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Hi
I have received the attached speeding ticket but it is for an offence in May and was recieved on 30th July.  Don't they have to be received within 14 days of the offence.
All help appreciated
Thank you

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It has to be served on the Registered Keeper.

Are you the Registered Keeper? i.e. do you have the V5C (logbook)? Are the details correct?

The OP doesn’t seem to want to overburden us with details. The “read this first” sticky might be of interest.

When did you purchase the car? What is the issue date on your V5C?

Edit. We have been previously told that the 'system' doesn't allow a NIP to be issued out of time. So outside of postal issues it is rare for a NIP to be  'late' as a result of a **** up. The amount of people that come on here saying they are the registered keeper when they mean they are the name on the lease is staggering. So we have to ask the most obvious of questions. If you can engage with more than one line answers you will get a lot more advice and a lot less questions. 

Bottom of page 2, in the 'official use box' it will have the doc ref number followed by a date in the form of DD MM YY. This will be the date it was issued.

And the address is correct on page 1 yes?

Thank you, the issue date is 23/05/2025 and the address is correct.

OK, so 10 days after the alleged offence. The first NIP (the only one required by law) will have gone to whatever address was on the previous V5C. Was that different?

You are fortunate that the police made the effort to trace you. If they hadn't you may have found yourself facing a charge of "failing to provide driver's details".

Provided you do not have nine or more points you should be offered a fixed penalty (£100 and 3 points) but you need to respond to the request for driver's details asap. You have a defence if a NIP was not served on you within 14 days of the offence. To take advantage of that you will have to plead not guilty in court and face a trial.

The police are only obliged to prove that it was posted to your last known address in time to arrive within 14 days. If they do that, the onus falls on you to convince the court that it didn't.

The cost of failure is high. If convicted you will face a fine of a week's net income, a surcharge of 40% of that fine and prosecution costs of around £620. You will also face either a disqualification of up to 28 days or between 4 and 6 points (with six points being he most likely).

Thank you, I appreciate all the replies and help in understanding this.  I will reply to the NIP with my details.