Constitutional Standards and a Financial Penalty for Violation of the Obligation to Notify Prefect About the Purchase or Sale of a Vehicle

The application of administrative sanctions, especially in the financial dimension, in the context of the protection of individual rights, is particularly important in connection with the development of this type of administrative influence in the public sphere. In establishing them, compliance with the constitutional standards imposed on administrative fines, in relation to the principle of proportionality of regulations, is an issue of particular importance in view of their development. Currently, such a matter is the penalty provided for in the Road Traffic Act, which is imposed on the vehicle owner due to the breach of the obligation to notify the staroste within 30 days about the sale or purchase of the vehicle. The fulfillment of this obligation is secured by a severe financial sanction. Due to the scope of the impact of the penalty, basically covering every transaction and doubts as to the correct definition and application of provisions, noticeable, inter alia, in the jurisprudence of administrative courts, this issue should be considered important both for the theory of law and the practice of its application. The statutory solutions adopted in this respect are worth assessing in terms of their compliance, in particular with the constitutional principle of proportionality, because it is noticeable that it has been omitted in the implementation of the goal which was the basis for introducing this sanction.