Car registered in my name forge!

AdrianC

waamo wrote: »

The fine being "failing to stop". Stop for what?

After an accident? AC10, 5-10pts
At a stop sign? TS30, 3pts
When told to by the police? TS40, 3pts

waamo

AdrianC wrote: »

After an accident? AC10, 5-10pts
At a stop sign? TS30, 3pts
When told to by the police? TS40, 3pts

Indeed. The lack of cogent information is a little overwhelming

NBLondon

Louiseex wrote: »

Please help me. A car has been registered in my name by a family member I haven’t lived with for 4/5 years and don’t speak to.

Do you know this? Or do you just suspect that family member?

JamoLew wrote: »

Inform the DVLA that you are not/have not and never will be the keeper of the vehicle.
Do as the court request - attend and swear on oath
If you know who has used your details, then inform the relevant agencies that they are the registered keeper

Do the first thing. In writing and keep copies. Have those copies with you if you go to court.
Presumably, you had already moved on from the old address when the vehicle was falsely registered there (as you never saw the V5 being returned). If you can find anything to show the date you moved away that will support your case that you were not involved.

It seems there are two issues going on....

1) You received a letter about no tax and told the DVLA you weren't the registered keeper. Right? How did that come to your new address - because the DVLA would only write to the old address on the paperwork.

2) You've now received a letter from a court about another offence and you may have been convicted in absence of failing to identify the driver - because the original penalty notification would have gone to the old address. Your defence to that is as before - you are not the registered keeper and have no knowledge of the vehicle or its driver at the time of the traffic offence.

As dannyrst said - any evidence that you were elsewhere at the time of the alleged offences will probably help.

NBLondon

Louiseex wrote: »

I don’t even have a license!!

Better not mention the parking issues in this thread then... https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6040342/parking-fine-court-hearing-help unless you have lost your licence and the other car since August?

Louiseex

That was for myself, this thread is on behalf of my little sister if you must know!!!!!

Some People are just so ignorant.

waamo

Louiseex wrote: »

That was for myself, this thread is on behalf of my little sister if you must know!!!!!

Some People are just so ignorant.

Sadly the forum crystal ball is bust. Telepathy doesn't seem to be working either.

Louiseex

Court has been contacted I think they only care about the money being paid they didn’t seem to want to help at all.


We have contacted the DVLA and have called the police. If the current person at the previous address sends back letters will they then do a search to find your new address? That’s the only thing I think how they have obviously sent letters to the new address. We haven’t been at the previous address for 2 years so wouldn’t have received any initial letters as we don’t know who now lives there.

oldernonethewiser

Louiseex wrote: »

That was for myself, this thread is on behalf of my little sister if you must know!!!!!

Some People are just so ignorant.

Why start a thread about someone else with this then "A car has been registered in my name by a family member" which is not the case?

waamo

The court have said what to do. Go and make a Statutory Declaration. Your sister would appear to have a motoring conviction. You can't just ring up a court and have it overturned.

This is quite serious and could get a whole lot worse. Take your sister to see a solicitor and get proper legal advice

NBLondon

Louiseex wrote: »

Some People are just so ignorant.

I know... they come on t'internet asking for help and tell an untruth in the first sentence when there was no need for it....

We haven’t been at the previous address for 2 years so wouldn’t have received any initial letters as we don’t know who now lives there.

Exactly. So if a traffic offence was committed; the car was identified by number plate and the paperwork to identify who was driving (a Section 172 notice) sent to your sister (name spelt wrong) at that address it would have either been returned by the new occupant or possibly thrown out. If the latter; the courts have the right to convict your sister in absence of failing to respond to that notice which is another offence. She can offer a defence that she did not receive the notice and/or had no reasonable way to find out who was driving but she WILL have to go court and make that Statutory Declaration that she had no knowledge of the proceedings. That then resets the case and she can then show that she is not the Registered Keeper, the registration is fraudulent, and she has no knowledge of the car or who was driving.

Assuming that last is true. There is an obligation to give any information you have that may identify the driver. So if either of you actually know or strongly suspect that a particular family member has committed the offence you do have to dob them in.

How the DVLA and courts got your current address is secondary - it may well have been given by the aforementioned dodgy family member. But get the conviction sorted first.