SORN mess up

[jontie]

hi, after reading some of the posts on hear i have realised i have messed up the SORN on my car. I inherited the car after my farther died, it was SORNed when he died and i incorrectly assumed that it was still SORNed. The car has now been in my name for 14 months and i have never declared SORN in this time, however the strange thing is the DVLA has not sent me a fine or a letter telling me to tax/SORN the car in all this time.

So have i just been lucky or am i going to get a fine? and am i less lightly to get a fine if i were to insure, MOT and then tax the car (which i was going to do soon anyway) or should i just declare SORN immediately?

Thanks for the help and i realize it was a stupid mistake. The car has been not left the garage in all this time, so it was no where near a public road.

Jontie

[jontie]

Thanks for the replies.

I probably wasn't clear enough, when i said the car was in my name for 14 months i meant i have had a V5 with my name on it for 14 months (nearly 15 months). My farther died about 18 months ago. I have not declared SORN since i have had the V5. Its looks like i may have somehow slipped through the cracks and got lucky. Still not sure what is the best thing to do now, TAX or SORN, i just don't want the DVLA to turn round when they realise and issue me with a stupid fine.

[jontie]

I got some insurance quotes and they were more expensive than i expected so as i cannot afford to put the car on the road in the next few weeks. So i decided to declare SORN, when i did this online it said there has been a gap in the licensing ( 14 months according to their records) and that a offence has been committed and their enforcement department may be in touch (or something to that affect). So Taxing it may have been a better option, if i hear anything i will update, again i may get lucky. If i get a small fine £80 or so its not the end of the world, i'm just concerned i will be issed with a large fine for what was a genuine oversight, after my dad died everything was a bit of a mess and this sort of thing was not the top of priorities. The annoying thing is i'm usually on top of this sort of thing and if i had got a reminded letter at any point i would have dealt with it. I have defiantly not missed any letters, the address is correct on the V5 and i still live at the same address that the car was registered too when my farther owned it.