Address on warrant?

[saintsmad]

Hi. This is a bit complicated! My son has received visits from bailiffs here at my home although he hasn't lived here for over three years. Unfortunately, my husband bought a car on HP for our son who subsequently registered it in his own name but at this address as it is to all intents and purposes my husbands car. ( probably a silly thing to do..but here we are ). He has parking fines which have now gone to bailiffs etc. All of the notices etc etc have come here to my house and as we have not seen my son for a long time have remained here unopened. Following the bailiffs visit I opened all the mail and realised the parking tickets were outstanding, so I paid them. The bailiffs will not take no for an answer..ie that my son doesn't live here anymore. I am not willing to pass on his forwarding address.
If the bailiffs do trace him, can they still use the warrant even though it has my address on it?
I should also say that I paid the tickets to the council who issued them by sending postal orders.
My husband has now taken back the car and re registered it to himself.
Thanks in advance for any help given

[teaboy2]

Re: Address on warrant?

Can the police raid your house if their warrant is addressed to another persons address? Nope!

So no a bailiff can not use the warrant with your address on it, on your sons address. They would have to go back to court to change the address on the warrant.

Others will be able to advise you on what to do about the bailiffs now that the council has been paid.

[bluebottle]

Re: Address on warrant?

What have the councils responsible for issuing the PCNs said? Have they agreed to inform the bailiffs that the fines have been paid? At best, the bailiffs would only be able to claim letter fees at £11.20 + VAT = £13.44 per letter at best, plus one visit fee. You may need to swear a Statutory Declaration to the effect that your son has not lived at your address since whatever date.

[Sir Vere Brayne d'Emmidge]

Re: Address on warrant?

Hi. This is a bit complicated! My son has received visits from bailiffs here at my home although he hasn't lived here for over three years. Unfortunately, my husband bought a car on HP for our son who subsequently registered it in his own name but at this address as it is to all intents and purposes my husbands car. ( probably a silly thing to do..but here we are ). He has parking fines which have now gone to bailiffs etc. All of the notices etc etc have come here to my house and as we have not seen my son for a long time have remained here unopened. Following the bailiffs visit I opened all the mail and realised the parking tickets were outstanding, so I paid them. The bailiffs will not take no for an answer..ie that my son doesn't live here anymore. I am not willing to pass on his forwarding address.
If the bailiffs do trace him, can they still use the warrant even though it has my address on it?
I should also say that I paid the tickets to the council who issued them by sending postal orders.
My husband has now taken back the car and re registered it to himself.
Thanks in advance for any help given

You are a nice mum, paying for your son's parking fines!

However, this is a Civil Liability, and it's unlikely that the bailiffs will spend time and money in tracing your son.

If the bailiff does not take no for an answer he/she is a fool, there is nothing for them to gain, unless your payments to the Local Authorities were short of the fee from the Traffic Enforcement Centre at Nothampton Central Ticketing Office.

Then your son might find himself with multiple CCJs, depending on how many tickets he had, that will effect his Credit Rating and sometime his employability.

Being a parent myself I can understand your conamdrum, but I'd rather shop my kids than pay their way out for them, they have already cost me in the region of £100,000 to send them to university, they should fund my retirement now, not expecting more handouts!