Your car was stolen when the ticket was issued
If your car had been stolen before the parking event took place, you cannot be held responsible as the registered keeper. The key point is that the vehicle must have already been stolen at the start of the period when it was parked — not reported stolen afterwards.
Legal basis
POFA 2012 Schedule 4 Paragraph 4(2)(b) - keeper liability does not apply if 'the vehicle was a stolen vehicle at the beginning of the period of parking'.
How to identify this in your case
Provide police crime reference number for vehicle theft report covering the date in question.
Sample appeal wording
The vehicle was stolen before the alleged parking contravention occurred. I reported this theft to the police on [DATE] (crime reference: [NUMBER]). POFA 2012 Schedule 4 Paragraph 4(2)(b) explicitly provides that the right to recover parking charges from the keeper does not apply if 'the vehicle was a stolen vehicle at the beginning of the period of parking'. Please cancel this PCN.
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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