Old Italian fine or collection demand: has it lapsed?

Under art. 28 of Law 689/1981, the right to collect a traffic fine lapses after 5 years. Every valid notice (the fine, the collection demand, a payment order) restarts the 5 years. If 5 years have passed since the last notice you received, the debt may have lapsed.

What you get

• Free calculator: enter the date of the last notice you received
• If the 5 years have passed: the request in Italian to cancel the debt for prescription, addressed to the collection agent and to the authority, ready to sign
• Instructions in your language: what to attach and where to send it

The calculator counts only the date you enter: a notice you did not receive or have forgotten may have restarted the 5 years. If you have received a payment order or a seizure notice, the deadlines to oppose it in court are short: consider the plan with a lawyer.

Price: €29.90 per fine. You sign and send the document yourself.