Thread: Parking ticket but wrong address

I purchased a new car from a main dealer in Feb 07, unfortunately although they had got my name right they had registered the vehicle at completely the wrong address in a completely different town to where I live.


The first time I realised that I had not received my vehicle documentation was when the garage rang me to inform me that I had received a parking ticket, and that the fine had been sent to one of their customers whom they had incorrectly registered the vehicle to. Having realised their mistake the garage then re-registered the vehicle to my address by completing the new keeper section on the registration document, but without my signature as the owner of the vehicle.

I had no recollection of the parking ticket and had never received any documentation from either the enforcement agency or the garage to provide me with any details of the alleged offence.

In April 2008 a Bailiff turned up on the doorstep of my old house which I rent out and served a final warning before removal document. I then contacted the issuing officer (Bailiff) to ask him what this was all about. He informed me that it was for an unpaid parking fine issued against my vehicle in May 07. I explained the situation that I had not received any evidence of a parking offence for instance no parking ticket had been put on my vehicle. His attitude was that we had heard this all before and that I would need to provide evidence that the vehicle had been incorrectly registered and that I had never lived a that address.

I then wrote to the DVLA and requested all of the registration information about my vehicle at a cost of £10. When I received the VQ7 form from the DVLA, it clearly showed that the vehicle had been registered to the wrong address and that the change of address request had been completed without my signature as the owner of the vehicle.

I then wrote to the issuing council and included the VQ7 form a copy of my insurance document indicating the correct address when first insured and a letter requesting documented evidence of the alleged parking ticjket being affixed to my windscreen. I stated that I would happily pay the original fine once I had received the evidence of the offence taking place. I also faxed a copy of all of this information to the Bailiff. I have not received a reply to my request to this day from the issuing council.

The next thing to happen was the Bailiff clamped my vehicle outside my house (yes they finally worked out that I live where I say I do). I called the number left on my vehicle and was told to meet the person outside my property within the next 20 minutes. When he arrived he showed me a notice of seizure of goods and informed me that warrant of seizure from the courts against my vehicle. I then informed him that his company and the issuing council were in receipt of all of the documentation explaining the situation and that no reply had been received from either party. After a lengthy conversation I refused to hand over any monies or keys and told him that he would have to do whatever he deemed necessary to recover my vehicle. He then called me back within a few minutes and asked that I meet him again outside my house. I was then told that my vehicle would be towed away and be sold at auction should he not receive immediate payment of the outstanding fine and that all the costs would be added to the existing amount owing, but to show a gesture of goodwill they would waiver the fee for the last visit of the bailiff.

So to avoid the inconvenience and embarrasment of the situation I agreed to pay them. He then informed me that he was unable to accept the payment by credit card and that would have to be made with cash or a debit card. I gave him my Debit card and he increased the amount owing by £1 to cover the surcharge for card payment.

The costs for attendance were £290, which seems excesive given that the original parking fine was for £80 ( although having never received the ticket, I'm not sure). I have since spoken to the issuing council who informed me that I need to take the issue up with dealership where I purchased the car as that were not prepared to make any consessions and would not consider my appeal.

Firstly, how do I know whether the bailiffs attendance to remove fees are fair and should they have charged me a fee for taking the payment?

Given that I have never received any paper work from the council or any evidence of the alleged offence how and where do I take this further?

So far it has cost me in excess of £560 and a lot of heart ache and embarrasment.

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This is very SIMPLE and it is a shame that you needs not know this information yesterday.

You need to file an Out of Time late Statutory Declaration on the basis that you did not receive either the pcn or NtO. You need to ring the Traffic Enforcement Centre on 08457 045 007 and they will e-mail a form to you. Whilst on the phone to them( you need the PCN number) you need to ask them the date of the Warrant and the ADDRESS on the warrant of execution. I am certain it would be at the wrong address.

If you need to know what to write on the form, please do post back. This application will then be sent to the local authority who have 19 working days to accept or reject your application. If accepted, the local atuthority will then credit to you the amount of the PCN and the the bailiff co must refund all of the money for the fees and charges.

If I am correct and the address on the Warrant is wrong, then the bailiff could well be in trouble as he should only visit the address on the Warrant !!!

Which company is this and did you receive a Breakdown.?

Thank you for the advice.

I have been in touch with the TEF and requested the forms as adviced.

I enquired when and where the warrant had been executed and was told it was executed on 08th Jan 08 and as suspected it was servered under the wrong address.

The assistant then told me that it didn't matter which address the warrant was served, as if it had been a bailiff from the court services then they would have had to serve the warrant at the address on the warrant. She then said that the private bailiffs have more authority and can serve the warrant at whichever address they track the vehicle down to.

The company of bailiffs which servered the warrant was JBW Enforcement Ltd and I had received no Breakdown of cost from them up until the the day they finally clamped my vehicle and served me with the notice of seizure.

I appreciate your help and advice in this matter.

hasn't JBW just done a phoenix ? it maybe that the original bailiff company on the warrant no longer exists.

I don't know, have they?