All-knowing statistics assert: every third motorist in our country violates the rules of driving vehicles with varying degrees of intensity. In most cases, this turns into fines issued at the scene of the offense by traffic police officers or the notorious "letters of happiness" received on the basis of the "presentation" of technical means of tracking traffic.
Experienced and disciplined drivers strive to pay them as soon as possible, realizing that refusal to do so is an administrative violation with all the ensuing consequences.
Among newcomers, there is an unfounded and completely wrong opinion that the accumulated debts will sooner or later be written off without any consequences for them.
What unpaid fines can turn out to be in practice, you will find out by reading our article.
Driver's liability for late payment of a fine
If you have not paid the fine within 70 days (60 + 10 extra days), then you may face the following sanctions:
- At first, the penalty amount can be doubled... In this case, the minimum threshold is one thousand rubles;
- Secondly, the offender can be forcibly sent community service for 50 hours;
- For overly zealous violators who "went too far" when communicating with representatives of the traffic police, "traditional" fifteen day arrests... Naturally, such a measure does not apply to violations recorded by video cameras.
- For the owner of a car with overdue fines, restrictions for traveling abroad.
The "defaulters" may have problems when traveling abroad - this is possible if the debt exceeds ten thousand rubles and there is a corresponding court decision based on the statements of the bailiffs. In this case, drivers may also be temporarily deprived.
True, this restriction does not apply if it deprives the car owner of his only earnings, prevents the only way of movement of his family members, or he or one of the people on his bail is disabled in the first two groups. In addition, it cannot be imposed upon granting a grace period.
An interesting video about non-payment of fines, see below:
And that's not all! Having received a letter signed by a bailiff and not having paid off the debt within five days, you should be prepared for the fact that bank accounts may be blocked with all the ensuing consequences.
Terms of payment of fines for traffic violations
Payment terms are regulated on the basis of the RF AP Code. Within ten days after the issuance of the relevant decision, the fined driver is invited to exercise the right to judicial appeal. When a fine is issued by a “gibdedeshnik”, the countdown is the receipt of a receipt “from hand to hand”, and if the violation was recorded by observing cameras - the received mail notification.
The offender has another 60 days at his disposal to pay. Therefore, the total the time limit is 70 days.
Important additional information: in the event of material difficulties with a lump sum payment of a fine, the fined person has the right to file a petition with the judicial authorities or the traffic police, attaching documents justifying this request to the application. In this case, he may be granted a one-month grace period or he will receive a three-month installment plan - this period of time is considered preferential, and at the end of it the usual sixty-day period comes into force.
The installment plan is not provided to foreign citizens who have not been registered in accordance with Russian law, as well as those who have violated Articles 11.26 or 11.29 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. Along with penalties, foreign violators will be expelled from Russia.
Another interesting video on how not to pay for some fines:
Procedure for collecting overdue fines
If the check establishes that the motorist is a “draft dodger”, enforcement proceedings are initiated against him. This presupposes the compulsory collection of a fine with the transfer of proceedings to the Institute of the SSP - bailiffs are involved in the case.
Further actions depend on the amount of debt of this car owner to the traffic police service.
The case when it is significant (with appropriate sanctions) is described above. With insignificant amounts, bailiffs collect undisciplined drivers from their wages, and if they do not have legal sources of income, but have their own bank accounts, money is collected from these accounts under penalties.
Very rarely, but extreme measures can still be used: this happens if the owner of the car does not have an official job or a bank account.
In this case, the bailiff imposes an arrest on the defaulter's property with the further sale of valuable things, due to which the debt obligations are repaid. After that, you can finish with the enforcement proceedings.
How to pay off the arrears of traffic fines?
Debt repayment can be done in several ways:
- Having personally paid a visit to the traffic police department;
- By postal or bank transfer;
- Using the capabilities of ATMs or terminals;
- Via Internet payment through the official page of the traffic police or the website of the State Service (after preliminary registration).
To pay off debt via post office or bank you must not forget to take your passport with you, as well as a document confirming the committed offense with an indication of the imposed penalty. You will also have to pay a small commission.
Perhaps the most convenient way with a minimum amount of time is considered using the possibilities of the Internet with payment on one of the above sites. What do you need to have on hand? Vehicle number together with the vehicle registration certificate, driver's license data and information on the regulation, in particular its number.
Taking advantage of traffic police website, drivers have the opportunity to clarify the existence of other fines - hitherto unknown or forgotten.
How long are the traffic fines?
The law provides for a two-year ( 2 years) the limitation period, after which the outstanding amount is practically canceled.
Obviously, the same fate awaits the restrictions imposed on negligent drivers, for example, those related to foreign travel.
If the decision has been appealed against in accordance with the procedure established by law, the moment when the last decision of the court was made is considered the beginning of this period.
