Help please collectica hmrc fine

[russelldash]

Re: Help please collectica hmrc fine

ok then back to the dvla for all the documents sent to the wrong address ask for copys and get confirmation from the post office of your request I was under the impression that when the car is lifted end of it have a scrap value of 150.00 this pays the agent
strange one

[freyaz]

Re: Help please collectica hmrc fine

I didn't claim any back once the car had been taken

[bluebottle]

Re: Help please collectica hmrc fine

A number of observations -

1. If DVLA knew the vehicle was currently taxed, the only offence possible is Failure to Display A Valid Vehicle Excise Licence;
2. Once a motor insurer informs a policyholder of their intention to declare a vehicle a Total Loss (Write-Off), make an offer and the policyholder accepts the offer, salvage of the vehicle then rests with the motor insurer and they then own the wreck;
3. This sounds like a cock-up by bungling DVLA contractors and staff.

Could you confirm if the insurer had sent you notification they were writing-off the car, made an offer, you accepted the offer and they asked for the keys and V5C?

[freyaz]

Re: Help please collectica hmrc fine

I was third party fire and theft so wasn't claiming on my insurance had someone to look at and would have cost more than the car was worth to repair so I parked car on grass verge outside my dad's house and arranges for scrap to collect
I will contact dvla tomorrow and find out exactly what they initial offence was
Then do I approach the courts .. do I just ignore bailiff ??

[bluebottle]

Re: Help please collectica hmrc fine

A few questions -

1. Who declared the vehicle a Total Loss?
2. Does the grass verge outside your dad's house form part of the public highway or is it part of your dad's home and, therefore, private land?
3. Why did DVLA contractor remove the car when it would have shown on DVLA records as currently taxed?

If the DVLA contractor removed the car and the vehicle was showing on DVLA records as currently taxed, the removal was not only unlawful, but illegal, also.

As for claiming back any unexpired tax, you would do well to photograph the disc and send the photograph to DVLA with a covering letter, informing them of theirs and their contractors' unlawful actions. I suspect they will try and bluff their way out of it, in which case, get your MP involved. I would also let Collectica know

[bizzybob]

Re: Help please collectica hmrc fine

Grass verge, no tax disc, the DVLA contractors would take it anyway and hope for the beat. Seen them try to take vehicles from a garage forecourt before now. If the tax was current at the time the wreck was taken then DVLA Contractors were out of order,

[wales01man]

Re: Help please collectica hmrc fine

Was the car taxed on the day it was removed?

Was the tax disc in the car?

Was the refund made for unused tax?

These answers must be crucial in this case