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What are the consequences for Ukrainians who have not paid TP fines?

Last year, 52% of the fines issued by the TCC remained unpaid. This resulted in the closure of about 10,000 production facilities. At the same time, in 2023

just over 10,000 production facilities were opened in 2013, and 23% have not yet paid the fines they were issued. The following regions are the most active in issuing fines:

Dnipropetrovska oblast – 1053 production facilities;

Kyiv – 1003;

Poltava region – 916.

The majority of those who are not in a hurry to pay are aged 25-35, according to Opendatabot. However, the situation can only get worse, as Roman Simutin, a lawyer, says.

TCC fines will not disappear

In the middle of last year, it was reported that about 6 million citizens had not updated their personal data and therefore remained virtually invisible for military registration. However, thanks to various registers, digitalization, and document checks on the streets and in other public places, the number of unregistered citizens has decreased. They were registered forcibly or in absentia, thanks to data from other registers.

In addition, the CCC centrally sent out almost a million summonses in 2024 alone. This means that millions of citizens have received or will receive fines ranging from UAH 17,000 to UAH 25,500 for violating the rules of military registration under Article 210 of the Code of Administrative Offenses.

And there are those who have been fined repeatedly by the TCC, says lawyer Roman Simutin.

“It is also worth remembering that, according to the law, if a fine is not paid within two weeks, the TCC applies to the executive service for its enforcement and in a double amount. In other words, a person was fined UAH 25,500, but is charged UAH 51,000 and UAH 5,000 in enforcement fees. So, million-dollar fines will not disappear with the first day of peaceful life. Neither will Article 301. No one will cancel those tens of thousands of long-standing enforcement proceedings on fines against violators of military registration. The fines will have to be paid by the offenders,” notes Roman Symutin.

“The MCC also has the right to apply to the court to temporarily restrict the right to drive a vehicle, especially for those who have accumulated a lot of repeated fines and have evidence that they are drivers. And these restrictions will remain in effect until all the fines are paid.

As the lawyer emphasizes, with the abolition of martial law, administrative liability for violation of the rules of military registration, provided for in Articles 210 and 210-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, will not disappear. But it will be reduced. The amount of the fine under Article 210 of the Code of Administrative Offenses will be in the range of UAH 3400 to 8500, and under Article 210-1 of the Code of Administrative Offenses – from UAH 5100 to 11900. However, in the event of non-payment of the fine, enforcement proceedings will be initiated, and the double amount of the fine will remain.

Purchase and sale transactions will be blocked

As Roman Simutin emphasizes, the consequences of enforcement proceedings are restrictions on the sale of real estate and re-registration of vehicles.

• If a notary finds out that there are enforcement proceedings against the seller or buyer, in particular for non-payment of an administrative fine imposed by the TCC, he or she will refuse to execute the real estate sale and purchase agreement. In order to conclude the transaction, it will be necessary to pay double the amount of the fine, as well as the enforcement fee, which is 10% of the amount subject to enforcement – a total of UAH 56 thousand – and then close the enforcement proceedings.
• The same applies to re-registration of vehicle ownership. If a citizen has an enforcement proceeding for non-payment of a fine for violating the rules of military registration, he or she will not be able to re-register the vehicle either online through the Diia public service portal or at the Service Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

“You may also think that you will wait a few years until the enforcement proceedings are closed and that’s it. It’s no use, because after the enforcement proceedings are closed, the seizure is not lifted from the accounts. Therefore, if you come to register your property or car even after 5 years, you will have to go to the executive service, restore it, pay a fine and close it again,” the lawyer explains.

The TCC also has the right to apply to the court to temporarily restrict the right to drive a vehicle, especially for those who have accumulated a lot of repeated fines and have evidence that they are drivers. And these restrictions will remain in effect until all outstanding fines are paid.

In debt like silk

Ukrainians have become a nation of debtors. Not only will grandchildren and great-grandchildren still have to pay off international loans, but debts are also accumulating within the country, including fines, utility bills, mandatory payments, and so on.

According to Opendatabot, more than 164 thousand new debts were accumulated by Ukrainians from December 2024 to March 2025, during the time when the Unified Register of Debtors was down after the hack.

More than 9 million debts are now recorded in the registers. During this time, debts in the form of special confiscations increased by 14%, which is the recovery of property by court order in criminal cases. In such cases, no compensation for the value of the property is provided.

At the same time, the paid seizure of items that were either the instrument of an offense or the object of an offense increased by 7%.

Also in the top with a 9% increase is the recovery of property under an enforcement document. In general, Ukrainians are most often included in the Register for unpaid traffic fines – 1.9 million.

Debts for administrative offenses: more than 1.8 million. The top three are recoveries in favor of the state budget – 1.6 million.

The largest number of debts was recorded in Dnipropetrovska oblast – UAH 973,185.

Kyiv is next with 633,286 debts (7%) and Kharkiv region with 620,211 (7%). Ukrainians also have significant debts in Odesa (525,210) and Donetsk (521,062) regions. Almost 75% of all debts are owed by men.

Author: Alla Dunina