I'm receiving someone's speed and parking fines
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I'll try and keep the points as precise and concise as i can;
Having contacted the previous owner of our home (the surgeon's landlord) he has no forwarding address for him, in fact it was his knowledge that he had left the country. It appears he has now returned, or someone has begun using his car and has been illegally parking it at his former place of work.
It's not like it's causing me sleepless nights but I'm at a loss as to what to do-thoughts?
- The previous tennant of our house (a surgeon at our local hospital) has been done for speeding, somewhere down in Yorkshire.
- He has now been done for a parking violation (via UKPC) at our local hospital
- askmid shows the car registration as not being insured via their database
Having contacted the previous owner of our home (the surgeon's landlord) he has no forwarding address for him, in fact it was his knowledge that he had left the country. It appears he has now returned, or someone has begun using his car and has been illegally parking it at his former place of work.
It's not like it's causing me sleepless nights but I'm at a loss as to what to do-thoughts?
LaurasOtherHalf said:
* The previous tennant of our house (a surgeon at our local hospital) has been done for speeding, somewhere down in Yorkshire.
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It's not like it's causing me sleepless nights but I'm at a loss as to what to do-thoughts?
Seems straightforward.- He has now been done for a parking violation (via UKPC) at our local hospital
- askmid shows the car registration as not being insured via their database
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It's not like it's causing me sleepless nights but I'm at a loss as to what to do-thoughts?
Write to DVLA and to everybody that's sending you s172s etc, and tell them "not at this address since <date>, no forwarding address".
SantaBarbara said:
Contact the address on the speeding fine letter and notify them of the facts and wrong or old address on the V5. That is probably another offence
I did this earlier this year, however it looks like nothing has changed with the DVLA as I have now received the parking fine. I am painfully aware of the futilities of trying to get the DVLA to change anything.I have also been able to find who I think it is on both Facebook and LinkedIn, I have tried messaging on FB but have received no reply.
LaurasOtherHalf said:
I have also been able to find who I think it is on both Facebook and LinkedIn, I have tried messaging on FB but have received no reply.
A straightforward Google search should bring up a surgeons name, even easier if you know the hospital they worked at. Even easier if you know their speciality.LaurasOtherHalf said:
It appears he has now returned, or someone has begun using his car and has been illegally parking it at his former place of work.
If that is the case and they 'may' be working at the hospital I would stick the info into a big envelope with the most 'incriminating' on top and send it to the chief executive of the hospital and ask them to pass it on. 
s off.LaurasOtherHalf said:
I'll try and keep the points as precise and concise as i can;
Having contacted the previous owner of our home (the surgeon's landlord) he has no forwarding address for him, in fact it was his knowledge that he had left the country. It appears he has now returned, or someone has begun using his car and has been illegally parking it at his former place of work.
It's not like it's causing me sleepless nights but I'm at a loss as to what to do-thoughts?
The parking violation is not a fine: it's an invoice from a PPC. Unlike the speeding offence it's governed by civil law (of contract).- The previous tennant of our house (a surgeon at our local hospital) has been done for speeding, somewhere down in Yorkshire.
- He has now been done for a parking violation (via UKPC) at our local hospital
- askmid shows the car registration as not being insured via their database
Having contacted the previous owner of our home (the surgeon's landlord) he has no forwarding address for him, in fact it was his knowledge that he had left the country. It appears he has now returned, or someone has begun using his car and has been illegally parking it at his former place of work.
It's not like it's causing me sleepless nights but I'm at a loss as to what to do-thoughts?
LaurasOtherHalf said:
SantaBarbara said:
Contact the address on the speeding fine letter and notify them of the facts and wrong or old address on the V5. That is probably another offence
I did this earlier this year, however it looks like nothing has changed with the DVLA as I have now received the parking fine. I am painfully aware of the futilities of trying to get the DVLA to change anything.You can transfer a vehicle online - https://www.gov.uk/sold-bought-vehicle/y/no
A photocard D/L can be amended using the Government Gateway - https://motoring.direct.gov.uk/service/DvoConsumer...
Yet you can only do a simple change of your own address on a V5C by snail mail - https://www.gov.uk/change-name-address-v5c
Having to field vehicular transgressions by scofflaws who have previously lived at your address is a monumental PITA.
Sending a PPC PCN back 'not at this address' may well not work. They will have heard that old chestnut before and may just carry on regardless.
Because all they have to go on is the DVLA record (which the latter won't change). You may have to provide them with some documentary evidence to get them to desist.
Ask me how I know...
speedyguy said:
LaurasOtherHalf said:
It appears he has now returned, or someone has begun using his car and has been illegally parking it at his former place of work.
If that is the case and they 'may' be working at the hospital I would stick the info into a big envelope with the most 'incriminating' on top and send it to the chief executive of the hospital and ask them to pass it on. 
Might set the cat among the pigeons. If you're not the registered keeper then the DVLA do not want to hear from you and it doesn't matter how many letters you write they won't do anything.
Best you can do is RTS on envelope and send them back.
When the debt collectors start coming. They're usually happy with a form of ID and they'll go on their way.
Nothing you can do about it. We have the same thing and luckily it is calming down after nearly 2 years of living at our current address.
Best you can do is RTS on envelope and send them back.
When the debt collectors start coming. They're usually happy with a form of ID and they'll go on their way.
Nothing you can do about it. We have the same thing and luckily it is calming down after nearly 2 years of living at our current address.
What I did in a similar situation, when I started receiving both speeding and parking tickets for a former tenant, together with correspondence from DVLA.
My enquiries revealed that the former tenant, had purchased a new car, and rather than register the car at his new address, had decided to use his former/my address to tax and insure the car.
I opened all the correspondence, enclosing a letter explaining what my former tenant had been guilty of doing, and returning all correspondence marked “returned to sender”. The local Council’s parking services replied explaining that until the owner of the vehicle amended the registered address of the vehicle, then they were legally required to keep sending correspondence to my address.
The last correspondence I received came from a Liverpool debt collecting company, and following exchanges in emails, the matter was brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
My enquiries revealed that the former tenant, had purchased a new car, and rather than register the car at his new address, had decided to use his former/my address to tax and insure the car.
I opened all the correspondence, enclosing a letter explaining what my former tenant had been guilty of doing, and returning all correspondence marked “returned to sender”. The local Council’s parking services replied explaining that until the owner of the vehicle amended the registered address of the vehicle, then they were legally required to keep sending correspondence to my address.
The last correspondence I received came from a Liverpool debt collecting company, and following exchanges in emails, the matter was brought to a satisfactory conclusion.
silverfoxcc said:
I would put a query on pepipoo.com on this as to the correct course of action. If you dont do it right , the PPC could get a CCJ/baliffs involved and your address could be listed as being 'dodgy' and you as a resident might not get a very good report should you require credit etc
This is an urban myth - credit scoring is based on the individual - not the address. There isn't a list of "dodgy" addresses.I'm a landlord and have had some "interesting" tenants in the past. Bailiff companies are used to dealing with the sort of people they are after & are pretty easy to deal with if you are legit / not the person they are looking for.
Either phone DVLA if you have nothing better to do with your life, or simply return it with "not known at address" written on envelope. It will be sorted. I've had court summons and all sorts coming through doors & the returned envelope is by far the quickest & easiest way of dealing with it.
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