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Overdue fines

Make a payment

If your fine is overdue, make a payment as soon as possible to avoid any further penalties and enforcement actions.

  • If payment is made after the due date of the penalty reminder notice, further costs will apply.
  • When you pay an overdue fine or fee, you must include any late charges in your payment.
  • To check your balance, log into myEnforcement.

What you can do

If there is a problem with your overdue fine you can

Manage your fine online

You can use myEnforcement Order online to:

  • pay your overdue fine
  • apply to pay by instalments
  • check the status of your overdue fine
  • dispute an overdue failure to vote fine
  • update your details.

What happens if you don’t pay

If you don’t pay a fine after we have sent a penalty reminder notice:

  • we’ll begin action to recover the debt from you and
  • we may charge additional amounts.

This is why you need to pay as soon as possible or contact us if you can’t pay immediately so we can come to an arrangement.

Enforcement actions

If your overdue fine is still unpaid we're authorised to take the following actions.

Driving restrictions

If your fine is unpaid, we may:

  • suspend your driver licence
  • cancel your vehicle registration
  • restrict you from conducting business with NSW Roads and Maritime Services.

You’ll usually need to pay all outstanding fines before you can apply to get your licence or registration back.

In some cases, we can negotiate to lift restrictions when overdue fines are still owing.

Visit the NSW Justice website to find out about penalties for driver licence disqualification.

Contact us if you have more questions about driving restrictions.

Seize your property

In some cases, we can seize your belongings to sell at auction as a way to enforce payment.

Deduct money from your wage or bank account

We can ask your employer to deduct money from your wage and send it to us until all your overdue fines are paid.

  • Your employer will receive an ‘employer garnishee order’ which they must action immediately.
  • Failure to cooperate or provide accurate information could result in legal prosecution.

We can also ask your bank to deduct money from your bank account to pay your overdue fines.

Take you to court

We can summon you to attend court so we can examine your financial situation. This will determine what kind of enforcement action we take next if the fine remains unpaid.

Register an interest in property you own

We can place a charge on land that you own until you’ve paid all outstanding fines.