F305
Published 5 November 2026, 06:07
F305 — Apresentação de Defesa (ANSR form: defence against a traffic fine)
A ready-made form for a written defence against a notice of offence. The deadline is 15 working days from the day the notice is served. It must be written in Portuguese and include the notice number (nine digits in the top right corner of the notice), your name, an account of what happened, your grounds and your request, and your signature. You do not need a lawyer, either at this stage or later in court.
Where you come across it. You disagree with a fine for speeding, parking or another traffic offence.
There will be no separate hearing: everything you want to say must be put in writing at once. If you name witnesses, ANSR will tell you when and where they will be heard, but getting them there is up to you. The rules set no deadline for dealing with the defence: the decision in the case itself serves as the answer. And the defence goes not to whoever issued the notice but to whoever makes the decision: for minor parking offences, that is the office named in the notice, not ANSR.
Official website: ansr.pt/contraordenacoes/formularios