Hello All,

I am looking at purchasing a 2nd hand car and wanted to know about the actual legal side.

Are the reports that you would purchase from example autotrader worth it in terms of is the car stolen or something?

and how would you actually know if a car has been settled and has no loan on it? Does the fact that the owner has the original logbook\certificate of ownership mean that it has been paid up and has no loan on it?

Any advise would be welcome.

Thanks,