Documents for receiving a car from the impound lot

When can the car be taken to the impound lot?

Often, owners do not understand why their car was taken by a tow truck. A car can be taken to a traffic police impound lot in 2021 for the following reasons:

• Incorrect parking or parking. Such “unauthorized” places include pedestrian crossings, through tunnels with a lot of traffic, tram tracks, public transport stops, playgrounds, and specialized drive-in pockets.
• Lack of a driver's license or documents that allow you to drive a car.
• Lack of an insurance policy, technical passport, registration certificate, waybills (for heavy trucks), and a license card for the cargo itself.
• The driver of a vehicle is intoxicated, especially when the drunk person may endanger others.
• Significant breakdowns in the vehicle that cannot be repaired on site, for example, faulty brakes, clutch, non-working lighting fixtures, broken mirrors.
• Violating traffic markings or driving through prohibitory signs.
• The driver’s refusal to undergo a medical examination to detect signs of drugs or alcohol.
• Detection of illegal items in a car, for example, unregistered gas equipment, drugs, a large shipment of foreign items without a license, etc.
• Applying logos or other marks to the car body part;
• Illegal installation of lighting or radio equipment.

Also, the car can be handed over to the traffic inspection parking lot if the owner’s body contains toxic or explosive substances without following the transportation rules and in the absence of the necessary documentation. In addition, property may be confiscated if the theft and illegal driving of the vehicle is confirmed.

Why does a car end up in an impound lot?

Most of the offenses committed by drivers on the road fall under the category of administrative and are punished according to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. As one of the measures to influence negligent vehicle owners, forced evacuation of the car to an impound lot is used.

The Code specifies the reasons why a car can be picked up by tow trucks:

• The citizen drove the vehicle without a driver's license, because was previously deprived of rights for a certain period by a court decision (Article 12.13);
• The car is in a faulty condition, and this malfunction can lead to a serious accident. For example, when there is a brake breakdown (Article 12.15);
• the driver did not comply with the parking rules (Article 12.19);
• the driver stopped the vehicle without a valid reason in a place not intended for stopping. For example, at a pedestrian crossing (Article 12.19);
• the driver drives a car while under the influence of alcohol or drugs (Articles 12.26, 12.28, 12.8);
• a citizen driving refuses a traffic police officer’s request to undergo an examination to identify traces of alcohol in the blood (Article 12.26);
• the presence of a proven fact of consumption of alcohol or drugs by the driver after the accident, but before the traffic police officer demanded to undergo an examination (Article 12.27);
• violation of the rules for transporting dangerous or large cargo (Article 27.13);
• carrying out transit transportation without having the appropriate permission (Articles 11.29, 11.26).

Car return algorithm

To return a towed car, you need to act strictly according to a specific algorithm. The issuance of movable property is possible by following these steps:

• take all the documentation and go to the traffic police department, whose employees issued a protocol for violation of rights;
• deposit money into the cashier to pay the fine and pick up a permit to legally leave the car from the parking lot;
• come to the penalty area, give a copy of the document received at the police station to the guards and leave by car.

Attention! In principle, it is enough to perform the above steps. However, in some situations, their list may be increased (for example, when leaving documents in the car).

How to find out where they were taken

When answering the question of what to do if your car is taken to an impound lot, you should first determine where it is located. You can find out using the mos.ru or Autocode websites. This can also be done by calling 02 or 112 or by sending an SMS to phone number 7377 EV<license number> TS. Alternatively, you can go in person to the nearest traffic service, request such information and receive assistance.

Required documents

To pick up the car, you must show documents. To obtain permission to remove your car from the traffic police site, you should go to the road service department and provide at the reception desk:

• Driver's license or relevant title documentation;
• OSAGO policy;
• Power of attorney with a notarized signature (if another person takes the car instead of the owner).

You may also need a Russian passport for issuance if errors are found in the documents and identity confirmation. OSAGO will only be required at the department.

How much to pay to get a vehicle

The first question, after the driver finds out that his vehicle has been towed, is how much it costs to pick up the car at the impound lot. In reality, you can pick it up for free, all necessary payments can be paid later:

• administrative fine for an offense committed. The car owner will actually have 70 days to transfer it to the budget. This is 10 days, which are given to appeal the decision and 60 days for the payment itself;
• cost of tow truck services. It is fixed, established by the resolutions of the Regional Energy Commission separately for each region, so it can differ significantly in Moscow and the neighboring Tver region. The price for transport removal does not depend on the time and length of the journey. The amount is paid within 30 days from the date of signing the vehicle acceptance certificate;
• services for storing a vehicle in a parking lot. It is also established by regional energy commissions, depends on the vehicle’s information, you will have to pay 4 times less for a motorcycle than for a truck, and it is established and calculated for each hour of storage of the car.

What fine you will have to pay if your car is taken to an impound lot depends on the type of offense. Its size has nothing to do with the evacuation procedure itself. The maximum amount will be 30 thousand rubles, which will have to be paid into the treasury if the car owner gets behind the wheel while drunk.

Will they give the car back if there is no insurance?

