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  • 29-05-2019 2:27pm
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    Dual wheels
    Registered Users Posts: 711 ✭✭✭


    Hi all quick question, if I got a parking fine from apcoa who are contracted on behalf of the council, am I legally obligated to pay this? It’s not the council themselves who issued the fine but a private operator so surely that makes it a civil matter?


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    GM228
    Registered Users Posts: 8,925 ✭✭✭GM228


    Dual wheels wrote: »
    Hi all quick question, if I got a parking fine from apcoa who are contracted on behalf of the council, am I legally obligated to pay this? It’s not the council themselves who issued the fine but a private operator so surely that makes it a civil matter?

    First off you are not "obligated" to pay any fine no matter who issued it, even a Garda issued fine, rather you have a choice - pay or go to court and risk prosecution.

    A fine issued by an agent acting on behalf of the council is no different than a fine issued by the council themselves.


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    suvarna phulphagar
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭suvarna phulphagar


    Hi
    I bought new Duplex with 2car parking places
    Paid maintenance in time. Parking responsibility was contracted to Apcoa
    Apcoa didn't send me mail about requirement to register on my registered mail.
    So I was unaware of the parking display tickets requirement to request from Apcoa.
    When I went on abroad my car was clamped by Apcoa and charged me 125 euro
    After making an appeal denied to pay back
    What is the process
    Please guide


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    TheW1zard
    Registered Users Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭TheW1zard


    If you bought the spaces are they not private property?


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    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,040 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    suvarna phulphagar wrote: »
    Hi
    I bought new Duplex with 2car parking places
    Paid maintenance in time. Parking responsibility was contracted to Apcoa
    Apcoa didn't send me mail about requirement to register on my registered mail.
    So I was unaware of the parking display tickets requirement to request from Apcoa.
    When I went on abroad my car was clamped by Apcoa and charged me 125 euro
    After making an appeal denied to pay back
    What is the process
    Please guide

    Talk to your management company


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    Claw Hammer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,163 ✭✭✭Claw Hammer


    TheW1zard wrote: »
    If you bought the spaces are they not private property?


    They would be leased from the management company, not owned outright by the o/p.
    The lease will inevitably contain the condition that the lessee comply with the House Rules,
    of the estate. The OP should have read the House Rules before entering into occupation.
    How is the clamping company going to know that somebody has moved in?


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