to be fuming with the DVLA and wonder what the heck we can do about this mess

[LividLou]

Long story, will try to keep it short - the tenant who used to live in house left behind a load of debts - had not paid any elec/gas/council tax bills, had several store cards with lots owing on them, etc etc - nightmare. Initially we forwarded everything to her - some of the letters were obviously hosptial appointments and about benefits, there is no way I was going to ignore and bin these important letters. As soon as she had moved out, letters from debt collection agencies etc and baliffs "we came and you were out" notices started arriving too.(the house was remaining unoccupied at this time) When after several months it became evident that the ex tenant was not doing anything about these, we started sending everythign back to the return address with covering letters saying she did not live there, and telling them her last known address (where the agency told us she had moved to)

It took a long time, lots of phone calls etc but finally we have managed to get ALL of these sorted and are not being bothered by her debts any more.

Then we had a letter from the DVLA informing her that someone was trying to register a car she was registered as owning, had she sold it - also reminding her of her DUTY to inform them of change of keeper. I wrote to the DVLA and explained she did not live there, gave them her last known address and the address of the letting agent incase she had moved on again.

since then we have had dozens of parking fines etc - the agencies these are coming from (mainly transport for london), followed by letters threatening legal action etc etc. I have written carefully to each one - their reply " we get our info from the DVLA and the car is registered to AB at this address". So they keep coming. Almost every week. I write to DVLA again. No reply. I write again 2 months later, No reply. I ring - they can't discuss but advise me to send a copy of a current bill. Then we get a letter about her needing to renew her photo driving licence - so I send it back with copies of all my letters again and a current council tax bill (showing the house as unoccupied) to their complaints dept. I finally (after alomst a year) get a bog standard letter (in which the tenant is referred to by the wrong gender) saying "due to data protection we cannot amend a persons driving lisence record without their authorisation"

so - she has moved and not told them, she has sold her car and not told them, someone else is driving it now presumably unregistered!! and clocking up loads of fines etc, she has failed to renew her photo licence - but WE, who have done our best to infom all the relevant people are STILL getting these bloody fines every single week. Not to mention the fact that I suspect in fact it may NOT be her ex-car, but maybe someone has cloned the plates, who knows.

this has been going on for over a year. It is so not fair, the stress, the time, the expense of the letters and phone calls, the worry about getting baliffs turning up and the address being blacklisted!! What on earth can we do!

and yes i am a regular and have NC becsue this may out me in RL

[EuroShaggleton]

I don't get why you are so stressed about this, tbh. Just return everything to sender, marked "not at this address". Forget about it and get on with your life!

[DontmindifIdo]

agree with others, return to sender, and leave it to them to sort it.