Another important point: in case of malicious evasion of payment (there are cases when a person simply hides), the "prescription" is temporarily interrupted and can be resumed after the discovery of the citizen himself or his income or material values \u200b\u200bthat can be subject to administrative arrest.
How to avoid liability for non-payment of a fine?
The only one completely law a way not to pay a fine and not be punished for it - appeal it and win the case in court.
Some car enthusiasts go to all sorts of tricks, for example, trying to catch hold of the notorious statute of limitations. An example - being notified that a "letter of happiness" awaits them in the mail, they simply do not pick it up, as a result of which the "dispatch" is returned back. And so - several times. Agree, not a very wise decision.
What is the right way to deal with traffic fines?
It should be remembered: the remote / old database (over 2 years old) of the traffic police, available to all its employees, contains any information about vehicles and their owners, including information about unpaid fines, which will take a few minutes to find out. The two-year term has not expired - a new protocol for the defaulter is drawn up on the spot.
The likelihood that someone will manage not to pay a fine and calmly drive around on Russian roads is practically zero.
Moreover, any “traffic cop” has the right to a temporary delay (up to two days) of a defaulter and to send him to court until the circumstances of non-payment are clarified. And if the incident occurred on a day off, the offender will have to sit in the department, and his car will be taken to the penalty area!
They will no less tenaciously take hold of the would-be offender and bailiffs.
We have already talked about what powers they have. Let's add one more touch to this: if, after the opening of office work on the unpaid fine, it is still not paid off, the debtor will have to pay an additional amount of seven percent of its total value with a minimum fee of half a thousand rubles.
What is the summary of all that has been said?
Timely payment of debts to the traffic police is in the interests of the drivers themselves.
Moreover, if, having paid off the entire amount in 20 days from the date of receipt of the fine, they will pay half the amount!
However, after that, you will have to forget about the appeal.
In a word, having slightly altered the song from the famous movie, “… think for yourself, decide for yourself whether to pay or not pay”!
Many drivers are interested in what will happen if they do not pay the traffic police fine? Indeed, there are situations when it is impossible to do this at all, and if it does, it is far from always on time. However, after receiving the receipt of the fine, there is sufficient time to pay the fine. Let's consider all the subtleties and nuances of this issue, and believe me, there are a lot of them here.
If you do not pay traffic fines - expect trouble
Of course, any non-payment leads to the fact that the amount gradually grows for delay, and this is no secret for a long time. Nevertheless, there are always drivers who, for one reason or another, do not have time to pay on time. Moreover, someone may simply not know about the fine and that it has long expired. What a surprise it is when the bailiff knocks on your door in order to forcibly collect the due amount from you!
Moreover, today you can get 15 days. In principle, this issue is resolved through the courts. As for the debt, that is, a fine (penalty), if it is not paid on time, the amount is doubled. It was 5,000 rubles - it will immediately become 10,000. As noted above, you can get 15 days, but that's not all. More recently, a law was introduced that allows a judge to send you to compulsory work, the duration of which is about 50 hours. In fact, everything depends on the judge, only he decides whether it will be 15 days or 50 hours of work, or maybe just paying a double fine without any other punishments.
What to do if you can't pay the traffic police fine?
It is generally difficult to give an unambiguous answer to this question. This is due to the fact that the law does not provide for valid reasons, because of which it would be possible to postpone payment for some time. Of course, the best way out of the situation is to borrow money from a neighbor or friend, especially if the violation is insignificant. For example, it will cost you 300 rubles for 20-40 km. Agree, the amount is not that big to serve 15 days because of it.
But it happens that the camera filmed a violation, you received a letter in the mail, but you did not receive it. In this case, after 10 days, it is sent back to the video recording service. But even in the absence of your signature on paper, you are considered notified, so the countdown begins 60 days. Approximately 2 months are allotted for the voluntary repayment of debt to the state. Within 10 days, a letter from the RF video recording department is sent to the bailiff. Those, in turn, give you no less than 5 days in order for you to voluntarily pay the amount. If this does not happen, then the case falls into the hands of the Justice of the Peace. In this case, you will have to pay double the traffic fine by court order or work 50 hours / serve 15 days.
Several important points
You should understand that, in fact, there can be no situation with non-delivery of a notification. This is due to the fact that such documents are handed over personally. Nevertheless, "Russian Post", or rather its employees, will not wait for you at the door, but will throw everything into the mailbox or simply shove it into. Therefore, you can refer to the incompetence of the employees of the said organization. After all, during your absence, anyone could pick up the papers.
