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Information about your Notice of Final Demand

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The Fines Reform Act 2014 allows fines and costs imposed by the Magistrates' Court or the County Court to be referred to Fines Victoria for collection and management.

If you have received a notice from Fines Victoria about a court fine, you can make payments through Fines Victoria.

More information on Notice of Final Demands and Enforcement Warrants is outlined below.

  • Notice of Final Demand

    If you do not do anything about your Infringement Notice and Penalty Reminder Notice and the due date for payment has passed, the agency that issued the fine may register the matter with us.

     

    We will then send you a Notice of Final Demand and a further fee of $147.10* will be added to your fine. This means your fine amount is now $175.50 more than when it was first issued to you. You must comply with this notice within 21 days.

     

    Your options

    To comply with your Notice of Final Demand, your options are:

    If the fine is for a traffic offence and you were not driving at that time, it is now too late to nominate the responsible driver. You can no longer nominate once a Notice of Final Demand has been issued (except in limited circumstances, such as family violence situations).

     

    If you don't do anything about your Notice of Final Demand

    If you do not do anything by the due date, we may take one or more of the following enforcement actions:

    • suspend your driver licence / learner permit
    • prevent you from obtaining or renewing a driver licence / learner permit
    • prevent you from transferring or renewing a vehicle registration
    • prevent you from registering a vehicle
    • make a deduction(s) from your bank account, wage or money owed to you
    • charge and sell land you own.

    We may also apply to the Magistrates' Court to issue an Enforcement Warrant.

     

    *This amount is adjusted each July.

     

  • Enforcement Warrant

    If you don't pay your infringement fine and do not do anything about your Penalty Reminder Notice and Notice of Final Demand, the Magistrates' Court of Victoria may issue an Enforcement Warrant against you and a fee of $62.60* will be added to your fine. This means your fine amount is now $233.60 more than when it was first issued.

     

    Once an Enforcement Warrant is issued, if necessary a sheriff's officer has the power to search for and seize property or your vehicle to sell, wheel clamp or detain your vehicle or arrest you so that you are brought before a magistrate.

     

    Learn more about what happens when the Sheriff contacts you on the Department of Justice and Community Safety website.

     

    Your options

    To avoid further enforcement action against you once an Enforcement Warrant has been issued, you can:

    The Family Violence Scheme helps victim survivors with fines if there is a link between the family violence and their fines. The Work and Development Permit (WDP) scheme provides vulnerable people with a non-financial option to deal with their fine debt.

     

    If you don't do anything about your Enforcement Warrant

    If you do not pay the full amount (including the added costs), apply to pay in instalments or apply for more time to pay, you will be personally served with a 7 Day Notice.

     

    Talk to someone

    If you'd like to discuss your options, contact Fines Victoria.

    *This amount is adjusted each July.

     

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