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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/rikashiku on 2024-04-10 04:46:29.

Last year I had started to receive visits from Animal control due to issues with my dog roaming. They receive a call about a dog roaming outside of my home and they claim that the dog fit the description of my registered dog.

The problem is, the dog roaming isn't mine.

Sometime in June, they were called again, took a picture of the roaming dog, and sent a fine weeks later which I disputed. Apparently they had to go through a LOGIMA to look further into the dispute.

I get information back from the council and animal control officers stating how they processed the information and they claim to be correct.

• They received a call about a roaming dog outside of my house.
• They took a picture of the dog outside of my house.
• They looked at their database and found that I do have a registered dog.
• They issued a fine.

If it was any other day and time, I would have just accepted the 200 dollar fine, assuming she can get over the 1.9m high fence.

Except on that day, the Dog was with me at the Dog Park and I referred that information to them with proof. They didn't check the dog, they didn't scan a microchip, they even assumed that she wasn't registered, yet they have her database license which is different to the rego on the tag. Some months of back and forth, and legal advice later, the council goes quiet on me, and two months ago, I receive a letter from the Ministry of Justice that they will be collecting my income for several weeks until the fine of 330 dollars is paid.

I disputed that as well, as the Council went quiet on me and that I have proof for why we were still talking and disputing the fine.

Now apparently what I provided wasn't enough to turn the dispute back and I am still paying the fine.

So now I need to call MoJ again and find out what the hell is going on. After I had called them before asking why it went to them in the first place.

Apparently it was rushed to them in September which was when I last spoke with the Council persons discussing the Fine.

So now it's either pay the fine(which is going out of my wages anyway), or be arrested. I'm pissed off at the lack of communication and now I need different proof to turn the MoJ dispute over, to turn the dispute back on Whangarei District Council.

So I'll now need to check what other options I have from my Lawyer. He last mentioned that if I take it to court and I end up losing, I will pay even more for legal costs and the fine. I asked "why would I lose, I have proof that they're wrong." Because they wouldn't want to waste time on a fine dispute.

So I'm getting stiffed with paying a fine for someone else's dog.

Either that or start committing heinous crimes.