Cheap Impounded Car Insurance- which one is the cheapest?

Short-term cheap impounded car insurance is a specialist insurance policy designed for drivers whose cars have been impounded by the police as they were suspected of driving without insurance. They are generally available for 30 days.

How can you insure your impounded car temporarily?

Just contact Release my vehicle and you can talk to an experienced and friendly team who can search for a cheap impounded car insurance policy for you and provide you advice on how to release your car quickly.

There are two basic ways of getting insurance to release an cheap impounded car insurance. You can purchase a specialist short-term cheap impounded car insurance policy or get someone else to insure which is one of the cheapest and the best ones for you depending on your circumstances including your driving experience, where you drive, age, and whether you want to keep the car or not.

Getting a short-term insurance policy

This will be a much cheaper option depending on your circumstances. The minimum that the authorities will allow is an insurance policy that provides cover for 30 days, this means that standard short-term insurance policies which generally run from 1 to 18 days may not be accepted by the police pound and you can likely arrange one of the above.

Another advantage of this is that you will be able to talk to a highly professional insurance provider who can help you ensure you get the ideal policy and who can provide you with any more information that you require on how to release your car.

How long it will take to get a policy?

Once you have accepted a quote and paid for it, it will take half an hour to 1 hour for the policy to establish. You are then sent a link to your policy by mail. You can then be covered from that point onwards.

Can you collect your car the same day you bought a policy?

You could go to release straight it away if the police pound was still open, given that you had the rest of the documentation. Take your mobile with you when you go to release the car and show the staff the link given by the insurance provider to your policy. This way they can check that it is real and they will probably insist on it as it is so easy to forge a print of a downloadable insurance policy.

• Policies are third-party only and last for just 30 days
• Only the registered owner of the car can be insured
• Normally, the policies differ from one insurance provider to another but generally, you would have to be over 21 and hold a license to drive the vehicle you wish to recover.

When you collect the vehicle, you will have someone with you who is a complete license holder, and who is over 30 or who has a minimum of 5 years of driving experience. You will have to drive home yourself and the vehicle should display L plates. If you don’t have any you may well be able to purchase some from the police pound but best call them to ensure- you will not be allowed to drive the car without them.

Getting someone else to insure the car

Just about every insurance policy permits the policyholder to drive any car not belonging to that person particularly excludes using it to recover an impounded car. It means that the person who is to get it out of the police pound has to have a policy for that specific car.

Whilst it is highly possible to insure a car that does not belong to you it is really expensive; a ballpark figure could be as as expensive the usual premium. In addition, short-term impounded car insurance is only available for registered owners. It would be important therefore for whoever insurance providers it to actually own the impounded car. It means that you would have to sell the car to this person and it would have to be an authentic sale too.

How quickly do you need to claim your impounded car?

It is important that you go to the police pound to release your car within 7 working days. If you are unable to do so, then after 14 days it is highly likely that it be throw away or sold at auction, possibly with any property that is in it. If you fail to attend the pound. Maybe because you are not in the country or have other commitments, you should contact the police pound quickly to let them know.

What documents do you need to take to the police pound?

You will have to generate:

You should have received an impound notice, either from the police officer who impounded the car or by post. This provides general guidance about how to recover your car. And you must include it with the documentation you take with you.

You will have to produce proof of ownership. You will have to generate proof that you do in fact own the car. This will generally mean producing V5C together with a photo ID to prove your ids. Such as your driving license or passport and documents confirming your address.

A driving license with an address written on it. And a recent utility bill must suffice. But if you have an old paper license you must take along a passport. It would be important for your address to match the address on the document. Student ID will not be accept.

If you have only just purchased the car. You would need to generate a fully completed new keeper supplement and a bill of sale from the prior keeper. The pound staff may wish to contact this last keeper for confirmation of the sale. If you fail to do so they may decline to release the car. Remember, the responsibility is on you to prove your right to take the car away.

A driving license should also be produced. If you are a learner driver, you will need a qualified driver above 21. Who has held a full driving license for a minimum of three years to accompany. They will have to ensure that the car shows L plates to the front and rear.

 You need to produce Proof of insurance or a copy of it on your mobile if you purchased it online. You perhaps asked to show the mail from the company you purchased it from. With a link to the policy documents. Short-term insurance policies (less than 30 days) will not be accept.

What will be the cost to release an impounded car?

There is a fee for collecting and impounding your vehicle. If the car was so much damaged as to be tough to pick up, or left in an unaccessible condition. This could get even more expensive. If the car is indeed damage you would likely not be able to drive it away. But would have to contact an insurance provider.

Please note that the exact process of getting impound car insurance to release your impound car may differ slightly from one authority to another. So there may be little variations to take into account.

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