It also happens that the driver knows what will happen if he does not pay the traffic police fine, but deliberately does not pay it. For example, a traffic police officer stopped you, wrote a protocol, and you drove on. Since you have all the rights to appeal against the decision of the traffic inspector, it is better for you to go to court right away, and not pull the cat by the tail. As practice shows, 40-50% of drivers win cases. Sometimes it’s not at all because they hired a good judge, but because the traffic police wanted to make money. Moreover, if you have witnesses and they saw how you were hinted at a bribe, then this is almost a 100% victory in court.
Should you avoid paying a fine?
This has been done, is being done and will continue to be done. As a rule, people do not even know what will happen if they do not pay the traffic police fine. Many cannot part even with. Some do not want to go to court, but they also refuse to pay. However, in practice, 90% of motorists are simply forced by an investigator into a court order. After all, what you owe to the state will not go unnoticed; more often it happens the other way around, that is, when the state owes you. It is really extremely difficult to knock debt out of the country ... But we digress.
There are several ways to avoid getting into trouble. A chic option - you can't see the numbers on the numbers because of the dirt. In this case, the camera simply will not be able to fix the vehicle number. And the traffic police officer who stopped you on this occasion will not be able to issue a fine. This is due to the fact that road conditions or weather conditions are not your concern, you left the garage with clean rooms. But, in principle, if a person has not paid the traffic police fine on time, it is better to do it anyway, albeit a little later. Then many problems will be avoided.
How to find out if there are unpaid fines?
So, let's imagine that the notification did not come to you. You do not even suspect that you have a fine (albeit small, but it is). Fortunately, today we don't even need to go anywhere to find out. You just need to have a computer and an internet connection. The traffic police have an official website where you, in fact, can check whether you have violated something lately or everything is fine. You can also go to the traffic police and find out there, but as practice shows, the first method is much faster and easier, so use it.
Many are also interested in this moment: if you do not pay traffic fines, will they be released abroad? It is worth noting that no one, except for bailiffs, has the right to prohibit you from leaving for another country. When the case came to court, and a case was opened against you, then if you please be on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Conclusion
I would like to strongly recommend everyone to pay fines on time. This must be done so that the amount does not increase due to delay. It is better to borrow 500 rubles and give it away than to borrow twice as much, which you still have to return. Of course, there are exceptions to all the rules, and you can always appeal against a court decision, but you only need to do this when you are 100% sure that you are right.
Now you know what will happen if you do not pay the traffic police fine. As you can see, it is better not to violate the law, not to exceed the speed limit, not to drive behind the stop line, not to drive through a red light, and just respect the same road users as yourself. Then everything will be fine, and nothing will have to be paid.
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Violation of traffic rules, improper behavior on the road, disobedience to the requirements of traffic controllers and other blunders will certainly entail punishment, which can take a very different form. Most of the sanctions are administrative in nature, which does not motivate violating drivers to rush to comply with them. And it is completely in vain, because failure to pay a traffic fine is nothing more than an evasion of punishment. Responsibility for it is provided for by Art. 20.25 Administrative Code of the Russian Federation.
How much time is allotted to pay off the fine
Due to their ignorance of legal issues, many believe that one month is given to make a payment according to the receipt issued by the inspector. In fact, somewhat different terms apply in the Russian Federation. It should be remembered that if you do not pay the traffic police fine within 60 days (a year, more than a year), a new penalty will certainly follow, or even a more severe punishment. So, the law on the time frame provides for the following:
Thus, it turns out that the period for non-payment of the traffic police fine within the framework permitted by law is not one month, but as much as 70 days.
In addition, a fined citizen can count on some concessions. If it is difficult enough to make a payment in one amount, he can file a petition with the court or the traffic police representative, who is considering the case, to:
- defer payment for another month;
- get an installment plan for a period not exceeding 3 months, which will be a good way out of the situation if there are a lot of traffic fines.
No less important are the changes that have been introduced since the beginning of 2016 and relate to some preferences for drivers who have come to the attention of the law. So, payment of receipts from the traffic police from January 1, 2016 is possible with a discount.
If the driver pays the due amount within 20 days from the date of the order, he can expect that the collection will decrease by exactly 50%.
This rule does not apply to only three types of violation:
- drunk driving;
- causing minor or moderate harm to health;
- in case of repeated speeding over 40 km / h.
What to do with late payments
Russian legislation provides for a statute of limitations for each type of punishment. Administrative punishment for violation of traffic rules is no exception. So, what if you didn't pay the traffic police fine on time?
Article 31.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation states that if the imposed penalty has not been paid within two years, it is no longer subject to execution. It is necessary to add 10 days to this period, which are allotted for appeal.
That is, in a hypothetical situation, when the issued receipt was not paid, and the state, represented by the executive services, did not notice this, after a two-year period, such debt is simply canceled. What does an overdue traffic police fine mean in this case? Nothing, since it has no legal force. 
