Private parking fine letter for offence two Years ago?
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Just want to ensure my advice to my mum who got the letter last week. Private parking company sent a fine letter for overstaying in the local Asda car park. In March 2024. She sold the car not long after this to the daughter of a friend and they have said they didn’t receive any letters that they responded to or anything to say they didn’t own the car then.
As this is in Scotland, and there is no pictorial proof provided mum can simply not engage with them at all and nothing will happen? I believe only the driver can be fined in Scotland, not the registered keeper, and the fine letter should have been within 14 days of the offence, not a few days shy of two years later?! The company is just chancing that the recipient will panic and just pay up, right?
As this is in Scotland, and there is no pictorial proof provided mum can simply not engage with them at all and nothing will happen? I believe only the driver can be fined in Scotland, not the registered keeper, and the fine letter should have been within 14 days of the offence, not a few days shy of two years later?! The company is just chancing that the recipient will panic and just pay up, right?
KungFuPanda said:
The fact that she sold the car not long after the infraction is a red herring. She was still the registered keeper and the driver at the time of the event so the private parking company and their legal representatives can still pursue her.
The point the OP was making is that the new keeper did not get any letters. If they had they would have passed them on.GasEngineer said:
KungFuPanda said:
The fact that she sold the car not long after the infraction is a red herring. She was still the registered keeper and the driver at the time of the event so the private parking company and their legal representatives can still pursue her.
The point the OP was making is that the new keeper did not get any letters. If they had they would have passed them on.KungFuPanda said:
The fact that she sold the car not long after the infraction is a red herring. She was still the registered keeper and the driver at the time of the event so the private parking company and their legal representatives can still pursue her.
Is it not the case that there's no keeper liability in Scotland (where the infraction occurred)?Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff