What paperwork do you need to sell a motorhome or caravan?

For a motorhome or campervan you need the V5C log book: you give the buyer the green new keeper slip and tell DVLA the vehicle has been sold. A touring caravan has no V5C, so you hand over its CRiS registration document and tell CRiS; for either, service records and habitation check reports are not required by law, but buyers ask for them.

A static caravan on a holiday park is different again: the pitch licence agreement decides how it can be sold. See selling a static caravan.

Motorhomes and campervans: the V5C

Before you sell

• If it has a private number plate you want to keep, apply to take it off first.
• Show buyers the log book in person, but don't share photos of it or its 11-digit document reference.

When it sells

• To a private buyer: give them the green new keeper slip, tell DVLA online using the 11-digit reference and the buyer's name and address, and destroy the rest of the log book. The buyer should get a new one within 5 to 7 working days.
• To a dealer or buying company: give them the log book including the green slip, tell DVLA, and destroy the yellow section.
• Without a log book: you can't use the online service. Write to DVLA, Swansea, SA99 1BA with your name and address, the registration, make and model, the exact date of sale and the buyer's name and address. The buyer applies for a log book on form V62, which costs £25.
• Tax: it does not pass to the buyer, who must tax the vehicle or declare it off the road before driving it. DVLA refunds any full months left and cancels a Direct Debit automatically. GOV.UK says your refund may be affected if you don't give DVLA the buyer's full name and address.

Buyers will also look at the MOT history on GOV.UK. A motorhome or campervan needs its first MOT by the third anniversary of its registration. What each way of selling costs is on the motorhome and campervan pages.

Touring caravans: CRiS

• Give the buyer the CRiS registration document.
• Tell CRiS about the sale using the form at cris.co.uk/selling, or fill in the CVR7 (Notification of Sale or Transfer) section with the new keeper's details and post it.
• The new keeper registers for £20.95, once, for as long as they keep it.
• If the document is lost, the registered keeper can order a replacement from CRiS. On 30 September 2026 CRiS listed it at £15.95 including VAT and postage; check the price when you order.
• Caravans built before 1992, when CRiS started, or outside the UK may never have been registered. Say so in the advert if yours wasn't.

Advertising prices for touring caravans are on the caravan page.

Records buyers ask for

• Habitation check reports. A habitation check covers gas, electrics, water, heating and damp. It is not a legal requirement, but many manufacturers and insurers ask for one every year.
• Service history. Buying companies ask for it as well as private buyers: We Buy Any Motorcaravan lists the V5C, the service history and, ideally, a habitation service document.
• Finance. A caravan buyer's £17.95 CRiS check shows outstanding finance. Settle it, or agree with the lender how the sale will clear it, before you take a deposit.

Getting paid safely is covered in selling without being scammed. If the keeper has died, the DVLA steps change: see selling a late parent's caravan or motorhome.