Impounded Car Insurance can assist you in the release of an impounded car.
When you produce your car documentation to the impound, you will be required to produce insurance documentation valid for a minimum of 30 days.
Not all policies are acceptable, as some standard insurance policies specifically exclude use for releasing cars from impounds.
This policy is specifically designed for that purpose. It's a 30 day policy for Impounded Car Insurance.
The cover level is for Third Party Only. If you have been served with a Section 165A seizure notice by the Police for not having motor insurance on a car, this policy will give you suffcient insurance documentation to recover the car.
The Impounded Car Insurance policy offers you a solution to retrieving a car from a police compound providing immediate 30 day third party insurance cover for 1 driver aged between 21 - 75 with a full UK, EU, EEA or Swiss driving licence for 12 months or more.
Under section 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988, the Police have the power to seize any vehicle that is being driven without a valid insurance policy or where the driver does not hold a valid driving licence.
If the driver has committed the offence or the Police are unable to establish insurance cover being in place at the roadside, the car will be seized and taken to the impound, where you will be charged a release fee plus a daily storage charges until the vehicle is collected.
There is a strict time limit of 14 days as explained in the S.165 notice that will be handed to you at the roadside. After this date there is a risk that your vehicle will be crushed. With the insure4aday impounded vehicle insurance we deliver your certificate of insurance by secure email as soon as your payment has been received.
You cannot use an insurance policy issued for one day in order to secure the release of a car collect from the a police compound. To release the vehicle the legal owner will need a special impounded vehicle insurance policy that is valid for at least 30 days. At insure4aday.co.uk we can provide cover for the legal owner for a 30 day short-term impounded motor insurance policy by clicking on 'Start Quick Quote' buttons on this page
It is not possible to have an extra named driver added to our impounded motor insurance policy.
Now with more than 10 years experience in providing temporary car insurance at the click of a button, you are now able to buy 30 day insurance cover online for the release of an impounded vehicle. You must be able to meet the strict acceptance criteria before buying our thirty day impounded vehicle insurance cover. We only deal with one insurance company for this product and are therefore unable to make a fair analysis of the market. You should decide for yourself whether or not the policy is suitable for your needs.
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