URGENT>>>can a bailief take a motorbility car

WhiteHorse

You assumed that it had been successfully contested? That was an unfortunate mistake. Odd that there seems to have been no further correspondence though. Pity they weren't allowed to take the motability car, as that would have been gratifyingly arrestable.

bigjl

As stated above they can't take somebody elses property to satisfy the debt, most bailiffs think they are some big legal force, they can't even force entry unless they have been in before, so don't let them in at any point, not even to go to the toilet.

They can however gain access through an unlocked window or door, and can get walking possession of anything they can see through a window.

They also tend to focus cars on the driveway, as that is normally the best chance to secure payment, I love making fools of bailiffs, anybody remember the TV programme called Beat the Bailiff, what a load of tosh.

It would even be worth getting the car towed just so you could call the Police and report it stolen.

Might be worth sending a letter by recorded delivery stating that the car doesn't belong to you and that if they touch it you will call the Police. They also can't take things that you need to live, such as cookers and beds.


I hate bailiffs..........................

FabSascha

I've had loads of problems in the past with bailiffs and parking tickets. The thing to take into account is that they're bullies by nature and they know that the quickest way to get their job done is to threaten you - legally or otherwise - and hope that you'll be scared enough to just pay up. In reality they have very little power and can't do much to you as long as you're brave and strong enough to stand up to them. My advice would be to make a note of anything they do that frightens or upsets you and get the details of the head of the council who issued the ticket. I was hugely bullied by one company (before I became a little more clued up on the topic) and they were calling me several times a day and not listening to any reason, so I got in touch with the head of the council and they made the company leave me alone! I absolutely cannot tolerate bailiffs....or parking wardens for that matter. Both completely horrid types, in my opinion

In conclusion, there's no way they can take your motability car. The fact that your car is used to transport a disabled person would make it very difficult for them to take it anyway, regardless of whether you owned it or not. If they tried to, or worse, succeeded, you'd have every right to report it as accurately stolen.

ilovebanksMCMLXXXI

100% the car cannot be taken from you. It's owned entirely by Motability and is not owned by you.

They may take it and hold on to it until you pay but that would be illegal!

dexterlivi

What an awful situation to go through.

I am sure these goons knew that a motability car can,t be taken, but simply chose to scare you.

That said I don,t share some views posted about bayliffs in general.They have a job to do in recovering what is ultimatly money owed to a third party.

I have seen the programmes on TV and have generally seen them operate within the law.

I am fortuanate not to have had a visit from a bayliff. However I have got myself into financial difficulties in the past. I have not burried my head in the sand and ignored the problem. I have always contacted debtors and made arrangements with them to repay the debt, hence the situation not spiraling to the point where the bayliffs want to visit. Thats the way to "beat the bayliffs", avoid them in the first palce.