Car Towed DVLA Fines

adeyooo

Having a dilemma about what to do about a towed car.

My girlfriends car was parked outside her house with no mot, insurance and was practically a non –runner but declared SORN.
This was towed by the local police to an impound.
The fees are:
£200 recovery fee
£21 per day storage
£160 surety fee (that can be refunded with proof of paid tax before release of the vehicle)

To release the car the requirements are to have:
Valid insurance (but cannot be temporary or daily) (according to met police site – not actually checked with impound)
Valid mot
Car tax
She is happy for it to be crushed but unsure whether the cost to get it back will be less than the cost of getting it crushed, i.e.
She will have to pay for:
-Insurance
-Tax
-Mot (test and whatever is required for a non-runner car to be up to standard)
-All release fees

But she is unsure of the level of the fine that will be made by the DVLA (could be up to £1000/5x annual tax of the vehicle)
If anyone knows what the level of fine depends on (e.g. first offence type of thing/value of car/circumstances/length of unpaid tax/declared SORN) please let me know it would be a great help :-)


Contacted DVLA but they seemed to keep us in the dark about any costs from their side which is unfortunate.

Thanks

Carrot007

How are you going to get a valid MOT while it is impounded.


Just let em crush it and don't be an idiot in future.


Learn what SORN is. Know where you live and what people might do. In some area's cars can be like that for years an noone cares. In other people obsess about parking and will be on to you. Since there are no police anymore it must have been a neighbour unless you live somewhere weird.


And you might have got £50 for someone to take it away in the first place (maybe more but the more usually want delivery).

adeyooo

Scrapit wrote: »

Good .

you're the reason these forums are an absolute nightmare to get anything from

a.turner

adeyooo wrote: »

Having a dilemma about what to do about a towed car.

My girlfriends car was parked outside her house with no mot, insurance and was practically a non –runner but declared SORN.
This was towed by the local police to an impound.
The fees are:
£200 recovery fee
£21 per day storage
£160 surety fee (that can be refunded with proof of paid tax before release of the vehicle)

To release the car the requirements are to have:
Valid insurance (but cannot be temporary or daily) (according to met police site – not actually checked with impound)
Valid mot
Car tax
She is happy for it to be crushed but unsure whether the cost to get it back will be less than the cost of getting it crushed, i.e.
She will have to pay for:
-Insurance
-Tax
-Mot (test and whatever is required for a non-runner car to be up to standard)
-All release fees

But she is unsure of the level of the fine that will be made by the DVLA (could be up to £1000/5x annual tax of the vehicle)
If anyone knows what the level of fine depends on (e.g. first offence type of thing/value of car/circumstances/length of unpaid tax/declared SORN) please let me know it would be a great help :-)


Contacted DVLA but they seemed to keep us in the dark about any costs from their side which is unfortunate.

Thanks

Your story doesn't ring 100% true but she's lucky not to be done for no insurance.

adeyooo

If you could expand on this I can explain

twhitehousescat

adeyooo wrote: »

If you could expand on this I can explain

if the vehicle was parked on a public road then insurance is needed

expect a nice letter from the police to follow ,

think its 6 points and big wonga fine

S1000

twhitehousescat wrote: »

if the vehicle was parked on a public road then insurance is needed

expect a nice letter from the police to follow ,

think its 6 points and big wonga fine

Only if you're driving it!

twhitehousescat

S1000 wrote: »

Only if you're driving it!

are you saying that no fine , no points for keeping an uninsured car on a public road

think not

Car_54

S1000 wrote: »

Only if you're driving it!

No!

The offense is to "use" (or cause, or permit to use) a motor vehicle on a road or other public place.

It is well established that "use" includes parking. It does not need to be driven.

unholyangel

Just to add, if it was declared sorn (instead of simply having no VED licence aka road tax) then its actually £2500 or 5x the annual duty - whichever is greater.

Its considered more severe to make a false declaration so attracts a greater fine.

poppasmurf_bewdley

S1000 wrote: »

Only if you're driving it!

Wrong on so many counts.

Even to be parked on a public road, a vehicle needs to be taxed, MOT'd and insured.

I live in a small country area and more than once in the last year neighbours have come out to find their cars booted by the DVLA for not having one or more of the above, and with large stickers on their windscreens.

The DVLA are active in all areas of the country.