How to check traffic fines existing?

[FromSamuiToSamui]

Hi.

 

Does anyone know how to check traffic fines existing? I mean I don't know, do I already have fines or not, so I want to check it :)

 

And what is the responsibility for non-payment of them?

 

The thing is I changed my living place several times since the time I bought a car, so if the fines exists, they sent to my old address, listed in residence certificate.

 

Thanks.

[cnx355]

You can always update you Blue book at the land transport office.  You would need  the famous "address certificate" from Immigration or  a work permit and at some offices they accept the Yellow Book. I did it in the pass for my motorcycle.

 

Most people never update their addresses for their vehicle Blue Book. or Green Book.

 

If you get a fine by mail  and it is not paid in time,  I believe  the next time you want to renew the annual road tax , they will not renew it unless you pay your fines at the police station.  This is what most people explain on the TV forum and it was in the Bangkok Post too.

 

I guess then you may decide to change your address in the Blue book to avoid this kind of inconvenience.

[roath]

If you change address to a different province from where the vehicle is registered, then you need to get new numberplates, so it can be a bit more involved than a simple change of address

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[flexomike]

2 hours ago, roath said:

If you change address to a different province from where the vehicle is registered, then you need to get new numberplates, so it can be a bit more involved than a simple change of address

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Not true anymore, purchased vehicle in Bangkok with a Bangkok address, but have lived in Rayong for over a year and have renewed registration in Rayong, they said OK no problem

[johng]

Not true anymore, purchased vehicle in Bangkok with a Bangkok address, but have lived in Rayong for over a year and have renewed registration in Rayong, they said OK no problem

When you say "renewed registration"
do you mean pay road tax and compulsory insurance ?

[Techno Viking]

13 minutes ago, johng said:

When you say "renewed registration"
do you mean pay road tax and compulsory insurance ?

Yes, typically renewing registration involves paying road tax and compulsory insurance.

 

All my vehicles are registered in BKK including the Honda 250 Rally I recently purchased in Pattaya, Ive never lived in BKK but my work permit lists a BKK address as my abode (address is head office of the company I work for).

 

Am keen to hear an answer to the OP though as I through all my fines straight in the bin.

[johng]

Yes, typically renewing registration involves paying road tax and compulsory insurance.
 
I through all my fines straight in the bin.

You may have some problems next time you try to "renew registration"
or try to sell the vehicles if you dont pay the fines.

In my opinion paying tax and insurance yearly is not
"renewing registration"

Registration is to do with the engine/chassis numbers and the number or "registration" plate as well as who is the legal owner.

Paying tax and insurance can be done in any province no mater what the "registration" plate province is.

[transam]

Unpaid fines show up (or should) when you go to pay road tax, you must clear the fine then go back to get your road tax..

[roath]

1 hour ago, flexomike said:

Not true anymore, purchased vehicle in Bangkok with a Bangkok address, but have lived in Rayong for over a year and have renewed registration in Rayong, they said OK no problem

I don't think that that right.....as I understand, BKK plates have always had a special status, which means that you can maintain a BKK plate regardless of your location (and which is one reason that there are so many BKK plates knocking around)

 

I recently (within this year) had to get a new blue book for my car (having lost/misplaced the old one), which is registered in a different province to which I now live. They re-issued using my old address, and told me that if I wanted the address registered in my current province, I would need to get it done there, where they would issue new plates. 

[Techno Viking]

1 hour ago, johng said:

 

You may have some problems next time you try to "renew registration"
or try to sell the vehicles if you dont pay the fines.

In my opinion paying tax and insurance yearly is not
"renewing registration"

Registration is to do with the engine/chassis numbers and the number or "registration" plate as well as who is the legal owner.

Paying tax and insurance can be done in any province no mater what the "registration" plate province is.


 

Meh, registration/road tax, called different things depending on your country of origin,some call it the "MOT".

 

 

As for unpaid fines, they are peanuts so will be no great burden to sort if needed.

 

[Paul Laycock1]

In my experience Fines are payable on the spot and really of no great consequence. 300 Baht for a tail light out and the same for a little speeding.

Never heard of the cops sending them in the post.

[Techno Viking]

Just now, Paul Laycock1 said:

In my experience Fines are payable on the spot and really of no great consequence. 300 Baht for a tail light out and the same for a little speeding.

Never heard of the cops sending them in the post.

Traveling daily on the 7 motorway coping a speeding fine in the mail every other month is common.

[transam]

2 minutes ago, Paul Laycock1 said:

In my experience Fines are payable on the spot and really of no great consequence. 300 Baht for a tail light out and the same for a little speeding.

Never heard of the cops sending them in the post.

I have, with a photo of the offense....Not me personally of course...

[regedit]

3 hours ago, Techno Viking said:

Yes, typically renewing registration involves paying road tax and compulsory insurance.

 

All my vehicles are registered in BKK including the Honda 250 Rally I recently purchased in Pattaya, Ive never lived in BKK but my work permit lists a BKK address as my abode (address is head office of the company I work for).

 

Am keen to hear an answer to the OP though as I through all my fines straight in the bin.

Similar here - vehicles bought and registered to address in Chon Buri  but renewed road tax (square paper 'sticker') and compulsory insurance in both Hua Hin and BKK without any concern. Always best to have vehicles registered to an address where they are not actually kept ! 

[flexomike]

On 6/28/2017 at 0:17 AM, johng said:

When you say "renewed registration"
do you mean pay road tax and compulsory insurance ?

sorry, yes tax renewal and insurance