How do you challenge an increased fine if you have not received the notice of contravention?

Normal procedure

When you commit a infringement road transport, you receive a notice of violation at your home. The notice of contravention shall indicate the amount of the flat-rate fine to be paid.

If you don't pay the flat-rate fine in the 45 days (60 days in case of payment by teleprocedure), you will receive a notice of increased fine. The notice shall state the amount increased of the fine to be paid.

Failure to receive notice of contravention

If you have not received the notice of contravention, the main reason is that you have not had your vehicle’s address changed.

In this case, you can obtain a reassessment of the amount of the fine to be paid.

If the offense road traffic was detected by automatic radar, you received the lump sum notice of fine increased by registered letter.

In a three-month period from the date of dispatch of the notice of increased fine, you must justify that you have reported your change of address to the greycard department.

Then you have a 45-day period from the date of declaration of your change of address to pay the amount of the flat-rate fine. Payment of the flat-rate fine cancels the markup. In this case, you no longer benefit from the possibility to pay the lump sum fine in the amount underrated.

The accounting officer of the public treasury search if you have a new address when the notice of increased fine sent by registered letter returns with the mention " no longer resides at the address indicated ' or ' party without address ”.

If they discover your new address within one year from 1^er registered mail, you receive a reminder letter.

You can then to pay the initial amount of the flat-rate fineand not the amount increased.

Here are the steps to follow :

1Change the address of the

You must change address on the vehicle's in a three-month period from when the reminder letter was sent.

2Pay the initial amount of the lump sum fine

You have a 45 days to pay the initial amount of the flat-rate fine. The time period runs from the change of address declaration on your person or from the sending of the reminder letter if you made the declaration before.

Prepare the following documents:

• Form application for cancelation of the increase, completed, dated and signed. This form is attached to the reminder letter you received.
• Check of the amount of the flat-rate fine made payable to the public purse
• Pay stub located at the bottom of the reminder letter
• Copy of the , updated with your new address.

Send these documents to the address indicated on the application form for cancelation of the increase.