In addition, there are lucky ones who are exempted from paying punishment on completely legal grounds:
- if the decision to impose a penalty was not issued within two months from the date of the violation of traffic rules;
- if the case was considered by the court and more than three months have passed since the violation.
But do not forget that after the allotted period of 70 days, the case of violation is transferred to the bailiffs, who will certainly monitor the fulfillment of your obligations to the state. For this reason, it is better not to bring the matter to a critical point and still pay the receipt. Moreover, this can be done today in a variety of ways and in a matter of minutes.
In addition, the attorney service of our partners will not only be able to indicate your unpaid traffic fines, but also provide you with information about the availability of debt on loans, alimony, housing and communal services, and others, as well as assess the likelihood of a ban on departure abroad.
Is it obligatory to pay
If no action was taken on the part of the executive service, it can be considered that the punishment is no longer valid. For this, a certain time period must pass.
But there are several controversial points in this question:
- if a malicious defaulter was discovered by government agencies in a given situation, the statute of limitations may be canceled and the collection will regain its force;
- if the driver has received a deferral or an installment plan, the statute of limitations is also extended for this time.
When deciding for yourself whether you need to pay overdue traffic fines, you should always remember that all information is carefully stored in the electronic database of the state. At the first, this information will surface, which can make travel impossible.
Those who, in addition to financial punishment, have been deprived of their driver's license have no chance of avoiding liability. In this case, it will be impossible to return the certificate until the receipt issued to the violator is paid.
What is the threat of non-payment
So, what will happen if you do not pay the traffic police fine? This question, perhaps, worries drivers even more than the very fact of violation of traffic rules on the road, which could result in more serious consequences than just a monetary punishment.
The consequences for a negligent debtor are described in article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, which says what kind of punishment is imposed for unpaid fines in 2020:
- doubling the amount of the recovery (but not less than 1 thousand rubles);
- compulsory community service for 120 hours;
- arrest for at least 15 days.
- driving while intoxicated;
- refusal to undergo a medical examination;
- transfer of control of a car to a person who is drunk;
- the use of alcoholic beverages, narcotic and psychotropic drugs after an accident before the start of a medical examination.
- the offender will have to pay 30 thousand of the principal debt;
- to this will have to add the double amount of the fine, which will amount to another 60 thousand.
- seizure of property (in this case, it will be assessed not at its real value, but as the state deems it necessary);
- arrest of bank accounts;
- the prohibition to leave the homeland.
- if at the time of communication with the inspector the 70 days allotted to you have not yet expired, boldly promise your interlocutor to pay the debt today. In this case, he cannot take any measures against you;
- if the payment was nevertheless overdue, the inspector must draw up a protocol on the spot against you, which is forwarded to the appropriate police department; from there, after the initiation of the case, the document will be submitted to the court.
- long business trip;
- serious illness;
- arrest on charges of another offense;
- forgetfulness without malice. Please note that it will be extremely difficult to prove this circumstance.
Taking into account the use of modern technologies to control the traffic situation today, the question is quite relevant, what will happen if you do not pay traffic fines from cameras? After all, today more and more drivers receive “letters of happiness”. And here there is good news: if the violation was recorded exclusively by technical means, administrative arrest for non-payment of the traffic police fine cannot be applied to the guilty person; he faces only the first two penalties.
As for the monetary penalty, in the case when it comes to the amount of 500 rubles, increasing it to 1000 will not hit the violator's pocket much. But what will happen if the traffic police fine of 30 thousand is not paid on time? To begin with, let's recall for which violations such a considerable amount is provided:
All these misdemeanors entail fines of 30 thousand rubles and deprivation of the right to drive a car for a period of 1.5 to 2 years. At the same time, failure to pay the traffic police fine for deprivation of rights in 2020 on time can have rather negative financial consequences:
Thus, the fine for an overdue traffic police fine will triple, and the driver will have to look in his budget, not thirty thousand, but all ninety. At the same time, the attitude of judges to such desperate defaulters cannot be called favorable. If it is not possible to pay for the issued receipt, the answer to the question whether they can be imprisoned for 15 days for non-payment of the traffic police fine will be in the affirmative. This is exactly what the authorized body will do.
As for the compulsory work, you will have to allocate about 2.5 months of your life for them. Indeed, according to Russian law, Russians can devote no more than 12 hours a week to useful work, prescribed as punishment. 
As such, the deprivation of a driver's license for non-payment of fines in 2020 is provided by law only when the amount of debt exceeds 10 thousand rubles. In this case, the court has the right to suspend the certificate until the debt is repaid. But if the driver still tries to avoid punishment, the court will legally apply one of the following measures to him:
Thus, the first thing that threatens the fact that the traffic police fine has not been paid is constant communication with bailiffs. After all, it is to them that the solution of this issue is transferred, if within the time allotted for payment (70 days) the money from the fined person did not arrive at the state treasury.
