Roa Tax: £620 owed to Marston and a missed court hearing

waterfall66692

Thanks both.

Re: the unpaid tax, it’s only £15 for the year on her vehicle. Although saying that I don’t remember if they requested her to pay it or not. Obviously it would’ve been less than a tenners worth so not mega money and we would’ve paid immediately.

Mercdriver

DVLA would normally demand the outstanding payment irrespective of how small it might be.

waterfall66692

Weird, we never had a request for payment for this even when they had the correct address

Exemplar

waterfall66692 wrote: »

Weird, we never had a request for payment for this even when they had the correct address

I feel you may be trying to wriggle here, don't. Contact them today and sort it. A bailiff visit could add another £200? There is no way of getting out of this as you have already admitted the offence in posts above.

TooManyPoints

You need to find out if the Debt Collection service was employed as a result of a fine and/or costs imposed by a court following a conviction. If it was and your partner was not aware of the proceedings against her (which it seems she was not) she can perform a "Statutory Declaration" (SD) to have the conviction set aside and any penalties imposed by the court made void.

She can make an SD free of charge at her local Magistrates' Court (for which an appointment will be necessary). Alternatively she can do so before a solicitor who may charge a small fee (perhaps £5 to £10). If she makes it anywhere other than the convicting court she should ensure, when completed and certified, it is served on that court. The SD needs to be with the convicting court within 21 days of her learning of the proceedings for it to be accepted unconditionally. Later than that and it may be refused for being out of time. The DVLA will then have to begin proceedings again.

If she makes the SD in court there is a chance that she will be asked to enter a plea to the original offence (though, being a DVLA matter, that is not guaranteed). It's difficult to say how she should proceed in that eventuality until details of the offence are known.

waterfall66692

> Exemplar

Not sure what you mean by this, especially the wriggle part? Are you suggesting she pay the outstanding tax, which I totally understand. Or pay £620 that has arisen due to something we weren’t aware of? Your advice contradicts every other post in this thread?

> Toomanypoints

Thank you for your advice, going to follow it and see what we can do. Really appreciated