Insurance offences: verbal NIPs, serving of summonses and use of Fixed Penalty Notices

I was stopped by the police for driving without insurance on the 16/02/07. When can I expect to be contacted by the prosecutor or courts? Do they have to do it within 14 days? What happens if they don't contact me within this time?

If you were warned of an intended prosecution at the scene then you were probably served with a verbal Notice of Intended Prosecution and there will be no need to serve a written one within 14 days.

The next thing that will follow will be the summons. The papers for this will need to be filed with the court within 6 months, although we are seeing a few cases being dealt with under the Fixed Penalty Notice system (6 points, £200 fine if this is the case).

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