So, late payment of the traffic police fine has quite serious consequences. However, there is a way to negotiate with the state. To do this, the applicant must apply to the court with a statement: it should set out the circumstances for which it is impossible to deposit a large amount at once. You will need to attach an income statement to your application.
Having considered the case, the court may well make a positive decision. But do not forget that this should be done not when you have exhausted all possible deadlines and played the game "find me" with the state, but while the law is still on your side.
Alternatively, you can wait two years. What will happen in this case if the payment of a fine from the traffic police is overdue, and the liquidity limit of the sanction has been exhausted? It will be lucky only if they simply did not remember about you. If the bailiffs came, but you were not at home, then the limitation period may be doubled.
What to do if the inspector stopped
Thanks to the same electronic database, today you can find out about your unfulfilled obligations in a matter of seconds. This can be done by a traffic police inspector, stopping you in the event of a new traffic violation.
And then a quite reasonable question arises: can an unpaid traffic police fine have consequences if you are stopped by a traffic police officer? Alas, arrest for 15 days or doubling the amount of the fine may well become a reality. But there are several "buts" in this matter:
It is important to know: only the court has the right to determine the punishment, and not the inspector who stopped you.
If, during the verification of documents, it suddenly turns out that you have a debt, but at the same time you live in another city or region, the police representative does not even have the right to draw up a protocol. All he can is to report the revealed fact to the nearest branch and indicate your personal data.
Thus, the answer to the question whether the traffic police have the right to detain for an unpaid fine: no, they do not. Only the court has such powers. 
If it came to court
So, you decided not to pay the fine, or simply, for various reasons, did not have time to deposit the due amount. We have already figured out what will happen if you do not pay the traffic police fine. Now you need to figure out how to avoid trouble.
After the period of 70 days allotted for making the payment, the case is transferred to the bailiffs. Another 10 days are allotted for this event. This means that you have one more small time period in stock to correct the situation. If you manage to pay off the debt within this period, it is likely that they will not get it.
Information about the inspector who is in charge of your question can always be found in the letter that you receive from the court about your debt. Don't be afraid to call this person or seek an appointment with him. The foreclosure payment procedure is not complicated. You just need to take the coordinates of where to transfer funds from the bailiff and carry out the operation in any way convenient for you.
It goes without saying that all sanctions against you will not be automatically lifted. So, for example, if you are restricted from traveling abroad, then it will take at least a month to restore this right. The best thing to do is to meet with your bailiff again after making the payment and show him the paid receipt. So the mechanism for canceling restrictions will be launched faster.
If it was not possible to avoid bringing the case to court, it is important to remember that there are a number of situations when you can hardly be called an attacker. So, for example, you were prevented from making the payment of the receipt on time:
In any case, in order to prove your innocence, you will have to attach documents containing weighty arguments to the application.
New traffic fines: Video
Do you always pay traffic fines on time? Not? Did you know that you can lose your driver's license for late payment of fines? Are you surprised? But it really is. Although in fact this is not quite the same deprivation of rights as, for example, for violation of traffic rules (for example, for drunkenness). But nevertheless, in our legislation there really is a rule that allows bailiffs to limit the validity of a driver's license from a debtor driver. Our publication site invites you to find out how you can be left without a license in the event of debts in traffic fines.
We know that all administrative fines must be paid within a strictly legal period. In case of non-payment of the fine within a strictly established period (60 days from the date of entry into force of the resolution), the person who has not paid the administrative fine may be brought to administrative responsibility under Article 20.25 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation:
Article 20.25. Evasion of execution of an administrative penalty
1. Failure to pay an administrative fine within the time period provided for by this Code shall entail the imposition of an administrative fine twice the amount of the unpaid administrative fine , but not less than 1000 rubles, or administrative arrest for up to 15 days, or compulsory work for up to 50 hours.
That is, if you did not pay the fine for traffic violations on time, then you can be brought to administrative responsibility by the court under Article 20.25 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. In this case, if initially a fine, which you did not pay within the time limit established by law, was issued for a traffic violation recorded by a complex of photo and video recording, then, as a rule, the court makes a decision to impose a new fine on you, the amount of which will be twice the amount the amount of the unpaid fine. That is, if, for example, you did not pay a fine of 1,000 rubles on time, then you may be fined another 2,000 rubles for late payment of the fine. If the fine was issued by the traffic police, then in case of late payment you may face not only a double fine, but even arrest up to 15 days.
So, as you can see, the now fashionable tendency not to pay fines on time is fraught with even greater losses. Including in the case of non-payment of traffic fines issued for traffic violations.
But, despite the presence in Russian legislation of strict measures for late payment of fines, the number of debts for administrative offenses is growing in our country. So, according to statistics from the Federal Bailiff Service, this year (as in the past) there is an increase in debts for unpaid fines. Including the growing debt and fines for violation of traffic rules.
