Summons Query

wilser

A family member has just received a summons to go to court over a car that they had sold previously to the date on the summons. When they sold the car ( for scrap, as it wasn't running) they signed and posted the log book to Shannon.

He has sent an email to Shannon looking for a confirmation of the date they received the logbook and he has been trying to phone them but hasn't received a reply yet.

The only piece of information he has with relation to the car is a text he sent to the buyer to say he has the logbook to go with the car.

anyone any advice/help with this?

10-10-20

Yes. They clearly need to get a letter from Shannon indicating the date of receipt of the logbook and bring that to court on the day.

Simple as that, no sweat. Not their problem at that point as long as it was all legit!

wilser

lovely, thanks for the quick reply

User1998

Do a cheap Irish history check and it should show the date the new owner purchased the car.

coylemj

The car must have ended up back on the road and the 'family member' is now on the hook for the misbehaviour of the new owner, probaby a boy racer who picked it up for €100 or so.

What your 'family member' should have done is given the car to an Authorised Treatment Centre, they would have given them a certificate of destruction and informed Shannon that the car was now scrapped.

If the summons is for not properly disposing of the vehicle, telling the judge that you sent the logbook to Shannon won't cut it.

wilser

summons is for illegally parking the car overnight somewhere, I think on a footpath in Dublin city

coylemj

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119084770#Comment_119084770

Which illustrates why people who buy bangers don't bother registering the change of ownership.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119084527#Comment_119084527

Or just do a reg lookup on Cornmarket's insurance quote.

GNWoodd

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058246486/summons-query

If he sold the car ( even for scrap ) the form RF 2 should have been signed by both parties and sent by the seller to the local County Councils Motor Tax office . After they receive the form it is the new owners responsibility .

coylemj

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119086159#Comment_119086159

I think you mean form RF200, that's for cars registered before 1/1/1993. For later cars, it's form RF105 and you send that to Shannon. In both case, that's when you sell to a dealer in the expectation that it will be sold on.

https://www.gov.ie/en/service/98b32-change-of-vehicle-ownership/

If your expectation is that the car will be scrapped, you need to bring it to an Authorised Treatment Facility and get a certificate of destruction.

https://www.elves.ie/en