How to pay an administrative fine

When this guide helps

Start with the order, not a bank no­ti­fi­ca­tion about a fine. Iden­ti­fy the issuing au­thor­i­ty, the rel­e­vant article of the Ad­min­is­tra­tive Of­fences Code, the amount and the ev­i­dence of service. In Lviv and Lviv Oblast, the issuing au­thor­i­ty may be outside your neigh­bour­hood: check the order against current rules for the fine cat­e­go­ry and the ap­plic­a­ble payment ter­ri­to­ry.

What period applies

Under the stan­dard pro­ce­dure, Article 307 re­quires payment within 15 days of service of the order. If an appeal or protest was dis­missed, the period is tied to notice of that outcome. Check a pre­lim­i­nary date with the payment dead­line cal­cu­la­tor. It adds 15 cal­en­dar days without au­to­mat­i­cal­ly moving a weekend dead­line. Special Ar­ti­cles 300-1, 300-2 and 300-3, de­ferred ex­e­cu­tion or another statu­to­ry period are outside this cal­cu­la­tion.

If the date has passed, do not assume that the amount doubles au­to­mat­i­cal­ly on day 16. Article 308 deals with com­pul­so­ry en­force­ment. First es­tab­lish whether the order has been trans­ferred to an en­force­ment officer and which doc­u­ments exist.

Steps to take

1. Match the order to proof of service. If you ap­pealed it, collect the de­ci­sion and notice. If you dispute the order, sep­a­rate­ly check how to appeal an ad­min­is­tra­tive fine.
2. Iden­ti­fy the fine cat­e­go­ry and au­thor­i­ty from the order. Check its of­fi­cial re­source or ask it di­rect­ly for the correct budget re­cip­i­ent, ap­plic­a­ble ter­ri­to­ry and current payment details for that cat­e­go­ry. Do not select an account solely by the au­thor­i­ty’s address or your res­i­dence, or copy one from another case.
3. Include the in­for­ma­tion needed to iden­ti­fy the order in the payment ref­er­ence. Keep the bank receipt and con­fir­ma­tion of credit if avail­able.
4. If en­force­ment has started, check the case number, opening order and claimed amount. Send proof of payment to the officer and request written con­fir­ma­tion of the status. The en­force­ment case guide ex­plains the next check.

Checks before payment

Verify the person’s name, order number, article, issuing au­thor­i­ty, amount and payment details. Ev­i­dence of service matters more than the printed order date. If you live in Lviv Oblast but an au­thor­i­ty outside the region issued the order, check the fine cat­e­go­ry, au­thor­i­ty and ter­ri­to­r­i­al payment rule to­geth­er. For example, of­fi­cial guid­ance from Novosanzharskyi Dis­trict Court dis­tin­guish­es a sep­a­rate account for road fines from the com­mu­ni­ty-of-res­i­dence account for other ad­min­is­tra­tive fines. Do not extend that pro­ce­dure to every au­thor­i­ty: confirm the current re­cip­i­ent for your order and check whether an appeal was filed. If a payment was re­turned or cannot be matched, contact the au­thor­i­ty with the receipt; paying again without check­ing risks du­pli­ca­tion.

When to consult a lawyer

A lawyer can help if service is dis­put­ed, an appeal was dis­missed without clear notice, the order was sent for en­force­ment despite payment, or the en­force­ment amount differs from the order. For Lviv and Lviv Oblast, first gather the order, service ev­i­dence, receipt and en­force­ment notice. Those doc­u­ments show whether you need a payment cor­rec­tion, an appeal or an en­force­ment re­sponse.