That is, people are not afraid of Article 25.25 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. But why? Indeed, in case of non-payment of the fine within the period established by law (60 days from the date of entry into force of the resolution), people can actually spend more money.
The thing is that the traffic police do not have time to send administrative cases to the judicial authorities on all debts. Also, the judicial authorities do not have time to consider each administrative case on late payment of fines within the time period established by law. As a result, a large proportion of such administrative cases are closed due to the expired statute of limitations.
As a result, the overwhelming majority of drivers who do not pay their fines on time go unpunished. Naturally, impunity creates an even greater avalanche of non-payment of fines. Many drivers even teach each other how it is possible not to pay fines for traffic violations at all. Moreover, you should not be afraid of an administrative arrest of up to 15 days in the event of a fine from the traffic police cameras, since in this case the courts can only impose a double fine.
But, despite this, the bailiffs do not give up and try in every possible way to knock unpaid fines out of the debtor drivers. And this is taking into account the fact that as of the end of the first quarter of 2018, the number of enforcement proceedings for unpaid fines at the request of the traffic police is 15.4 million pieces. Can you imagine how many unpaid fines are nationally?
This is a huge amount of money that had to go to local budgets.
How long does it take for the driver or car owner to pay the traffic police fine?
According to the current legislation, a period of 60 days is given to pay the fine from the date of entry into force of the administrative protocol. Recall that you can safely add another 10 days to 60 days, since from the moment the order on bringing to administrative responsibility is issued, you have 10 days to appeal it in court.
That is, if you received a "letter of happiness", then the first 10 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the order on bringing to administrative responsibility you are given for the possibility of appealing the order in court. Further, if you have not appealed the decision, it comes into force after 10 days. After that, you have 60 days to pay the fine. If you have not paid the fine within 70 days, it will go to the traffic police database as expired.
As a result, the traffic police can send documents on your case to the bailiff service, who will collect the resulting debt from you. Also, the traffic police have the right to draw up a protocol under article 20.25 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation in connection with the late payment of the fine and send it to the court, which can impose a fine on you twice the amount of the fine not paid in time (but not less than 1000 rubles) or, in case of non-payment a fine issued by traffic police officers, arrest you for up to 15 days.
How do bailiffs collect fines debts?
So, let's say you haven't paid the traffic police fine within 70 days. As a result, the traffic police can send materials on your administrative case to the Federal Bailiff Service, who will initiate enforcement proceedings against you.
At the moment, bailiffs-executors have quite wide powers and opportunities to collect various debts. So, for example, bailiffs can send your employer an order to recover part of the debt for unpaid fines from your wages (if the amount of debt is large) or completely write off the entire amount of debt for fines from your wages (if the amount is small). In this case, your employer is obliged to withhold the required amount from your salary.
Including bailiffs have the right to request information from various banks about your open bank accounts, as well as information about the amounts in these accounts. If you have the necessary amounts in your bank accounts to pay off the debt on fines, the bailiff service has the right to unilaterally write off money from your bank accounts.
In addition, bailiffs have the right to impose restrictions on registration actions in the traffic police on your car. That is, in fact, in this case, you will not be able to sell the car by changing the owner. Also, bailiffs-executors, as interim measures to collect debts, can seize your property, prohibit travel outside the Russian Federation and even deprive you of your driver's license. True, the latter measures are applied only if the amount of debts exceeds 10,000 rubles.
How can you lose your rights for debt fines?
And now we come to the most important thing - deprivation of rights for unpaid traffic fines. So, as you can see, the bailiffs-executors have many opportunities to collect any debts from you. Including debts for unpaid fines for violation of traffic rules.
But it often happens that debtor drivers have no bank accounts, no official job, or property. In this case, bailiffs can go to extreme measures, restricting the debtor's travel outside the country or, even worse, imposing a restriction on the validity of the driver's license, effectively depriving the debtor of the driver's license.
Yes, this, of course, is not quite a deprivation of a driver's license, which is applied to drivers who have grossly violated the Traffic Rules (going into an oncoming lane, repeated gross violations of traffic rules, driving while intoxicated, etc.). But nevertheless, such a measure will really leave debtors without rights, since bailiffs can, according to the current legislation, impose restrictions on the validity of various documents (for example, a driver's license) as interim measures to collect debts.
In this case, the bailiffs-executors, depending on the circumstances of the administrative case, either apply to the court with a request to impose a restriction on the validity of the debtor's driver's license, or make this decision on their own.
By the way, after the decision to restrict the validity of the driver's license is issued, the driver is obliged to hand over the driver's license for storage to the bailiff service, who, in turn, must send a copy of the decision to the traffic police to enter information on the restriction of the driver's license in the single traffic police database.
