Plain-English guides to what happens after the police seize a car, from the team that arranges impound insurance every day. Each one is sourced to the regulations and reviewed by a Dash director. Start with the one that matches where you are.
The whole process from roadside to release: the seven-working-day deadline, the removal and storage charges, what to bring, and why ordinary insurance is turned away at the gate.
Read the guideYour paperworkThe form the officer handed you, line by line: the power the car was seized under, the reference number, where it is being held, and what the deadline on it actually means.
Read the guideBefore you set offThe checklist compounds work from, the insurance certificate they will and will not accept, and the awkward cases: a car you have just bought, a provisional or non-UK licence, someone else collecting.
Read the guideNo insuranceThe penalty and the seizure are two separate things. What the fixed penalty and points mean, the timeline for the car, and how to solve the insurance problem that got it seized.
Read the guideLooking for a quick answer instead?
Short answers to the questions we are asked most, from who can be insured to how fast the certificate arrives.
Dash arranges the 30-day impound policy the compound needs. Quote online in about three minutes, price shown before you pay, certificate by email straight after.
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