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Hi Guys,

I recently purchased a car from a small dealer and he had racked up multiple PCNs  before he sold it to me and they got transferred over to my name. I replied back to the council by email giving proof that I did not own the car when the PCN's were issued but the council didn't respond and we had to go to their community hubs to inform them of the situation.

However by the time we got 2 transfer of liability letters from them indicating that they had transferred liability to the seller it was too late as I had already got 2 TE3 & TE9 forms indicating that an order for recovery of unpaid charge had been made.

Now based on the above do I have to respond to the Traffic Enforcement Centre, using the TE9 forms with a witness statement or should I just write a letter or email informing them of my situation. There is no appropriate option in TE9 that I can select in it as I shouldn't have been sent the PCN in the first place. Whats the best possible action that can be done.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Hi,

   The car was purchased in February but the PCN's were issued in January this year. I did not receive any posts till the end of Feb. The TE9's came through just after we had been to the community hub followed shortly by the transfer of liability letters from the council. Based on this information can anyone kindly advise what should be the course of action now on.

 All I am asking is should I have to respond to the Traffic Enforcement Centre now that I have received transfer of liability from the council themselves or would that be disregarding the order & a contempt which is not my intention. Or do I need to reply to the TE9 form but in this case none of the option provided there is the right one for the scenario.

My assumption was since they have transferred the liability they would withdraw the order and get it re issued to the seller.

Thanks