By the way, if the driver does not hand over his driver's license for storage to the bailiff service, then he may be brought to administrative responsibility under Part 1 of Article 17.14 of the Administrative Offenses Code of the Russian Federation (fine from 1000 to 2500 rubles).
In what cases will they not be deprived of rights for debts?
We have already raised this topic in the article "", where we talked in detail about all the nuances of the new legislation, which untied the bailiffs' hands to collect debts.
According to the current legislation, bailiffs with debts of more than 10,000 rubles may not deprive the debtor of a driver's license in all cases. Here are the cases in which you cannot be deprived of your driver's license for debts:
- - If the establishment of such a restriction deprives the owner of the main, legal source of livelihood
- - If the use of a vehicle and / or vessel is for the debtor and his family members living with him the only means to ensure their livelihood, taking into account the limited transport accessibility of the permanent place of residence
- - If the debtor is a person who uses a vehicle due to his disability, or if he is dependent on a person recognized by the legislation of the Russian Federation in the established manner as a disabled person of I or II group, a disabled child
- - If the debtor is granted a deferral or installment plan for the execution of the requirements of the court order
Do I need to retake the theory if the driver was disqualified by the bailiff for debts?
Not. If you have paid all the debt, the bailiff is obliged to remove the restrictions from your driving license and return them.
He must also notify the traffic police about the removal of restrictive measures from the rights. In this case, the bailiff sends a copy of the order to lift the restrictive measures to the traffic police. In this case, the rights will simply be returned to you, and that's it.
The thing is that for debts, in fact, you are not deprived of your rights, but only a temporary limitation of their action is imposed until you pay the debt (or at least partially pay off the debt).
And since this is not a deprivation of rights, but only a restriction of their action, then the retaking of the theory in the traffic police, of course, is not needed.
Do you have unpaid fines? It is quite possible that there is, only you do not know about it. How to get information about your offenses, how long it is necessary to extinguish them and what will happen if this is not done - in the material of our website. An auto lawyer and representative of the Vserazrulim organization, Lev Voropaev, helped us to understand the nuances.
The Russian system is ironic in its own way: it is humane to the violator to the point of tearing, but it can suddenly turn snappy and cause a lot of problems when they are least needed.
What is the term for paying traffic fines?
From the moment when the traffic police officer caught you and wrote out the order, there are 10 days to appeal it in court, after which it is considered that you agree with the fine. Then another 60 days are given for payment.
Thus, from the moment you receive the order receipt, you have 70 days for a painless solution to the problem.
And what if the fine came as a "letter of happiness"?
Fines from video cameras are sent by the traffic police by registered mail, about which you receive a notification in the mailbox at the place of registration. The letter itself will most likely have to be picked up at the post office - including a photograph of your car and details of the offense.
In this case, the countdown of 10 + 60 days starts from the moment you signed the receipt of the valuable message.
Does ignoring the "letter of happiness" or ignorance of its existence save you from a fine?
Anything can happen: the notification was taken out of the box, or you were too lazy to pick up the envelope from the post office. Many generally pretend that they have not received anything.
This does not eliminate the fine as such. If within 30 days a person does not appear for a registered letter, it is sent to the sender, that is, the traffic police. From the moment the letter is returned, the countdown begins according to the above scheme 10 + 60. Thus, ignoring the letter delays the deadline for paying the fine by about 1 month. However, ignorance of the fine does not absolve from liability, and somewhere in a little over three months from the date of the offense, the last payment deadline will expire.
How to find out about fines?
You can find out about personal fines on the Gosuslugi.ru portal, which requires registration in the system. The traffic police website has a convenient service that allows you to break a specific car for fines, for which you need its state number and registration certificate number. However, if several people are driving the car, the fines will be indicated in bulk and impersonally. You can also check for fines by contacting the traffic police in person.
How long will the fine "hang" on me?
The statute of limitations for traffic fines is 2 years: if they have expired, and no one has knocked on you, consider that it has resolved.
What happens if I do not pay the fine by the due date?
For these purposes, the Code of Administrative Offenses contains Article 20.25 "Evasion of the execution of an administrative penalty". Part one prescribes the following types of punishments: an additional double fine, administrative arrest for up to 15 days, or compulsory work for up to 50 hours.
According to Lev Voropaev, most often judges impose a double fine. Let us clarify that we are talking about an additional double penalty, and not a doubling of the penalty. For example, if the debt on fines was 10 thousand rubles, the court will write out another 20 thousand from above, for a total of 30 thousand to be paid.
Sometimes an administrative arrest is prescribed, and if in most cases it is 1-2 days, then other judges may issue 8-10 days.
What is the punishment mechanism under article 20.25 of the Administrative Code?
