assessment.[3]
Download a form V888 from the DVLA
Complete Option B on the form.
In part 1 of the form, complete your details
In part 2 of the form, leave everything blank except Tick 'Other'
In Part 3. Enter the registration, and enter. To ask the new keeper how much they paid for the vehicle because the auctioneer's seller's declared sale price does not match its value.
Use the buyers purchase price document as evidence in an application for a detailed assessment because it shows the bailiff was dishonest about the sale price for the car and you may recover damages and costs.
If your car is high value, the bailiff may have sold it to himself or to a friend being a motor trader. Check the new keepers name and address and to see if his name shows on the public register of bailiffs.[4]
If your car is fitted with a tracker, then visit the address and ask the new keeper for a copy of the sales invoice.
[1] Download DVLA Form V888
[2] Section 4 of the Fraud Act 2007
[3] Civil Procedure Rule 84.16
[4] Search the online public register of certificated bailiffs maintained by the Ministry of Justice
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