Does a "producer" need to be served directly to the owner/driver?

tripled

Out of curiosity, if the police wanted to serve a "producer" requesting documents for a vehicle, do they have to serve it directly on the driver/registered keeper, or could they just send one through the post?

Guest101

Dont do producer's anymore. Atleast in england.

why'd you ask?

DUTR

tripled wrote: »

Out of curiosity, if the police wanted to serve a "producer" requesting documents for a vehicle, do they have to serve it directly on the driver/registered keeper, or could they just send one through the post?

Do they do producers still? taxing the car online the system knows if there is valid insurance, VED and mot, you wouldn't get a producer through the post, as per post #2 why do you ask?

tripled

I have a van that's kept off the public highway and is out of tax/mot/insurance. A neighbour has reported the police have been seen nosing around it when I wasn't in, plus they've put a card through my letterbox asking me to contact them. While I have no intention of volunteering myself to them, I'm contemplating whether actively avoiding them until my van is scrapped (in the next week or so) would be a prudent move.

mattyprice4004

Seems odd, where exactly is it kept?

fivetide

If you have done nothing wrong, get in touch. It might be the van has been cloned or something. You could be suddenly getting fines for a vehicle you don't own etc.

Again, if you haven't used it and there is nothing illegal about it there is no reason not to engage with the police.

Tilt

There must be a reason why the police want to speak you you about it. I think you would be unwise to ignore this.

tripled

I know someone has complained to the police about it (it's been sitting there for 12 months while I get around to scrapping it, communal parking), that's why they're sniffing around. Given I expect it to be gone in the next few days, making myself available to them could either satisfy their curiosity and make them forget about me for a while, or give them a target to annoy. As far as I'm concerned it's nothing to do with them, only the housing association (who's land its on), who I have spoken to.

fivetide

Ah communal parking. That's why then. No offence but twelve months of a scrapped van sitting there is likely to annoy anyone.

tripled

fivetide wrote: »

Ah communal parking. That's why then. No offence but twelve months of a scrapped van sitting there is likely to annoy anyone.

I guessed that I'm sure it's technically nothing to do with the police, although they get bored round here so it's probably giving them something to do. I'm just curious to see if they could be a pain if I got in touch with them, or if they can be a pain anyway if they wanted to.

GAZ237

Did you sorn it?

Is it actually registered to you at your address?

Maybe there is fines floating around in regards to the vehicle.

Seeing as they have put a card through your door, they presume you own it. I would contact them.