confiscation of vehicles (2023)

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• You can request that someone else pick up your vehicle by completing the "Delivery of Motor Vehicle to Authorized Third Party" form. This form would have been sent to the registered operator of the vehicle within the first week after the seizure.

  In the form “Delivery of Motor Vehicle to Authorized Third Party” you must indicate the person chosen to pick up the vehicle. You and the person you chose to pick up the vehicle must sign the form.

  If you need another copy of the form from an authorized third party, you can request it by sending an emailincautación.support@police.vic.gov.auyour application with your 100 points of identification (see identification section below for more information) and include your vehicle registration or vehicle reference number. Your hoon reference number starts with the letter H and is located in the upper right hand corner of your notice of impoundment.

  When the person you chose to pick up your vehicle comes to pick you up, make sure they bring the following:

  • the signed form "Delivery of a motor vehicle to an authorized third party"
  • your driver's license and/or other documentation that constitutes 100 points of identification (see identification section below for more information)

  Your impound form will state your vehicle's impound storage location. This is where you will need to pick up your vehicle. You can find the contact details of the seizure location where your car is stored in ourVehicle pick-up location page.

  If you do not collect your vehicle within 3 days of becoming eligible for delivery, it may be transferred to the Metropolitan Depot at 55 Raglan Street, Preston.

• For 100 ID points, we need you to provide one of the following licenses so that we can verify your name.

  These licenses include:

  • your current license
  • your expired license (must not have expired for more than two years)

• For 70 ID points, we need you to provide one of the following so we can verify your name.

  These items include:

  • your full birth certificate
  • your name change certificate
  • your certificate of citizenship
  • your current passport (must not have been canceled and must not have expired more than two years ago)
  • an identity document with the same characteristics as a passport (including some diplomatic documents and some documents issued for refugees)

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• For 40 ID points, we need you to provide one of the following so we can verify your name.

  These items include:

  • your international driver's license, weapons license or boat license from any state
  • your identification card that was issued to you as a public service employee
  • your identification card issued to you as a student at an institution of higher education
  • your identification card that was issued to you by the Commonwealth or a state or territory as evidence of your entitlement to a financial benefit
  • your proof of age card, key pass or verification card for working with children
  • your license or passport expired more than two years ago (including perforated licenses/passports)

• For 35 ID points, we need you to provide one of the following so that we can verify your name and address.

  These items include:

  • Registry records in your name
  • a mortgage document in your name
  • a report on your behalf from the Australian Credit Reference Association (subject to the Privacy Act 1988)

• For 25 ID points, we need you to provide one of the following so that we can verify your name, address, and date of birth.

  Secondary identification documents that can verify your name include:

  • your marriage certificate (for your maiden name only)
  • your utility records (such as gas/electric/telephone/internet bills or records)
  • your credit card statement (such as visa, mastercard, etc.)
  • your Medicare card or health card
  • your bank card (you can provide multiple bank cards if they are from different banks)

  Items that may verify your name and address include:

  • a document showing your name on the electoral register compiled by the Australian Election Commission
  • your utility records (such as gas/electric/telephone/internet bills or records)
  • a copy of your lease or lease agreement
  • the records of a financial institution of which you are a known customer

  Items that can verify your name and date of birth include:

  • records of a professional or trade association of which you are a member (such as a club, school, union, etc.) that include your name and address
  • records from a primary, secondary, or tertiary educational institution you attended within the past 10 years, including your name and address

• If you are picking up your vehicle in Greater Melbourne, payment must be made via:

  • eftpos
  • bank check or money order payable to Victoria Police

  We do not accept cash.

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  If your motor vehicle is late for collection there will be additional storage costs added to your payment amount. These additional costs are $13.50 per day after the vehicle's eligible release date.

• If you are picking up your vehicle at a regional collection location, contact the contractor where your motor vehicle is stored. The contractor will be able to tell you the amount of your payment and the payment methods it accepts.

  Contact details for our regional collection locations can be found on ourvehicle pickup locations page.

Collection of vehicles not registered in your name

• If a motor vehicle has been impounded and registered in a company name, we can only release the vehicle and/or property to the director of the company.

  The company director must provide a copy of the company's current Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) filing to prove that he is the company director. If the principal cannot attend to pick up the vehicle, you can use the Third Party Authority form to allow someone else to pick up the vehicle; however, you will still need to provide the current ASIC company statement.

• If you claim to own a impounded motor vehicle but it is not registered in your name, you will need to send an email toincautación.support@police.vic.gov.auyour documents proving ownership. This email must include the reference number of your impounded vehicle.

  To claim a seized motor vehicle that is not registered in your name, you must provide all of the following proof of ownership documents:

  • Your signed copy of the VicRoads Registration Transfer Application
  • your vehicle sales receipt
  • 100 ID points (see ID section above for more info)

• If your vehicle was impounded and unregistered, you will need to arrange for a tow truck, tow or provide a copy of your unregistered license to pay for and collect the vehicle.

  If you received a defect notice during the vehicle impound period, you must follow the "conditions of use" listed on the defect when picking up the vehicle.

  These “terms of use” may include:

  • a severe ground fault (vehicle needs to be prepared for pickup by a tow truck or trailer)
  • a minor defect (you must follow the "terms of use" in the defect notice)

  If your vehicle has a severe ground fault, we will not accept an unregistered license from VicRoads when you pick up your vehicle. It is necessary to provide a tow truck or trailer to remove the vehicle.

