A driver cannot challenge a ticket because he or she has not received the fine

A driver is accused of several offenses detected by radar (automated monitoring device). He filed a contentious appeal before the police court. Carte grise He alleges that he did not receive the notices of increased fines, even though he had not requested that his address be changed on his farm.

The police court states that evidence of the sending of the notices concerned was established. Notices were sent to the last known address in the vehicle registration department. The mention 

does not live at the address given

(NPAI) carried on the returned mails attests to their sending.

The Court of Cassation first recalls Article 530 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. A complaint must be accompanied by a notice of increased flat-rate fine corresponding to the fine in question, failing which it is inadmissible. It goes on to point out that the applicant did not provide any justification for having declared a change of address to the vehicle registration office.

Carte grise It concludes that the failure of the holder of a vehicle to declare his change of address to the vehicle registration authority cannot constitute a legitimate ground justifying his inability to attach the notice of increased fixed fine to his complaint.

Consequently, the claim of the person concerned is inadmissible.