28 Sep 2012 12:19 AM:

Hi Alan

We have a house and a quad bike in Spain but are not resident.  Last April my husband was stopped by police and issued with a ticket for not having a Spanish licence as they insisted he must be a resident.  After several trips to Malago Traffico we were told that we had to get a Certificate of non residence from our local police station saying that we did not need a Spanish licence.  We then presented this back at Malaga Traffico, along with a form explaining in Spanish why we did not have to have a Spanish licence.  When I asked if the fine would now be cancelled I was told there were four options: 1.  Come back in three weeks and ask.  2.  They would write to us in England to tell us that the fine was cancelled.  3.  They would write to us in England demanding that we still pay the fine.  4.  We would not hear anything more from them.  To date we have not heard anything so assume that the fine has been cancelled.  Unfortunately the certificate of non residence is only valid for three months so it is already out of date.  I guess if we get stopped again we will have to go through the whole process again.  Great Joy!

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