Parking fine. Do I have to pay?

Barginhunter

Hi All,

This is my first time to the forum and I wondered if anyone out there can help with a query?

I received a £65.00 parking fine yesterday parking in a bay. However on the ticket issued, the warden has input the incorrect vehicle index. It is a single wrong letter. There will obviously be a photograph.
My question is based on the incorrect vehicle index. Do I have to pay the fine or is the ticket technically spoilt now so should I contest regardless of the photograph and not pay?

Please help I have 12 days to pay the half price fine if I need to.

Thank you in advance.
:A

Coupon-mad

Just back from my hols and catching up!

Sorry you got no reply, the forum here is very busy.

So...the answer partly depends on two things although either way DO NOT PAY IT:

- who issued the ticket, and

- are you the registered keeper or is it a lease/hire/company car?


If it's a Council and you are the owner/keeper = then due to this specific error, ignore it as they put the wrong vehicle reg number (normally you never ignore a Council PCN but this time you must). A wrong reg number is fatal to the PCN. Completely fatal for them, they cannot enforce this ticket. If they tried to issue a Notice to Owner in month or so then come back for advice but I suspect nothing will arrive (if it did you would appeal it all the way to adjudication).


If it's a private company and it's just a piece of rubbish called a 'Parking Charge Notice'?

Unless it's a company/hire/lease car, you must ALWAYS just ignore any fake PCN. It is NOT a fine at all. Forget it.

You are not liable to pay and you must not 'appeal' as that's a pretence. There is no appealing a scam. This is a private company with an unsolicited invoice, dressed up to impersonate a parking ticket. It's NOTHING at all to spend any time worrying about!

Tick off the threatening letters Here.

Watchdog clip with expert Solicitor's opinion here.

Barrister's opinion here.

If it's a company/hire/lease car then read this final link below as you need to hook the PPC in your direction with a letter and you need to tell the lease/company Fleet Manager that they may be about to receive scam letters which look like a parking ticket but it's a fake one (much more details here.



HTH

esmerobbo

Coupon-mad wrote: »

Just back from my hols and catching up!

You have missed a cracker this week!!

Been more pruning then the Chelsea flower show!:D