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Thank you I am also fairly paranoid about these things. I have seen all the paperwork which is in his daughters name (they share surname) and will take a photo of his ID beforehand. I have also ran an HPI check and it is clean so hopefully me just overthinking these things. The daughter has already signed the V5 but I am obviously no there to see! I am
Also preparing a receipt where he will certify that he is authorised to sell on her behalf. I imagine it has limited legal weight but better than nothing! Thank you
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I wouldn't have thought this was an issue at all. Having someone come inspect your car and negotiating a sale can be a pretty stressful experience for a seller, I'm sure many people aren't comfortable with it so it gets passed to the member of the family who's most farmiliar dealing with these situations.
MrBaklava
How do you know it's not stolen? I'd just go through this https://www.gov.uk/checks-when-buying-a-used-car diligently and pedantically, and would request his identity which I'd photograph, and then a written receipt which I'd video.
But then I'm a bit paranoid about such things.