District seized more than 800 debtors with infringements for drunkenness in Bogotá

The District Secretariat for Mobility, through the Directorate of Collection Management, ordered the seizure of 837 debtors with infringements due to drunkenness, after carrying out a persuasive collection process.

“The District Secretariat for Mobility ordered the seizure of more than 800 citizens of their banking and financial products with complaints for violating traffic regulations in a state of liquidation, a situation that puts road safety in the city at risk,” said the Director of Collection Management, Sebastián Cortés.

These garnishments, which correspond to violations imposed between 2019 and 2022, were made after delinquent debtors were notified with persuasive collection, inviting them to comply with their obligations and cancel their existing fines.

It is noteworthy that driving while intoxicated is a behavior that represents a great risk to the road safety of citizens. The fines range from $2,811,000 to $44,971,000, depending on the level of breathalyzer detected. In addition, it entails the suspension or cancellation of the driver's license.

With this action, the Ministry of Mobility expects to recover a portfolio amounting to $12,088 million. Therefore, it calls on city drivers to respect traffic regulations to avoid fines, which if not paid on time can lead to measures such as coercive collection.

“Avoid violating traffic rules so as not to receive complaints, but, if you get one, you can easily pay through various means. Don't let a small debt turn into a major nuisance!” , wrote Mobility on Twitter, inviting citizens to follow traffic rules and to pay their penalties, if they have them.

The entity explained that “a citizen can be repossessed, for having unpaid traffic fines, outstanding balances, payment agreements in arrears or for having vehicles in the yards of the District Secretariat for Mobility. After the times granted by law for the payment of obligations, fines are transferred to coercive collection in which, according to the law, garnishments may be ordered. Once the decision is issued declaring the citizen to be the offender, the fine becomes coercive, within a period that is usually 30 days after the commission of the offence.”

He clarified that “When a vehicle or property is seized, its owner will not be able to sell or dispose of it until he catches up with his obligations. Therefore, in order to disembark it, you must make the payment and request the SDM to lift the measure, and the entity will update it to the SIM.”

Likewise, the entity proceeds internally with the corresponding transit or registry office; this procedure is completed within fifteen (15) working days following the actual payment of the obligation or once it is verified that the obligation grounds for seizure does not record any outstanding balance receivable, massive and without a request from the interested party.

It should be noted that the disembargo procedure can be carried out with the Mobility Secretariat in person or virtually by sending an email to contactociudadano@movilidadbogota.gov.co, using a format suggested for this procedure.

He also told citizens about the risks when it comes to the so-called processors who, in some cases, generate false expectations and offer illegal services and in terms of carrying out the courses we recommend that they be presented directly to the SDM, otherwise the citizen must present all the documentation that supports the realization of these.

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