DVLA And A Vehicle That Is Not Ours

**t-star** · 15th April 2009 12:20

Back in 2006 we returned a car we had on finance back to the finance company. V5 was correctly filled in and sent to DVLA, we moved house a few weeks later so if they did send a receipt we would not have received it.

In 2007 we received a court claim to say that there are unpaid speeding fines relating to this vehicle. We went to the local magistrates court and swore a statutory declaration that we were no longer the keeper, this was accepted by the court where the fines were issued and they were decared null and void.

Fast forward now to March 2009 when we received a letter from Inter-Credit International ltd claiming £80 for not renewing the car tax. I contacted the DVLA and they told me to send a copy of the stat dec, a copy of the letter from the finance company that gave dates of when we retuned the car and a covering letter. This was done and today we received a letter from DVLA enforcement section that basicly says "We never received notification, so tough pay up".

Any ideas on which way to go with this one.

t-star

**patdavies** · 15th April 2009 13:52

Yep.

Write back (special delivery) and inform them that

a) you have provided sufficient information to them that you are no longer the RK of the vehicle;

b) you do not accept their LLP ;

c) you will not enter into any further discussion of the matter except in a Court of law, where the accusation will be vigorously defended;

d) any continued pursuit of this alleged penalty by DVLA or their agents by any other means will be viewed by you as harassment and actioned appropriately in law.

Basically, you have been given an FPN for an alleged criminal offence. You have already proven to the Court's satisfaction that you were not the RK at the relevant time and now DVLA are trying to put themselves above the law.

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