Some owners do not know the answer to the question of how to pick up a car from an impound lot without the owner and without insurance. It is important to remember that this is not prohibited by law. Traffic police inspectors often take advantage of this, trying to extract more money from an inexperienced driver through illegitimate actions. OSAGO is not an essential document, unlike a license with a registration certificate.

For this reason, this document is not required. This applies to both the owner and his authorized representative, who, according to a notary certificate, resolves all issues for him.

Advice! If the car owner does not have the opportunity to pick up his property from the impound lot, he can ask another person to do this. He will be able to do this legally, provided that he has an official power of attorney and a driver’s license in his hands.

Nuances

Sometimes the task of how much to pay for a car if it is taken to an impound lot becomes more complicated. This happens when the parking owner arbitrarily inflates the cost of his services. Since the procedure for evacuation and storage of vehicles as a measure to ensure proper driver behavior is carried out under a state order, tariffs for it are established by decisions of regional energy commissions (REC). Some owners of parking spaces, taking advantage of the ignorance of drivers, enter obviously inflated amounts on receipts. But now the vehicle can be picked up without payment, for which 30 days are given. After receiving the car, you can go to court to challenge the prices set by the parking attendant. In addition, this will become the basis for the traffic police to terminate the agreement with the specific owner of the parking lot.

Knowing the answer to the question of what to do if your car is taken to an impound lot will be useful in a situation where the amount of his expenses will depend on the speed of the driver’s reaction.

What to do if documents are left in the car

Often, the license remains in the evacuated vehicle, and therefore many drivers have the question of whether it is possible to pick up the car from the impound lot without insurance and documents. In this case, after the owner determines the location of his property, he needs to immediately go to the parking lot. There, the inspector draws up a report on the opening and removal of objects from the car. Then you can go to the department, pay the fine and return to the parking lot with permission to remove the car. The peculiarity of the procedure is its duration, since, as a rule, both places are far from each other.

Who has the right to take

According to current legislation, a car can be issued to any person who has the right to drive this object. This may not only be the owner of the car. It is worth noting that the collecting person must have the following documents:

• MTPL policy, which contains its information;
• vehicle certificate;
• a driver's license of a certain category;
• car keys.

This list is required for issuing a car from an impound lot in any subject of the country, since it is officially established in the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO).

How much will you have to pay

All drivers who are faced with the towing of their vehicle, the first thing they want to do is find out how much it costs to pick up the car from the impound lot. Currently, compared to last year, the cost of tow truck services and finding vehicles at the traffic police has not changed. As a rule, you will need to pay an average of 4,500 rubles for transportation and parking (after three days, payment for each day is 500-3,000 rubles), as well as 1,500 for the fact of violating traffic rules. Depending on the region and the severity of the situation, the price may vary.

Cost of tow truck services

A tow truck costs an average of 1,300 rubles. In some regions, his services are valued at 2500. Loading and transporting a car to the traffic police parking lot costs 2000 rubles.

Parking

The cost of being on the highway patrol site varies depending on the region. The table below provides current information for 2021 for Moscow.

How to pick up a car from an impound lot?

In order to return your car from the impound lot, you need to take several simple but time-consuming steps.
At the same time, the number of steps required to return a car may be more or less - it all depends on the specific situation. The general list of actions involves:

1. Obtaining information about the location of the vehicle.
2. Receiving a copy of the protocol on bringing to administrative responsibility.
3. Payment of the penalty.
4. Obtaining special permission.
5. Arrival at the impound lot and receiving the car back for use.

How to find out where the car is?

Leaving a shopping center or cafe and not finding a parked car in place, it immediately becomes clear that it has been evacuated.
But where was he evacuated? This is an issue that needs to be resolved. There are several ways to obtain this information:

• visit the nearest traffic police department in person;
• contact the police by phone (numbers: 112, 02, 102);
• check on the official website parking.mos.ru (for residents of Moscow);
• contact the single contact center by phone +7 (495) 539-54-54 (for Moscow).

Still, the surest way would be to call the police on a simple phone number, where everyone will be provided with information about the location of the car that was evacuated.

It is possible that if you live in Moscow or are passing through it, it is much easier to use the Internet service and find your car, but alas, this service is not implemented in all Russian cities where tow trucks operate.

How to get permission?

The procedure for obtaining a permit is established by the constituent entities of the Russian Federation independently and may vary. There is no unified legislative regulation of the issue of the return of evacuated vehicles.

Let's consider the procedure for obtaining a permit using the example of the legislation of the city of Moscow.

Municipal legislative sources are:

1. Moscow Law No. 42 “On the procedure for moving vehicles to a specialized parking lot, storing them, paying the costs of moving and storing, returning vehicles in the city of Moscow,” which was adopted on June 11, 2012.2. Decree of the Moscow Government N 216-PP “On measures to implement Moscow City Law No. 42 of July 11, 2012, which was adopted on April 9, 2013.

Based on this legislation, you can obtain the necessary permission from the division of the Moscow Administrative Road Inspectorate.

This requires:

• driver's license;
• certificate of registration issued by the traffic police department;
• OSAGO insurance policy (not required when registering evacuation actions by a MADI employee).

What to do when the car is taken away along with the documents?

