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Hi! After some help. I sold a car last October and since then I recieved 3 speeding fines which I sorted out with the tickets office. I then recieved 7 parking fines from debt collectors! £1100. I now today recieved a further 2 crossing fines due to nonpayment! £375. About 2 months ago after receiving the 7 fines I contacted the dvla and sent in information to remove myself as the registered keeper. The issue is I have no way of knowing what else will come... as the buyer drives around collecting fines for me.

Is there anything I can do to backdate the ownership? Or anything at all? I can prove the sale and have his details but the debt collectors aren't interested. I allowed my insurance to continue for a few months to collect no claims bonus so there's a chance I had no policy on the car at the time of the offences.

Any help is appreciated... thanks

You've learnt a tough lesson as it seems you didn't follow process and tell DVLA you sold the car and so remove yourself as registered keeper.

But did you get the PCNs? Why has it gone to debt enforcement? The PCNs go to the name and address on the V5C logbook. What was this?

You aren't wrong there, tough lesson.

Also a good question. Simply, since the sale we moved away from where the car was registered. So all correspondence would have gone to the previous address. Now it is at enforcement stage, it was come to where I live.

Quote from: Simonj86 on September 07, 2024, 11:37:27 am

Quote from: stamfordman on September 07, 2024, 11:31:23 am

You've learnt a tough lesson as it seems you didn't follow process and tell DVLA you sold the car and so remove yourself as registered keeper.

But did you get the PCNs? Why has it gone to debt enforcement? The PCNs go to the name and address on the V5C logbook. What was this?

You aren't wrong there, tough lesson.

Also a good question. Simply, since the sale we moved away from where the car was registered. So all correspondence would have gone to the previous address. Now it is at enforcement stage, it was come to where I live.

You haven't actually asked a question, but I imagine it would be "Why?".

The answer to which is that debt collectors are expert at tracking down malefactors.

Yes I understand why the situation it as it is with that.

As I said, I am already paying for the 7 but with 2 more arriving today and a dvla fine for no tax I am now, again, attempting to find a solution.

Thank you

Take these one at a time.

Parking Fines.

I then recieved 7 parking fines from debt collectors! £1100.

Terminology is important to help you plot a way forward.

No such thing as a parking 'fine'. There are 'penalty charges' from local authorities and 'parking charges' from private parking companies.
Penalties lead to bailiffs, parking charges lead to court and via default judgments ruined credit.

With bailiffs, their very existence relies upon them tracking people to wherever they live, whereas private parking can't pursue you direct because they've no idea where you live.

Set out what's what pl.

DART Charges(presumably)
What do you have?

Have you spoken to DVLA to get your record corrected i.e. cease to be the RK wef date of sale?

For info:
I allowed my insurance to continue for a few months to collect no claims bonus..

You're not allowed to. An insured party must have an insurable interest in the vehicle and your claim is that you did not, you were not the owner. What happened to the vehicle tax, you were required to cancel this and the new owner obtain their own? These references cast doubt on your sale being wholly legit and at arm's length, I'm sure you don't want to create this impression!

Edit.. so DVLA are pursuing YOU for no tax. This casts even more doubt on the whole issue because it's the seller's task alone to cancel their tax and has nothing to do with the new owner not declaring themselves as the RK and to be liable for tax.

Sorry, but something's not right here and you'll need to explain if we're to assist.