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Pay the fine now. It only gets bigger! Info here: Get a clamped or impounded vehicle released You have 24 hours before they come back and take the car, at which point the fine doubles and you start paying a storage fee on top of the initial fine.
Be aware of fake sites that make it look like you are paying the fine directly, but are actually creaming off an "admin" fee. Refer to the INF-32 leaflet they would have left you, there should be a sticker on the back with the recovery info, as it's usually sub'd out to a private company.
I saw a vehicle on a grass verge outside a house clamped for no tax. Even though it was "off road", but not on private property. If it's not SORN'd you will still be fined and risk having the vehicle impounded and crushed if it's parked on your drive, so get it SORN'd asap!
It's probably that you had the car registered to your address but not taxed or SORN'd that led to the visit. You will need to pay the back tax to whenever it was last taxed and you could be liable for a fine of up to 5x the back tax or £1000.
I really would not remove the clamp or try and move the car, this is likely to be another offence, with another fine and possibly even a criminal record. Sorry, there's no wiggle room and no good news here. DVSA and HMRC have more powers than pretty much every other statutory body and you will lose I'm afraid. |
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