• It is necessary to make an appointment to collect personal objects from inside the vehicle or vehicle. You don't need an appointment to pick up the vehicle itself.

  If your vehicle is at 55 Raglan Street Preston, you can make an appointment by calling(03) 8480 1600.

  Appointments are available between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm, Tuesday through Thursday.

• You must make an appointment to collect property from a regional seizure location. You can call the regional depot where your vehicle is stored to arrange a pick-up time.

  Contact details for our regional collection locations can be found on ourvehicle pickup locations page.

deliver your vehicle

• If you have been issued a "Return Notice" by a Victoria Police Officer and you are unable to return your motor vehicle at the specified date and time, please contact the Victoria Police Officer who issued the notice. The police officer's details can be found on your copy of the delivery notice.

• If you have to surrender your motor vehicle based on a court order from a magistrate, you must do so on the date and time specified in the court order.

• If your impounded motor vehicle is still not collected after the release date, you will receive a "Notice of Intent to Consider an Abandoned Motor Vehicle".

  You will have an additional 30 or 14 days (depending on when the notice was issued - see new legislation above) from the date of the notice to collect your motor vehicle from the impound location.

  If you do not pick up your vehicle before office hours on the final collection date, the vehicle will become the property of the State Government (lease on crown). From this date you will no longer be able to pick up your vehicle.

• No.

  So that your vehicle is not considered "abandoned", it must be collected by the last day of the "Notice of Intent to Consider Abandoned Vehicle".

  You will have an additional 30 or 14 days (depending on when the notice was issued - see new legislation above) from the date of the notice to collect your motor vehicle from the impound location.

  You can request that someone pick up the vehicle on your behalf using the "Delivery of Motor Vehicle to Authorized Third Party" form. This form would have been sent to the registered operator of the vehicle within the first week after the seizure.

• If you choose to abandon your motor vehicle, it will become the property of the State Government (crown vest) and will be disposed of.

• You will not be required to pay for a motor vehicle left at an impound location. However, when the driver of the vehicle goes to court for the alleged offense which led to the vehicle being impounded, Victoria Police may pursue the driver in court to pay the costs of the impoundment.

• No.

  You only have an additional 30 or 14 days (depending on when the notice is issued – see the new legislation above) from the date of the notice to pick up your vehicle at the seizure location.

  If you do not pick up your vehicle before business hours on the end date, the vehicle will become the property of the State Government (resides in the crown). From this date you will no longer be able to pick up your vehicle.

• A vehicle that 'lives in the crown' becomes the property of the State Government. It will be sold at public auction or crushed.

  Victoria Police do not release information about where vehicles are sold or destroyed to any party.

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• If you have received a "Proceeds of Sale Disbursement Letter", this means that your vehicle has been sold at public auction and the funds have yet to be paid to you.

  In order to receive the funds, you will need to send an email within 14 days of the date of the letter toincautación.support@police.vic.gov.auand quote reference number H on the letter. You will also have to put in the email:

  • Your full name
  • your direction
  • your bank details
  • a copy of your current Victorian driver's license or other form of photo identification

  Once we receive this email, Victoria Police will pay you the remaining funds. Please note that this may take 4-6 weeks.

• The motor vehicle is available for collection for up to 30 or 14 days (depending on the date of issue of the notice - see new legislation above) from the date indicated in the “Notice of Intent to Consider Abandoned Motor Vehicle”.

  The vehicle can only be delivered to the registered operator. The registered operator is the person to whom the vehicle is registered under VicRoads.

  In order for a "subject" or third party to pick up the vehicle, you need the registered operator to sign a Third Party Authorization form. Alternatively, a court order may also allow them to collect the vehicle.

• Victoria Police may apply to a court to impound, immobilize or impound a motor vehicle based on the driver's previous history of arrestable offences. If they do, they will send a Notice of Request for a Seizure Order or an Immobilization/Expiry Order.

  Consult the headings below to determine the situation on which the Notice of Order of Seizure or Order of Immobilization/Forfeiture is based.

  Result of your traffic violation history

  You are receiving a "Notice of Request for Impoundment or Impoundment/Loss Order" because records show that you have a history of moving violations that qualify for an impound, immobilize, or impound order on your motor vehicle.

  Result of a recent incident

  You are receiving a "Notice of Request for Seizure or Impoundment/Loss Order" because your vehicle or the vehicle you were driving was previously intercepted.

  As a result, the Vitória Police are legally requesting the apprehension, seizure or immobilization of said vehicle. The notice is a legal document pertaining to this application that is scheduled to be heard in court. It stipulates the date of the trial hearing and the place where the matter will be heard. The Magistrate will decide whether the motor vehicle is impounded, confiscated or immobilized.

  If you receive this notice, you must not sell, transfer or dispose of your interest in the motor vehicle until the matter is finalized in court. To support this, a lock was placed on the motor vehicle to prevent transfer of ownership through VicRoads or other road corporations.

  If you are the registered operator of the vehicle but do not have a prior history of arrestable offences, the claim will therefore be a result of the driver's prior driving history.

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contact us

Vehicle Seizure Support Unit (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, except holidays) 55 Raglan Street, Preston, VIC 3072