Before you find out if the car was taken to the impoundment parking lot, it is important to decide in what cases it is possible in general. The most common reason for evacuating a passenger car is improper parking. Incorrect parking of cars is considered when cars are located:

• at a public transport stop or at a distance of 15 meters from it;
• in the places where the tram passes;
• in a tunnel or on the roadway if the car interferes with the movement of other vehicles.

Also, a passenger car is evacuated if it is parked at a pedestrian crossing or at a distance of less than 15 meters from it. It will not hurt to check the evacuation of the car by number online after you have left the car on the lawn, sidewalk or special parking lot, as well as in other places if parking is prohibited there.

The car will turn out to be in the parking lot and if the driver did not have the documents for the vehicle and the right to drive it with him. Or if the condition of the car does not allow it to be used safely for all road users. The driver will find his car in the car park even if he refuses a medical examination or is drunk while driving.

How to find out that a car was fined and taken to a parking lot

If you came to the place where you left your car, and it was not there, a logical question will arise: how to find out if the car was taken to the car parking lot? This can be done in several ways. The first method, how to check whether the car was taken to the parking lot, is to call the police from the city phone number 02 and ask them whether they took the car to the parking lot or not.

To call the police in order to find out about the evacuation of vehicles by number, you can also use other numbers that depend on the mobile operator. How to find out if the car was taken to the parking lot by "Beeline"? Call 002. Checking the evacuation of the car by number 020 is carried out from "MTS", "Megafon", "Tele2".

In addition, you can check the evacuation of the car by number online on the website of the online service for checking the history of vehicles on the territory of the Russian Federation "AutoHistory". To determine whether the car was taken or not, it is enough to enter its VIN-code or state number. After that, you will receive all the information about the car and you can then buy the report. With the help of the AutoHistory service, you will not only check whether you have taken the car to the parking lot or not, but also find out other information about the car: mileage, data on accidents, arrests, fines, etc.

How to find out where the car is

You can also check the location of the car with the police when they confirm the evacuation. To do this, you will need to name the license plate of the vehicle, its model and the street where you last saw it. They will tell you how the transport was taken, for what reason, where it is located.

If you were informed that your car was not noticed in the parking lot, do not rush to sound the alarm and write a statement about the theft. Perhaps the information about the evacuation of your car has not yet arrived. In this case, you should just wait a few hours and check the car again.

If you are in Moscow, then there is another way to determine whether your vehicle was taken for any violation or not. This can be done by calling the online number on the official website of the Mayor of Moscow or by calling the Unified Dispatch Service of the city. A similar service operates in St. Petersburg, where you will also find out if the car was taken to the parking lot.

What papers do you need to take with you?

If this nevertheless happened and you found out how the transport was taken for a violation, then you should prepare all the necessary documents in order to return it. To pick up the car if you are the owner, take with you:

• passport or other identity;
• a document confirming that you are the legal owner of the car;
• a copy of the protocol that they took your car for such and such a reason, with the signature of an official.

You will also need two receipts to pick up your car. The first is for moving the car from the place where you left it to the parking lot. The second is for keeping it there. Moreover, the longer the car is in the parking lot, the more you will have to pay. On some of them, the cost is charged per hour, on others - per day. Therefore, immediately after the vehicle evacuation check is completed, prepare the documents as soon as possible and go to the parking lot.

If you are the owner of the car, but you cannot pick it up personally, and you have an authorized person with the right to drive a car who is ready to pick up the vehicle for you, he will also need other documents. Before picking up the vehicle, he must prepare, in addition to the listed papers, also:

• driver's license or waybill for legal entities;
• a document confirming the registration of the car;
• CTP policy.

What to do if the papers are left in the salon

If even before checking the information, you realize that you have forgotten the documents in the car, proceed as follows. Go to the parking lot and contact its staff. Tell us how you want to pick up the vehicle, introduce yourself, describe the situation. It should be noted that only its owner or a trusted person with a driving license and an MTPL policy can pick up the evacuated car.

Before you can pick up the transport, you will have to issue an act of opening it. After that, the seals will be removed from the car in front of you, you can get inside and take out the documents. After picking them up, the employees of the parking lot will re-seal the vehicle. But you can get a copy of the protocol and permission to return the car. You will then be able to return it almost immediately after you have paid the corresponding receipts.

How to get permission to issue a vehicle

If you have already checked the evacuation of the vehicle by number, found out the address of the parking lot to which it was taken, by phone number or online, then the next step is to obtain permission to issue the car to the legal owner or his representative. To get it issued to you, contact the traffic police department whose employees detained the vehicle. You can call one of the hotline numbers and inquire about it there. Before that, check the documents of the car: have you prepared everything from the list.

When you prove that you own the car, you will be given a permit. With it and other documents, go to the parking lot, where you will be given receipts, according to which you will need to pay all the costs of transportation and storage of the car. After payment, you can pick up your vehicle.