Short story;
My father-in law sold his car back in September last year to a garage in part exchange, Whilst at the dealership he filled in all the required paperwork and the garage said they would sort everything out i.e change of registered keeper.
He then received a letter as according to their systems in December which was a fine to pay as the vehicle was shown to have no insurance or SORN , he responded to the letter simply by putting a 1st class stamp on it (to dvla) which is whom wrote the letter, advising that he sold the car to the dealership and is no longer the registered keeper.
He received no response and got sent another letter, he again responded to the letter by post using a 1st class stamp (even though i told him to send it as tracked/signed for) with evidence of proof of sale to the garage back in September last year prior to DVLA's systems showing no insurance.
To me it sounds like the dealership took a long time to inform the DVLA that he was no longer the registered keeper, as eventually he received a tax refund for the car however to date has not received a letter saying he is no longer the registered keeper of the car.
He has now been sent a SJP to plead either guilty or not guilty to the offence, obviously in my opinion this is down to the garage but looking up the law it states as he was the registered keeper its his legal obligation to ensure the DVLA are informed.
My petrified father-in law who has never broken a law in his life now doesn't know what the best option to do is, he just wants this to go away with the least possible amount of repercussions. I.E no points and a small fine or should he fight and plead not guilty.
Thank you for your help and time.
My father-in law sold his car back in September last year to a garage in part exchange, Whilst at the dealership he filled in all the required paperwork and the garage said they would sort everything out i.e change of registered keeper.
He then received a letter as according to their systems in December which was a fine to pay as the vehicle was shown to have no insurance or SORN , he responded to the letter simply by putting a 1st class stamp on it (to dvla) which is whom wrote the letter, advising that he sold the car to the dealership and is no longer the registered keeper.
He received no response and got sent another letter, he again responded to the letter by post using a 1st class stamp (even though i told him to send it as tracked/signed for) with evidence of proof of sale to the garage back in September last year prior to DVLA's systems showing no insurance.
To me it sounds like the dealership took a long time to inform the DVLA that he was no longer the registered keeper, as eventually he received a tax refund for the car however to date has not received a letter saying he is no longer the registered keeper of the car.
He has now been sent a SJP to plead either guilty or not guilty to the offence, obviously in my opinion this is down to the garage but looking up the law it states as he was the registered keeper its his legal obligation to ensure the DVLA are informed.
My petrified father-in law who has never broken a law in his life now doesn't know what the best option to do is, he just wants this to go away with the least possible amount of repercussions. I.E no points and a small fine or should he fight and plead not guilty.
Thank you for your help and time.
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