DVLA tax penalty

[lee2006]

Hi

I've just received a letter from the dvla telling me i have to pay £40 as i didnt tax my quad.

The thing is, i sold the quad on ebay in december, the buyer and myself filled out the log book and put it in en envelope and he said he'd post it on his way home for me. I don't know if he did or if its lost in the post.

Any idea on what stance the DVLA will take on this as i really cant afford to pay £40 for something thats not my fault.

Thanks for any help you can give me.

Lee

[buzby]

What the buyer does with his form doesn't affect your liability to fill in YOUR counterfoil and send it to DVLA. If you've relied on him to return your section of the V5, you might have saved 19p on a stamp, but left yourself liable. You could try responding to the DVLA by saying that the Quad was sold and YOUR section of the V5 returned on XX/XX/XX. End by saying the vehicle was purchased by.... and give the details if you have them, they MAY accept this and let you off.

[blacksheep1979]

You should be fine, I bought a car and got done running a red light before ownership had been transfered over (yes I know naughty me). The original owner just sent back the nip stating he was no longer the owner and that I was. Of course you may have sent your part back and it got lost in the post...

[runtothehills]

Hi, same thing happened to me. I part-exchanged my car in Oct 04 and recieved a fine for non-payment of road tax in Feb 05 when I was not the legal owner of the car. I only found out this year when I did a credit check and found I had a ccj from the DVLA. I put in a defence with the courts and had the ccj put aside by the judge. The DVLA though still expect me to pay the £100 fine (was originally £40) and I am now having to take the DVLA to the small claims court to dispute the fine (again).

If I was you I would certainly dispute it with the DVLA if you have any success with them though is another matter. We should question their ability to move the goal posts to suit their own needs and not those who are innocently caught up through no fault of their own. Apparently it's ok for them to not be responsible for tax discs sent via the post but, YOU are responsible if your form is not received via the post?? Double standards. If you do dispute it put it in writing. Good luck.

[buzby]

Just an observation (from what I've learned so far in this Continuous Registration farrago). Being the 'legal owner' is not and has never been an issue. You need to be the 'Registered Keeper', no more no less.

When you part-exchanged your car, you did complete the Yellow (Part 9) section of the V5? If you didn't, then the fine would be confirmed by the courts as you had not properly discharged your obligation. If you simply handed over the V5 to the dealer, their lack of responsibility in taking care of this on your behalf should be made an issue.