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Постановление по делу об административном правонарушении — the ГИБДД fine explained

A Постановление по делу об административном правонарушении is a decision imposing a fine for a traffic violation, most often recorded by a camera. Three dates matter: 10 days to appeal, 30 days from issue to pay with a 25% discount, and 60 days to pay in full after it takes force.

How serious: needs actionAlso called: штраф ГИБДД, письмо счастья, постановление ЦАФАП, штраф с камеры, постановление МАДИ / АМПП (парковка, Москва)

This is a decision that imposes a fine for a traffic violation — speeding, a lane violation, parking — most often recorded by an automatic camera. It names the violation and the amount, and for camera cases comes with a photo of the car.

You received it because a car registered to you, or driven by you, was recorded violating traffic rules. Municipal bodies such as МАДИ and АМПП in Moscow issue parking fines in the same form.

The amount is payable at a 25% discount within 30 days — counted from the date the постановление was issued, not received. Until 1 January 2025 the discount was 50% within 20 days; the current rule is 25% within 30 days.

Who sends it

Госавтоинспекция (ГИБДД) МВД России — the state traffic police; its ЦАФАП units issue camera fines. Municipal bodies such as МАДИ and АМПП in Moscow issue parking fines under the same КоАП procedure.

Header 'Постановление по делу об административном правонарушении' with a 20-digit УИН number, the КоАП article, the fine amount and, for camera fines, a photo of the vehicle with its plate. It arrives by registered mail in an envelope marked 'Административное' (kept 7 days at the post office), on Госуслуги, or in banking apps.

The deadline

Three clocks: (1) appeal within 10 days of delivery/receipt of the copy (КоАП РФ ст. 30.3); (2) pay 75% of the amount (25% discount) within 30 days from the date the постановление was ISSUED — most Chapter-12 traffic fines, with exclusions for drunk driving, repeat offenses, causing injury etc. (КоАП РФ ст. 32.2 ч. 1.3); (3) pay in full within 60 days after it enters into legal force (КоАП РФ ст. 32.2 ч. 1). NOTE: until 1 January 2025 the discount was 50% within 20 days — the current rule is 25% within 30 days.

Three clocks run. An appeal can be filed within 10 days of delivery or receipt of the copy (КоАП РФ ст. 30.3). 75% of the amount — a 25% discount — can be paid within 30 days from the date the постановление was issued, not received, for most Chapter-12 traffic fines, with exclusions for drunk driving, repeat offenses, causing injury and similar (КоАП РФ ст. 32.2 ч. 1.3). Full payment is due within 60 days after it enters into legal force, which happens once the 10-day appeal window expires unappealed (КоАП РФ ст. 32.2 ч. 1, ст. 31.1). Until 1 January 2025 the discount was 50% within 20 days; the current rule is 25% within 30 days.

If you do nothing

After 10 days unappealed the постановление enters into force. After 60 more days unpaid it is sent to bailiffs for forced collection, and non-payment itself is a separate offense: a new fine at double the unpaid amount (minimum 1,000 ₽), or administrative arrest up to 15 days, or up to 50 hours of compulsory work (КоАП РФ ст. 32.2 ч. 5, ст. 20.25 ч. 1).

Compute your date

The rule above is what the law sets. Put in the dates on your own letter and it becomes a date.

That date is on the envelope or the delivery stamp, not in the letter — enter it and we count the deadline for you.

How it escalates

  1. 01Day 10: the постановление enters into legal force (КоАП РФ ст. 31.1).
  2. 02Day 70 (60 days after entry into force): the unpaid fine is referred to ФССП for forced collection (КоАП РФ ст. 32.2 ч. 5).
  3. 03A protocol under ст. 20.25 КоАП РФ is drawn up: a double fine (minimum 1,000 ₽), or arrest up to 15 суток, or обязательные работы up to 50 hours.
  4. 04ФССП opens enforcement: 5 days voluntary, then the 12% fee (minimum 2,000 ₽), account debits, and with accumulated fines of 30,000 ₽ or more a travel ban (ФЗ-229 ст. 30, 112, 67).