If the fine is not paid on time, the corresponding information appears in the traffic police database. However, this still does not amount to punishment.
He is appointed by the court under Article 20.25 of the Administrative Code, and he cannot do this in absentia. That is, the debtor with an overdue fine must be caught in one way or another. The most common scheme: traffic police officers stop the car, find out the driver's expired fines and deliver him to the magistrate. According to Lev Voropaev, in this case the driver has no right to disobey the request of the traffic police. And then the court already assigns the appropriate punishment, depending on the maliciousness of the offender.
But there are several important nuances. First and foremost: judges can apply Article 20.25 of the Administrative Code only within 3 months from the date of the offense (in this case, the delay in payment of the fine is considered an offense). In other words, if you received a fine personally from a traffic police officer and within 70 days they were “hammered” against him, then you can write you an additional punishment under 20.25 Administrative Code within the next three months, after which you will receive “immunity”. Simply put, if you are not caught by the hand within 160 days, there will be no additional punishment. True, this does not save you from paying the initial fine.
The second point: according to Lev Voropaev, according to the principle of territorial jurisdiction, only a judge at the place of your registration can apply article 20.25 of the Administrative Code to you. For example, if a Rostovite is caught with an overdue fine somewhere in Khanty-Mansiysk, the local court is powerless against him. However, according to the lawyer, in reality this rule is not always fulfilled.
If I didn't get caught by the traffic cops in a three-month period, can you breathe easy?
It is important not to get confused at this point: after that, you cannot be subjected to additional punishment under Art. 20.25 Administrative Code, but the initial fine will hang on you for 2 years.
If I got caught, and the judge issued a double fine, how long should I pay it?
The scheme is absolutely identical to the one described above: from the moment of the trial, you have 10 days to appeal and another 60 days to pay a new fine. In case of evasion, after 70 days, a three-month period will begin when you can be brought to court for ignoring a new fine, once again write out a double fine, and so, in theory, ad infinitum.
Let's say I still paid the fine, but with a delay - will this save me from punishment under Article 20.25 of the Administrative Code?
No, if you get caught by the inspector within three months, go to the judge anyway. However, you will not have to pay the original fine (you paid it), but the new, doubled one - yes.
How are unpaid fines collected?
So, the fines will be charged to you for two years. At the same time, after the expiration of the payment period of 10 + 60 days, information is transferred from the traffic police to the bailiffs, who can use the entire arsenal of funds at their disposal to collect the debt.
Lev Voropaev says that traffic fines are not a priority for bailiffs due to their small size (most often), but in general, the option when people in uniform will knock on your door is not excluded.
What can bailiffs do? We will not delve into all the nuances of the modern Inquisition, but they can be quite a lot. For example, to prohibit you from traveling abroad with a debt of more than 10 thousand rubles, which is most often applied to persistent defaulters of fines. Lev Voropaev says that bailiffs often take the writ of execution to the bank, where the debtor has an account, and the bank simply writes off the amount of the debt. Naturally, the bailiffs can seize the accounts and property of citizens, including cars.
Is it possible to pay the fine and still be included in the list of debtors?
Formally, of course, it is impossible, but in reality, communication between banks, traffic police, FSSP and other interested structures is still far from ideal, so information about payment can be lost or come later. The best thing you can do is carry your payment receipts with you for two years.
Does Russia have a system of "discounts on fines" for fast payment?
No, it will work from the beginning of 2016. According to the amendments to the Administrative Code, which have already been signed by the President, within 20 days from the date of the decision, a person has the right to pay a 50 percent fine. However, the "discount" does not apply to a number of hard articles, in particular 12.8 (drunk driving). In addition, the discount will not apply to articles that increase the punishment for repeated violations.
Moreover, if a person miscalculated and, for example, paid a fine of 50 percent on the 23rd day from the date of issue of the decree, he will be equated to the debtor with the consequences described above.
It turns out that you can not pay fines in Russia?
The Russian system for collecting fines has a lot of backlash, so to some extent the consequences of not paying fines depend on the case: lucky or not.
And yet, even in Russia, ignoring a fine can go sideways. Let's say you are in a hurry for an important meeting, and the inspector stops you and forces you to go to the judge. And in this case, he can be very persistent.
With large fines, and even if they are tripled by a court decision, you run the risk of becoming an object of more intent interest of the bailiffs, especially if you live a full life, have income and property. There is a very tangible risk of disrupting a trip abroad, and you will learn about the travel ban at passport control, when it will be too late to return air tickets and cancel the tour.
Do not forget about the campaign, because the traffic police together with the bailiffs from time to time carry out raids to catch "penalties". Video cameras are increasing the flow of fines, which means that raids are becoming an increasingly expedient measure.
In the long term, it is better to give yourself the instruction not to receive fines in the first place, and not to ignore them. The first is more reliable.