proceduralUK · England & WalesDifficulty: easy
You had sold the car or declared it off-road before the charge
If you sold the vehicle before the date of the alleged charge, you are not responsible for that Clean Air Zone penalty — provided you kept the yellow V5C/2 slip that DVLA gave you when you told them about the sale. You are also not liable if you had already declared the vehicle off the road (a SORN) before that same date.
Legal basis
Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994; Transport Act 2000
How to identify this in your case
Keeper has DVLA V5C/2 disposal slip dated before contravention; or SORN reference predating contravention.
Sample appeal wording
To: Birmingham CAZ Team Re: PCN [PCN_NUMBER] — Vehicle [VRM] I [sold this vehicle on [DATE]] / [filed a SORN on [DATE]] before the contravention date of [DATE]. Evidence enclosed: [V5C/2 disposal slip / SORN confirmation]. I am not the keeper at the date of event. Please cancel and direct enquiries to the actual keeper at DVLA. Yours faithfully, [Former Keeper Name]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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Scan my ticketSources
- VERA 1994
- Transport Act 2000
Related appeal grounds
- Aberdeen Clean Air Zone ticket issued too early
- Appealing a Scottish tribunal's legal error to a higher tribunal
- Attorney acting for keeper under Scottish power of attorney
- Bailiff acted without proper advance warning notice
- Bath CAZ — Sunset Period for Pre-Registered Commercial Vehicles
- Bay Obstructed or Too Small — Could Not Park Within the Bay Markings