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yully6

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McKneff

You are supposed to SORN it, its in the terms and conditions of your certificate
(log book)

And yes, you do have to pay it. You didnt follow the rules.

flutterbyuk25

McKneff wrote: »

You are supposed to SORN it, its in the terms and conditions of your certificate
(log book)

This is totally incorrect. A SORN tells the DVLA that the vehicle is still yours but you are keeping it off road for time being.

And yes, you do have to pay it. You didnt follow the rules.

This however is correct.

OP - you should have sent off Section 9 from your logbook/V5C to DVLA to notify that you had disposed of the vehicle. You would have then had letter back confirming that you were no longer the keeper.

If this is the first penalty letter then the payment should be reduced to £40 if paid within a set time (usually 28 days)

HTH

McKneff

flutterbyuk25 wrote: »

This is totally incorrect. A SORN tells the DVLA that the vehicle is still yours but you are keeping it off road for time being.



This however is correct.

OP - you shuld have sent off Section 9 from your logbook/V5C to DVLA to notify that you had disposed of the vehicle. You would have then had letter back confirming that you were no longer the keeper.

If this is the first penalty letter then the payment should be reduced to £40 if paid within a set time (usually 28 days)

HTH

My apologies to you both. Of course SORN stands for Statutory Off Road Notice, I wasnt thinking

plane_boy2000

So I guess that you still havent told DVLA that you and the car have parted company?

As registered keeper you are liable for any speeding tickets etc that somebody else could be racking up

wealdroam

plane_boy2000 wrote: »

As registered keeper you are liable for any speeding tickets etc that somebody else could be racking up

Unlikely.

The car was scrapped.

Please re-read the first post.

yully6

Thanks for all your advice, no I have done nothing yet, just been caught unawares by the £80 fine letter so thought I'd ask around first before proceeding. I'm still shocked that although I can prove it no longer exists, I didn't re-tax it or re-insure it because of this, I still have to pay )-;

jollyme

It might be worth a phone call and being honest with them, there's nothing much to lose and £80 to potentially gain. Being polite and honest often gets you further than you might realise - but to take this approach I would do it soon

babyshoes

Definitely phone them and explain honestly what happened i.e. you thought that the garage who scrapped it had taken care of the paperwork - at worst you will still have to pay the fine, but I know people who have had good results speaking nicely to the DVLA and have had similar fines squashed due to genuine confusion. They may ask you to write a letter to explain the situation and send in proof that it has been scrapped. It will depend on the person on the other end of the phone, but if you are nice they may just let you off.

McKneff

We had one of these fines, it was during a time of illness for my husband,
eye problems, then more eye problems eventually not ever being able to work again as a self employed painter and decorator. It was a very very worrying time and i explained this to them. They very kindly waived the fine.
So nothing ventured nothing gained. Ring them tomorrow, you never know.

flutterbyuk25

OP - nothing can be done by phone, they will just tell you to appeal in writing as the phoneline is only to take payments (as explained on the letter). If you feel you want to appeal, put it in writing but do not hold your breath as you did not do what was required of you.

BTW - I am ex-DVLA and used to deal with this on daily basis!

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