My car was sorn and park outside of my house, can the dvla.ncp impound it without giving me any notice?

Question

it is insured. when i go and collect my personal belongs from inside the car, as i can't afford to get it out as the reason for having it sorn was that it did'nt work and i could'nt afford to have it fix or tax. i thought where i parked it was classed as off road. Can i take everything that in there, is there anything i might be told i can't? like for example log book and radio cage in there which is useless without the front?

Answer 1

No, as long as your car is not on the public highway.

If it is parked on a private area, your SORN declaration

will cover you.

Answer 2

YES,

if its SORN it must be off-road or on-route to a DVLA office to be taxed.

otherwsie if found on the public road/place then it can be towed and crushed without notice!

Answer 3

First of all, yes, DVLA can tow your car away without notice if it's untaxed on the public highway.  Secondly, the car and all its contents are impounded as is, there is no obligation to let you get at it at all.

To release your vehicle, you’ll need to pay a £160 fee, and any storage charges of £15 per day as well as producing a valid tax disc or surety payment.

Provided you’re registered as the vehicle keeper, DVLA will write to inform you that your vehicle has been impounded and will be disposed of unless all fees are paid.

You could also face prosecution with fines up to £1,000 as well as paying any arrears of vehicle tax owed and costs.

Be aware that unclaimed vehicles are crushed after seven days. Vehicles of economic value are disposed of after 14 days. Any vehicles of significant value are resold at auction.

Answer 4

It looks like nobody has answered your question:

You can't get anything out of it, the car AND it's contents are now the property of the DVLA until you pay up.

Please be aware that they may crush it without giving you any further notice.

Answer 5

As long as it is on your drive and not on the public road. No one could do anything. Make sure not any part of your car is on council property such as the pavement.

Answer 6

In the news recently was the builder whose car was SORN and parked on his private drive, but with a few inches of it protruding out of his drive; they clamped it and demanded money with menaces. He was understandably peeved at this so he used a disc cutter to cut the car in half and asked them which half they wanted!

For his trouble an 'ARMED' response unit was called to cart him off for an even bigger fine etc etc etc.

These things sneak in quietly by the back door and eventually bite us all on the posterior! It's all just tax of course, a way of raising revenue rather than being upfront about income tax!

Keep it OFF of the road if you can and you should be OK.

Answer 7

Yes they can if it was parked on the public road.

Answer 8

The statutory off-road notice means exactly that apparently, so you have to park it on private property or they'll have it away. Aren't they tinkers? They want their cash d'you see. Ho hum.