Penalty charge notice - wrong reg

[maimai]

If the penalty charge has one digit incorrect (although also has excise licence is also on) could you get away on a technicality?

[Coobeastie]

Yes..but you'll need to get in touch with the issuers, they may ask for proof of your vehicle reg if they don't have pictures to check themselves.

[Toureman]

If you send it back to them saying it is not your car they will have to send you another one with the correct registration. If they do not have the correct registration it is nothing to do with you.

[Donquixote]

Absolutely! Unless the issuer of the PCN has all of the details EXACTLY right, you are not liable for any charge.

[Grunty]

It depends upon the person who issued it. If they are the careful type, they will have a separate note of the vehicle number and the serial number of the tax disc, and they will be able to amend the number. Touremans advice will work otherwise, but if it goes wrong, you will have lost the opportunity to pay the reduced rate.

[Toureman]

You do not loose the option of paying the reduced rate if you protest within the stipulated time.

I know from personal experience!

[Coobeastie]

Not all issuers accept the reduced rate after an appeal has been made, though it really depends on what you refer to as reduced.

A lot of places use several levels of reduction (i.e �30, in 7 working days, �40 after and then up to the full amount �60 after another period). According to their paperwork our council doesnt accept appeals at the lowest amount.

If this was a ticket placed on the car then the ticket is void, they can't amend it to correct the registration though their back office may input the correct registration (if the warden noted it) so that they can trace you, so you may get further notices relating to the ticket.