Appeal to the Peace Officer
The offender or other person liable for the payment of the report can present an appeal to the relevant Peace Officer within 30 days from the challenge or notification of violation report.
The appeal can be filed to the the Justice's office by the applicant or his deputy or it sent by international registered post. Some Justice's office are also authorized to present the appeal electronically.
It is not permitted to present the appeal if the violation report is paid. The payment of the fine is the accepting the violation report.
Please note – The appeal to the Peace Officer is unacceptable , if the appeal has been presented before to the Prefect
The appeal to the Peace Officer is presented persuant to ways and procedure to artt. 22 and 23 of L. 24 November 1981 n. 689, except certain specific exemptions persuant to`art. 204 bis D.lgs 30 April 1992 n. 285.
Relevant Peace Officers
The Peace Officer of Siena is relevant for:
The Peace Officer of Montepulciano is relevant for:
Unified contribution
To appeal to Peace Officer must pay the fee so-call "contributo unificato" with a revenue stamp of € 27. The payment can be done to:
- Post offices with postal report ;
- banking institutions with "modello F23";
- authorised tobacco stores.
The amount of the fee "contributo unificato" depends on amount of violation report. For fines of amount up to € 1.100 the fee "contributo unificato" is € 43; for fines of amount between € 1.100 and € 5.200 is € 98.
For further details on the methods and terms to appeal and other information, please contact the relevant chancery directly.
What can decide the Peace officer
The Peace Officer orders to the authority to deposit in the chancery, ten days before of hearing, acts concerning the challenge and notification of violation, to make a decision.
The parties can attend court hearings, without lawyers.
The Peace Officer can:
- declare unacceptable the appeal, for example, appeal sent later or territorial Incompetence;
- accept the appeal annulling all or part of the penalty;
- confirm the penalty if the appellant not attend court hearing without valid reason (except that the illegality of the fine results from the documentation attached by the appellant);
- not accept the appeal and the appellant must pay an other fine with an amount between the minimum and maximum established by law for the challenged violation
If the appeal is not accepted the payment must be done within 30 days from the notification of judgment.
Please note
The judgment of the Peace Officer is appealable in the Court.
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