Registered letter not signed - Court summons for Speeding

Jojet

I have received a registered letter (Court Summons for Speeding) but never signed for it. It just arrived along with the rest of my post. I though all registered letters needed to be signed for. All of the stickers on the registered label are still in place.

Just wonder if i acknowledge it? Or do i have a chance to ignore it and say it was not delivered? Looking for a cheeky way out 😉 Anyone have any insights in to the legalities here?

Thanks in advance

Claw Hammer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058339188/registered-letter-not-signed-court-summons-for-speeding

Are you sure its not just recorded delivery . In any case, what would happen is that the case would go ahead in your absence, you would be convicted, fined and get penalty points. At some stage the guards would come looking for you to pay up. At that stage you would have to go to court to have the conviction set aside on the basis you did not receive the summons. If, you succeed in this the case will then go ahead and most likely you will be convicted fined and get penalty points.

Ignoring the summons will not help, whatever else you do to get out of it.

GerardKeating

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058339188/registered-letter-not-signed-court-summons-for-speeding

Doesn't really matter.

It you "claim" the summons was not delivered, all that is required is that the Courts/AGS can prove it was delivered and you are in trouble.

Marcusm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121866554#Comment_121866554

And by trouble you mean a criminal conviction and potential jail sentence for either perjury or perverting the course of justice, either of which is more serious than the speeding offence.

tomhammer..

I get a lot of registered post

The postman hands it to me no signature

Claw Hammer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121866554#Comment_121866554

The o/p will only be making that claim after he is convicted of the original offence. proof of the postage of the summons will have been given at the original hearing. All thye o/p can say is that he didn't receive it, not that it was never posted or delivered. The o/p will then have to have a defence to the speeding charge if the court is to set aside the conviction. The court is most unlikely to turn the whole thing into a contest as to whther the summons was delivered or not. The oi/p is in court and either he committed the offence or he didn't.