If any or all of the necessary documents are left in the car, you must visit the impound area.
There, after filling out the autopsy report, pick them up and get permission. List of MADI departments where it is possible to obtain permission:

1. st. 1905 Goda, no. 25 (working hours from 8:00 to 20:00).
2. st. Yuzhnoportovaya, ow. 37 (reception is available 24 hours a day).
3. st. Saraya Basmannaya, 20, building 1 (working hours from 8:00 to 20:00).
4. Entuziastov Ave., ow. 3 (reception available 24 hours a day).

Required documents

The list of documents required to obtain a permit may also differ depending on the region.

The general list includes:

• driver's license;
• receipt of payment of the fine;
• vehicle registration certificate;
• copy of the protocol.

How much does this procedure cost?

The cost of the evacuation procedure consists of several parts. Moreover, in order to pick up the vehicle, you must pay for all of them.

And consists of:

• fine for traffic violation;
• expenses associated with evacuation work;
• expenses associated with storing vehicles at the impound area.

Can I pick up the car for free?

You cannot pick up a car that is in the impound lot for free. Since the basis for its evacuation was the commission of an administrative offense, the fine for it, as well as the costs incurred in connection with the movement of the car, are assigned by law to the offender.

Is it possible to pick up a car without the owner?

A car that is used by third parties on the basis of a power of attorney from the owner can be obtained without the owner. To do this, the list of required documents must be accompanied by documents confirming the legality of the use of the vehicle by this person.

What will happen to the car if it is not taken from the impound lot?

If the owner of the car does not pick up his vehicle from the impound lot for a long time, the court will be obliged to reimburse the costs for storage.
The procedure is simple - the management of the impound lot will file a claim for reimbursement of expenses incurred. In this way, expenses associated with carrying out evacuation work may be recovered. In case of non-execution of the court decision, the claimants will turn to the bailiffs. Next, the procedure for forced debt collection will be launched.

Procedure in case of vehicle damage during evacuation

Often, after the evacuation of movable property, the owner notices scratches or dents on the car. But when he sends a complaint to the traffic police, they refuse to consider this issue. The same thing happens in an insurance company.

Therefore, you should remember a certain procedure in case of damage to a car during evacuation:

• Conduct an independent examination and take a copy of the document along with the complaint to the evacuation service;
• If the organization refuses consideration, you must submit an application to the administrative court.

At the meeting, the evacuation service returns the money in full not only for repairing the property, but also for moral damage. If you lose in court, you can challenge the decision or file an appeal.

In general, picking up a car from an impound lot under the new rules is not difficult. To do this, the owner should call the traffic police department, give the vehicle details and go to the specified address. To get transport, you need to confirm your rights to the property, as well as pay for the services of a tow truck and keeping the car in the parking lot.

If you don’t pick up the car from the impound lot at all

The maximum amount for storing a car is 116,000 rubles . This rule was introduced back in 2008.

If the owner has not made any attempts to rescue the car for a long time, it may be sold to pay off the debt due to the impound parking.

If the driver shows up and wants to pick up the vehicle, but cannot pay the full amount at once, he needs to visit the city towing service and write a statement about his desire to pay the amount in installments. The evacuation service may either agree or refuse the request. In order to increase the likelihood of approval of the application, it is necessary to attach certificates confirming the citizen’s insolvency. This could be: a certificate from the place of employment indicating the amount of earnings; certificates from banking institutions confirming the citizen’s credit obligations; certificates indicating the presence of alimony obligations; a certificate from the employment center confirming the status of unemployed, etc. Then you should wait for a response from the evacuation service, which draws conclusions about the possibility of a lump sum payment of the debt. If for some reason your car ends up in a parking lot, then it is worth remembering the following nuances:

1. The driver must visit the traffic police department to obtain permission to issue the car.
2. If the traffic police show you unpaid fines, pay them off quickly.
3. If the owner of the car cannot personally pick up his car (is in the hospital, under the influence of alcohol), then this can be done by another person specified in the insurance policy.
4. You need to pick up your car from the parking lot as quickly as possible. Every day of downtime costs approximately 1000 rubles .
5. The car can be picked up at any time.
6. If your insurance has long expired, you will have to use a tow truck. If it has recently expired, you can pick up the car without any problems.
7. You can pay the amount for storage and evacuation within two months from the date of the administrative decision. It is allowed to pick up the vehicle after the reasons for the detention have been eliminated.
8. If the car was towed during an accident, the owner does not have to pay for a parking space.
9. If the car is sent to the impound lot due to overload. You will have to obtain special permission to overload. This procedure takes a long time.
10. It is strongly not recommended to take a car from a parking lot without authorization. This action may result in criminal prosecution.
11. If the owner of the car has died, and the insurance does not indicate a trusted person, you can pick up the car only after entering into an inheritance and re-registration of all documents for the car.
12. The car will not be taken from the impound lot for a long time - it will be sold, and the proceeds will be used to pay off the debt before the parking lot.
13. The amount of the maximum debt before impound parking cannot exceed 116 thousand rubles ; 1 hour of car storage costs approximately 50-80 rubles , depending on the city.