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Summons no tax on parked car

  • 13-04-2016 12:42pm
    #1
    ciarancrua
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭


    so i have a summons for non payment of fine for no tax. live in dublin so need to park on free street as there is no parking in my apartment. nosey women called out guards(she did this twice for my girlfriend. first time guards did nothing as nothing wrong. second time parking fine for wheels on the curb even though its a free street!. any way the tax on my car was out less than a month and i got a fine to my house down the country which i didnt see until after deadline. the tax was paid in the in the mean time now have a summons. any advice


Comments

  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Go to court, plead your case.
    Take the fine.


    Edit, see this thread and pray you get this lucky :D
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056807670


  • #3
    markpb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,344 ✭✭✭markpb


    ciarancrua wrote: »
    second time parking fine for wheels on the curb even though its a free street!

    What has free parking got to do with you parking (illegally) on the footpath?


  • #4
    savagethegoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭savagethegoat


    it's an offence not to display a disc, separate to having no tax.


  • #5
    ciarancrua
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭ciarancrua


    also might be the case the car was actually taxed at the time. new disc says same month as date of fine so maybe but not sure


  • #6
    savagethegoat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭savagethegoat


    it doesn't matter if it was taxed or not, the offense is not displaying the disc.


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  • #7
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,498 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    If the last disc was expired less than a month and you have now paid up in full, you can expect to be dealt with leniently by the judge. In the case of summons for tax discs, the judges almost always ask the prosecuting Garda if arrears have been paid and if they have and you are there to plead guilty, they will let you off with a small fine or just dismiss the case altogether.

    The fact that you didn't pay the fine because it was sent to your 'house down the country' won't cut any ice, the judge may interpret that as indicating that you're using a country address to reduce your insurance premium so I'd not mention that as an excuse for why you didn't pay it.


  • #8
    PeteK*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 999 ✭✭✭PeteK*


    coylemj wrote: »
    If the last disc was expired less than a month and you have now paid up in full, you can expect to be dealt with leniently by the judge.

    Or find the guard on the day and ask him to withdraw it.


  • #9
    ciarancrua
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭ciarancrua


    PeteK* wrote: »
    Or find the guard on the day and ask him to withdraw it.

    ya hoping for something like that


  • #10
    esforum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,420 ✭✭✭esforum


    ciarancrua wrote: »
    second time parking fine for wheels on the curb even though its a free street!.

    I have no idea what this means. Whats a free street and how does it allow you to park like this?
    ciarancrua wrote: »
    any way the tax on my car was out less than a month and i got a fine to my house down the country which i didnt see until after deadline. the tax was paid in the in the mean time now have a summons. any advice

    Didnt your parents tell you there was post? Secondly, take the reciept if you still have it and / or the tax disc with you and show them to the Garda.

    Either the Garda will say fair enough and tell the judge or he isnt and you will probable just have to plead guity and explain, will probable but not guaranteed, be struck out either way. Alternative is a minor fine.


  • #11
    Skatedude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Skatedude


    It's an offence to park on the footpath even partially, Not sure why you are giving out about been caught doing something that you are not allowed to do? As for non payment? your parents didn't tell you and you have the car registered to an old address? and your surprised something like this happened?


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