When do they issue SORN fines?

LeeUK

LeeUK

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I bought a cheap 2nd car last Saturday (24th July) in a private sale and left it parked on my drive all week untaxed. I've just gone and declared SORN on it this evening online. While declaring SORN I get a message up saying the previous Tax/SORN expired on the 1st July and that the continuous enforcement team may be in contact with me regarding the missing month. Does this mean I'm going to get fined?

They say the Tax expired on the 1st July which is incorrect as it was still taxed and on the road when I bought it last Saturday 24th and only became untaxed on that date.
 
I'm guessing it just says the 1st because tax starts from the first of the month regardless of when you renew it.

Could just say you bought the car, filled in the forms, didn't hear anything then realised you could do it online. Assuming you can still do it with paperwork?

Doubt they'll chase it up for a week or so considering you've now registered it.
 
I don't have much experience in this but probably nothing - at best you might have to pay the extra month - I had a neighbour who kept persisting in not paying car tax and they gave her like 2 warnings and it was only the 3rd time they fined and towed her car (I believe crushed it in the end but it has been awhile). Her flat mate found the whole thing ridiculous.

EDIT: Think this was the one (not the only DVLA clamping on that street while I lived there)

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We woke up to a lot of screeching and she was out there having a head fit something along the lines of freeman of the land stuff and eventually it went off on the back of a flatbed.
 
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as long as you resorned it i doubt you have to worry, i guess last owner had it on sorn and you filled paperwork out as change of owner hence they now think you are driving it. ive had vehicles and still have them sorned for years.
 
I'm not worried about it being clamped/towed as it's on private land. Only worried about getting a fine for not putting it on a SORN straight away after I bought it last weekend. The previous owner had it taxed.
 
Rroff said:
I don't have much experience in this but probably nothing - at best you might have to pay the extra month - I had a neighbour who kept persisting in not paying car tax and they gave her like 2 warnings and it was only the 3rd time they fined and towed her car (I believe crushed it in the end but it has been awhile). Her flat mate found the whole thing ridiculous.

EDIT: Think this was the one (not the only DVLA clamping on that street while I lived there)

oyqGdIb.png


We woke up to a lot of screeching and she was out there having a head fit something along the lines of freeman of the land stuff and eventually it went off on the back of a flatbed.
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because it was on the road ?

you are allowed to SORN a car if its OFF the road, but if its ON the road anyware it MUST be taxed, insured and with a valid MOT
 
If you SORN it and drive it around it's a lot more serious if you get caught than just being untaxed I think. That's more like fraud.
 
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