Your options, procedurally

  • 75% of the amount can be paid within 30 days of the issue date via Госуслуги, a bank app or the УИН number (КоАП РФ ст. 32.2 ч. 1.3); not available for the excluded violations listed there.
  • An appeal (жалоба) can be filed within 10 days to the issuing authority's superior or to the district court — free of state duty; filing an appeal postpones entry into force (КоАП РФ ст. 30.3).
  • If the 10 days passed for a good reason, such as a letter that arrived late, a ходатайство о восстановлении срока can be filed with the appeal (КоАП РФ ст. 30.3 ч. 2).
  • If someone else was driving the car on a camera fine, an appeal can be filed with proof of who was driving.
  • Payment in full can be made within 60 days of entry into force if the discount window is gone (КоАП РФ ст. 32.2 ч. 1).

How to respond

Response types

  • File the objectionЖалоба на постановление по делу об административном правонарушении · КоАП РФ ст. 30.1 (право обжалования), ст. 30.2 (порядок подачи, освобождение от госпошлины), ст. 30.3 ч. 1 (десять суток)
  • Ask for more timeХодатайство о восстановлении срока обжалования постановления · КоАП РФ ст. 30.3 ч. 2 (восстановление пропущенного срока по ходатайству), ст. 24.4 (ходатайства заявляются в письменной форме)
  • Ask for instalmentsЗаявление (ходатайство) об отсрочке или рассрочке исполнения постановления о назначении административного наказания · КоАП РФ ст. 31.5: отсрочка исполнения на срок до шести месяцев (ч. 1), рассрочка уплаты штрафа на срок до трёх месяцев с учётом материального положения (ч. 2); не применяется к иностранным гражданам, которым штраф назначен вместе с выдворением, и к штрафам по ряду «транспортных» составов
  • Confirm paymentОбращение с подтверждением уплаты штрафа (заявление об учёте платежа) · КоАП РФ ст. 32.2 ч. 5 (постановление направляется приставам только при отсутствии сведений об уплате в ГИС ГМП); ст. 31.9 (давность исполнения)

Where and how

  • Единый портал государственных и муниципальных услуг (Госуслуги, ЕПГУ — the unified state services portal)
  • Registered letter with delivery notice and inventory of enclosures (Почта России)
  • Ordinary (unregistered) post
  • In person at the registry of the authority or the court, against a dated receipt stamp
  • ГАС «Правосудие» (the state court information system) — filing documents with courts of general jurisdiction
  • Telephone — the number printed on the document

What makes it count

The complaint counts as filed in time if it is handed to a postal operator before 24:00 on the last day (КоАП РФ ст. 4.8 ч. 3) or given to the authority or court against a receipt mark. Electronic filing through ЕПГУ (Госуслуги) is allowed ONLY in cases where the offence was recorded by special technical devices working in automatic mode — that is, camera fines; for fines written up by a ГИБДД officer the complaint is filed on paper (КоАП РФ ст. 30.2). Ordinary e-mail does not count as filing. Keep the receipt, the form 107 inventory and the delivery notice until the case has been decided.

Common questions

When do the 30 discount days start — when I got the letter?

No. They start on the date the постановление was issued, not received. Camera fines often use up part of the 30 days before the letter is seen.

Is the discount still 50%?

No. Until 1 January 2025 it was 50% within 20 days. The current rule is 25% within 30 days from issue (КоАП РФ ст. 32.2 ч. 1.3), with exclusions for drunk driving, repeat offenses, causing injury and similar.

Does filing an appeal cost anything?

An appeal under КоАП РФ ст. 30.3 is free of state duty. Filing it postpones the постановление's entry into force.

What happens if the fine is simply not paid?

After 10 days it enters into force; 60 days later it goes to ФССП, and non-payment becomes a separate offense: a double fine (minimum 1,000 ₽), arrest up to 15 days, or up to 50 hours of compulsory work (КоАП РФ ст. 20.25 ч. 1).

Sources

Facts verified against the sources below on 28 August 2026.