DVLA Impounded my car while SORN
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Hi guys looking for a bit of advice. I have today received a letter telling me an agent for the DVLA has imponded my car for no tax. The car is SORN and off road in my local pub car park (with permission from the landlord). It has been there for about two months waiting for a friend of mine to collect on his truck to replace a burst brake pipe. I have two points that I don't understand. Firstly in the letter the location they say they picked the car up from is wrong. It happens to be a road connected to the road where I live. Secondly They say they took the car on the 4th April and I received the letter on the 16th April. They want £21 a day storage and £160 for me to get it back. Surely this is a delay tactic to up the storage costs.What is my best call of action????
Was the handbrake secure, did it roll onto the road?
Did some drunk lads do a stunt and moved it for fun?
I would have thought a pub is not public road for SORN purposes. For example, if someone was blocked in at the pub and called the police, they would say it's on private land so it's a civil matter, nothing to do with us.
Did some drunk lads do a stunt and moved it for fun?
I would have thought a pub is not public road for SORN purposes. For example, if someone was blocked in at the pub and called the police, they would say it's on private land so it's a civil matter, nothing to do with us.
therevday said:
The car is impounded the letter has DVLA letter head.I double checked and the car is still listed as sorn on the Gov web site. The car is in a pound in Reading belonging to a company called NSL Services
NSL are the DVLA VED "enforcement partner"https://www.marstonholdings.co.uk/nsl/dvla-vehicle...
Section 7.3 of this https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2266/pdfs...
Appears to say that, provided it was SORN, then they can't clamp or remove from a car park even if the public has access.
legislation.gov.uk said:
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM TO THE VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY (IMMOBILISATION, REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2008
2008 No. 2266
7.2 If the current keeper of an unlicensed vehicle is not properly recorded on the DVLA register the only recourse is to clamp or impound the vehicle. The policy intention is to prevent evaders of vehicle excise duty from using off-road areas such as unadopted roads, commons, public car parks or roads maintained by Housing Associations to place themselves beyond the reach of the enforcement authorities.
7.3 As these areas are off the public road it will still be possible to make a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) instead of licensing. This measure will therefore force those who are not properly registered with DVLA to submit their details either through licensing or making a SORN.
2008 No. 2266
7.2 If the current keeper of an unlicensed vehicle is not properly recorded on the DVLA register the only recourse is to clamp or impound the vehicle. The policy intention is to prevent evaders of vehicle excise duty from using off-road areas such as unadopted roads, commons, public car parks or roads maintained by Housing Associations to place themselves beyond the reach of the enforcement authorities.
7.3 As these areas are off the public road it will still be possible to make a Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) instead of licensing. This measure will therefore force those who are not properly registered with DVLA to submit their details either through licensing or making a SORN.
Edited by stemll on Saturday 16th April 19:50
Edited by stemll on Saturday 16th April 19:51
Another potential option. Pub landlord, regardless of the supposed original agreement to be happy for the vehicle to be left there (probably only temporarily), got fed up of still having the vehicle dumped in the car park 2 months after it first appeared there, having still not been collected because OP's mate hasn't managed to get round to it yet, and decided it was easier to report it / have it removed 
Has OP actually checked / confirmed that it was definitely removed from the pub car park, and not this other road just round the corner from his own house? By the sounds of it OP hasn't checked on this car since it was first left in the pub?
Or of course this is a typical Easter weekend wind up
Has OP actually checked / confirmed that it was definitely removed from the pub car park, and not this other road just round the corner from his own house? By the sounds of it OP hasn't checked on this car since it was first left in the pub?
Or of course this is a typical Easter weekend wind up
Edited by AlexRS2782 on Sunday 17th April 00:24
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