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DVLA penalty for untaxed vehicle
DIR By: coxic
Date: June 27, 2024, 2:57 pm
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I have received a penalty notice from the DVLA for an untaxed
vehicle. It says that they have received evidence that a vehicle
that is registered to me was being used or kept while untaxed.
It goes on to say that I must pay £114. Is it possible to avoid
this charge?
Further info:
The vehicle in question is a classic car which does limited
mileage and I may have moved it onto the road from my driveway
in order to gain access to the garage (as I have done on many
occasions).
There is no proof of this evidence on the DVLA website or in the
correspondence sent to me, however I cannot deny that the
vehicle had ran out of tax. Unfortunately I forgot to SORN the
car over winter.
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Re: DVLA penalty for untaxed vehicle
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: June 27, 2024, 3:45 pm
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There is no proof of this evidence on the DVLA website or in the
correspondence sent to me, however I cannot deny that the
vehicle had ran out of tax. Unfortunately I forgot to SORN the
car over winter.
You clearly know the binary options: tax or SORN.
You did neither.
Their proof is that a certificate of destruction hasn't been
raised, therefore the car exists, and this VRM is neither taxed
nor SORN'd.
IMO, it's this simple in principle and confirmed on the DVLA
website:
Being the registered keeper of an untaxed vehicle.
identified from DVLA records
But what is your intention, to tax(so that you can go to shows
etc) or SORN?
IMO, all that could be at issue is the amount of the penalty.
Where's their letter?
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Re: DVLA penalty for untaxed vehicle
DIR By: coxic
Date: June 27, 2024, 3:59 pm
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My intention is to SORN for now. It will be taxed after I get it
MOT'd.
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Re: DVLA penalty for untaxed vehicle
DIR By: H C Andersen
Date: June 28, 2024, 2:28 am
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The other pages pl i.e. the grounds on which the penalty could
be disputed.
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Re: DVLA penalty for untaxed vehicle
DIR By: coxic
Date: June 28, 2024, 5:30 am
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There are no other pages. It's a single piece of paper. The
backside of which is as below.
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Re: DVLA penalty for untaxed vehicle
DIR By: ivanleo
Date: June 30, 2024, 8:58 am
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[member=2118]coxic[/member] I've moved this to the relevant part
of the forum, this has nothing to do with council PCNs.
By your own admission you kept a car that was neither taxed nor
SORNe'd, so you appear to have no defence to the allegation. The
fact that any reminder letters might have been lost in the post
or even never sent in the first place is irrelevant, the offence
is not dependent on you receiving anything from DVLA. If you
have not SORN'ed the car yet, I suggest you go online and do
that right now.
As for the out-of-court settlement, see what others say but I
think it's the least damaging outcome you can hope for. If this
goes to court it will cost a lot more, and in the absence of any
defence it would be a pointless exercise.
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Re: DVLA penalty for untaxed vehicle
DIR By: mdann52
Date: July 1, 2024, 5:54 am
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If it was neither taxed nor sorned, an offence under S31a
Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994
HTML https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/22/section/31A
appears
to have been committed. The only defence seemingly available
would be if the vehicle is exempt from VED.
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