Thread: DVLA £77 fine for no tax?

First of all hello everybody and maybe you can help me out on this:

2 months ago I bought a vehicle without any documents. As I wanted to tax it asap I sent my V62 to DVLA and kept my vehicle on public road hoping that no one would notice and I can get it taxed before the DVLA issues me any fine. Obviously I knew that it was illegal but it was the risk I had to take as I had no other place to keep the vehicle (why there is no "temporary tax" system created I do not know, it's really stupid and would be worth another thread). Well, anyway soon after I had to face consequences as my yet untaxed vehicle (as I was waiting for DVLA to send me V5) got towed away by DVLA to their local pound. In order to get it back I had to pay £160 release fee plus £120 surety fee. Fine with me as I was breaking the law. Few days after I got my vehicle back I finally received my V5 and taxed the vehicle and got my surety fee back as well. It all happened about month ago.

Now today I received a letter from DVLA that I must pay another £77 out of court settlement (that's an odd figure?) for not displaying the tax disc. To the point: is that normal? Because I already paid them £160. And is there a official website were all these fines / amounts are shown because neither the DVLA or directgov website tell anything about £77 fine?

Thanks for any reply, Kurt

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Alright, thanks for the reply. I just remembered that a friend of mine had a similar case 3 years ago i.e no tax on his car but his car got clamped and all he had to do was pay the fine/release fee (£80) and show a valid tax disc, there was no additional fine at that time. Maybe the law has changed....anyway, as long as it's legal by DVLA, it's fine with me. But I still could not find any website or law, stating that the penalty is £77 for not displaying the tax disc. Thanks again.

The cost may be related to the number of days the vehicle was untaxed?