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How to find out about your traffic police fines, why they should be paid on time and how to do it online – in the material “Kommersant”.

Today, it is possible via the Internet not only to check the presence of traffic police fines, but also to pay them. This can be done in several ways. With the timely payment of fines, the citizen receives a discount. Various penalties may be applied for failure to pay the order. The court determines them. In addition, there is a statute of limitations for non-payment of traffic police fines.

How to find out about your traffic police fines

You can check the presence of fines on the State Services portal, on the website of the State traffic inspectorate and in the personal account of some banks. In Moscow, such an opportunity is also available on the Mos.ru and Moscow Transport portals. In addition, in the capital it is possible to set up notifications about traffic police fines via SMS from number 7377, you can also check the availability of decisions using it.

Lawyer Sergei Radko:

“Situations when the car owner does not know anything about the fine are quite typical, and there are several reasons for this.

The first is residence outside the place of registration. A letter with a copy of the decision is sent to the address indicated in the vehicle registration certificate. Accordingly, if the owner does not really live there, he may not receive this letter and not learn about the fine.

The second reason is the change of residence. Many car owners, after changing the address of registration (registration), do not change this information in the traffic police, and as a result, letters (as well as tax notices) arrive at their former place of residence.

The third reason is a failure in delivery or receipt. The fact is that registered letters from the category of “administrative” are stored at the post office for only seven days. And if the letter arrived at the post office at the place of residence of the car owner, for example, on Friday, and at the same time he left for the weekend and did not have time to pick up the letter, several days are lost. Then a new working week begins, in the turmoil of which you can not have time or forget about the letter.

In any case, today it is possible to control the presence of fines both in numerous special applications and in the Internet bank, as well as through the State Services.

How to pay a traffic fine online

There are several ways to pay fines online. Using the portal of public services and on the website of the State traffic inspectorate. In addition, you can pay fines online in applications and on the websites of various banks through your personal account. To do this, you need a decision number.

Why pay traffic fines on time

From January 1, 2016, if the fine is paid within 20 days, the driver receives a 50% discount. However, this possibility does not apply to all types of orders.

The fine must be paid within 60 days from the date of entry into force. The decision comes into force ten days after receipt, if it has not been appealed.

The payment of the fine is tracked through the federal budget revenue database. If the driver has not paid the fine within 70 days, then the inspector or judge sends a copy of the decision to the federal bailiff service.

For non-payment of the decision, various penalties may be applied to the driver. The amount of the fine can be doubled as compared to the original decision, while it should not be less than 1 thousand rubles. In addition, the driver may face arrest for up to 15 days or 50 hours of compulsory community service. The decision on the type of punishment is made by the court. The conclusion for up to 15 days cannot be applied to those drivers whose violation was recorded by a video surveillance camera.

The statute of limitations on punishment for non-payment of a traffic police fine is two years from the date of its entry into force.

Lawyer Sergei Radko:

“An appeal against a decision to impose a fine is made by filing a complaint against it. The complaint is submitted to the head of the inspector who issued the decision, or to the court. It is possible to file a complaint electronically through the relevant services (and sometimes even such complaints are considered within a few hours). However, this method is more suitable for appealing the simplest cases when the error of punishment is obvious – for example, a fine for speeding a car while transporting it on a tow truck, etc.

If the situation requires attention and assessment or the study of additional documents and the demand for evidence (for example, a violation was committed by a car buyer who did not re-register it in time, there are doubts about the correct installation of road signs or markings, a possible error in the automatic fixation of violations, etc.). – it is necessary to file such a complaint with the court at the place of violation and already at the court session to prove the groundlessness of the punishment.

Vasily Kuznetsov, Direct Speech group