Cases when a car is accidentally put on the wanted list are not uncommon. But most often this happens after leaving the scene of an accident. How to behave if the car is on the wanted list?

Leaving the scene of an accident

Imagine the situation: you were driving away from a hypermarket at night and accidentally hit a car parked nearby in the parking lot. After a quick visual inspection, you did not notice any damage to either your car or the car next door.

What do people do in most of these cases? Of course, they leave the scene of a “minor” accident and forget about it as soon as possible. But then, passing by the next traffic police post, an employee stops you and, after checking the documents, informs you that your car is wanted. How can this be? Everything is extremely simple. Even the slightest collision or lapping leaves a mark on paintwork car and, if you did not see it at night, in a state of stress, when you decided to leave the scene of the accident or not, then the vigilant driver of a parked car may have sharper vision and see the damage, after which he will have every right to contact the police. Thus, after the “injured party” writes a statement to the police, you will become an unidentified person who left the scene of an accident. After the statement about the accident came to the disposal of the operational staff, they establish the culprit of the incident. The legal action of the traffic police inspectors in this situation is to put the car on the wanted list.

And now, we are returning to the moment when the inspection officer has already stopped you and told you the bad news. A further procedure may be to arrest the car and send it to a special parking lot until the restrictions are lifted and you are sanctioned. Alternatively, the employee may ask you to drive to the nearest traffic police station and draw up a vehicle inspection report. The second option is, of course, more promising for you, but you must be prepared for anything.

According to paragraph 2 of article 12.27 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation:
“Abandonment by the driver in violation of the Rules traffic the scene of a traffic accident, in which he was a participant, entails the deprivation of the right to drive vehicles for a term of one to one and a half years or administrative arrest for a term of up to fifteen days.

What to do in such a situation?

After you have made even a small collision, it is best to wait for the owner of the affected car, or at least leave your phone by the car. We also recommend that you take pictures of the site of possible damage and the collision itself before leaving the scene of the accident. Further, depending on the “adequacy” of the second side, you will either peacefully resolve the conflict and sleep peacefully, or contact the traffic police department together to draw up a protocol.

If you nevertheless left the scene of the accident and parked your car without risking driving it, you can check whether the vehicle is wanted on the traffic police website, or by sending an official request to bailiffs or to the traffic inspectorate itself.

What to do if you did not commit illegal acts, but your car is still on the wanted list?

In such a situation, there may be one reason. If an accident has occurred and your car fits the description of the one that really left the scene, the traffic police can put it on the wanted list for “reinsurance”.

That is, if your car looks like the one that left the scene of the accident, it may be wanted. Especially it concerns rare cars, of which there are only a few pieces in a particular region. Do not panic in this situation. You need to find out with hotline which department of the traffic police seized your vehicle and go there if you are not in a hurry to notify about it. Most likely, the employees will inspect your car and, not finding any damage, draw up an inspection report and remove the vehicle from the wanted list.

The Internet also describes cases when the inspector calls the owner of the car on the phone and reports that his car is on the wanted list. In no case should you come to the traffic police after the call of the inspector, this can be regarded as a confession.

If the traffic police ask you to bring the car for inspection in order to remove suspicion from you and remove the car from the wanted list, you should visit this institution only if you have irrefutable evidence that you did not commit illegal acts. It is better to send another person to the traffic police on your car. You can ask a friend, brother or any other relative to perform this procedure for you and refer to the fact that you cannot do this for one reason or another (vacation, illness, and so on). Your authorized representative does not risk losing his rights or falling under administrative arrest, unlike you.

Remember that there is always a chance that your car will be wanted, even if you did not do anything illegal and did not leave the scene of an accident. But now you know what to do if such a situation arises. If your problem is beyond the scope of the described article, we recommend that you contact professional auto lawyers for help in solving it.

18.07.2017

There are more than a dozen reasons for declaring a car wanted: theft, use in criminal schemes, participation in an accident in which the driver fled the scene, etc. Quite often, a car is put on the wanted list even after a small accident. Suppose the participants in the accident received minor damage and agreed to solve the problem without the intervention of the traffic police and the insurance company. But one of the parties still decides to stay and calls the traffic police without informing the other side. Now suppose that the other side is you. How do you know if your car is on the wanted list?

We check the car for search

Here's the easiest way to check if your car is wanted:

· by VIN -code and state. car number through specialized sites- for example, using the Internet service "Autoreport";

· upon request to the bailiff service executing the court decision;

· directly at the traffic police department or on the website of the traffic police department.

Unfortunately, there are also scams with declaring the car wanted, in which dishonest employees of authorized bodies may participate. For example, such.

Call from traffic police

The traffic police inspector calls you and offers to come to the department.To your excited questions about the reasons for the visit, the inspector explains: they say, you made an accident in the absence of the owner of the car - for example, you hit someone else's car in a parking lot or on the side of the street - and fled the scene without waiting for the owner of the injured vehicle, police officers and insurance company. ..

If you are nothingdid not commit, you can’t go to the traffic police department. Moreover, under no circumstances should any protocols be signed. The signed report on the accident will be considered a surrender, the case will be taken to court, which - you can rest assured! - obliges you to pay the plaintiff for damages that you never caused.

How to proceedif you received such a call and know that you are not to blame?

Firstly,by the VIN code of the vehicle, through a specialized website, find out if your car is really wanted.

Secondly,collect evidence of your innocence. For example, a video recorder or any other confirmation that you were in a different place at the specified time.
Note to car owners: after 3 months after car accident automatically removed from the search base. But if the car is seized or is wanted as stolen, the vehicle will be listed there until official disposal.

Of the 100 wanted cars in the country, the police find only 7-10 - the rest are resold by scammers. To check a car for search before buying, use the Autocode service online!

What does a search for a car give?

With Autocode you will receive first brief description auto, and then a detailed report on the car by vin or state number. It will contain the following:

• Looking for a car or not
• Theft data
• Mileage Information
• Data on restrictions and arrest
• Is the car pledged, etc.

The state number of a car is added to the database of violators of the traffic police in case of theft of a vehicle, damage to other people, hiding from the scene of an accident, non-payment of fines, debts, etc. Depending on the situation, the police may take the car from the new owner.

Why is it important to check a car for search before buying

Denis Lukin, auto expert, Remontista company

“Purchasing a wanted car threatens that it will be taken away by the traffic police during registration, and while the investigation is going on, and this can drag on for a long time, the car will stand on the penalty area. Even worse, if the new owner is also somehow attracted. It is necessary to prove that you bought it recently and you have nothing to do with the dark past of this car. Therefore, when concluding a deal, I recommend that you immediately check the car for search and find out its ins and outs.

What happens if you do not check the car for search

Roman, the deceived buyer

“I bought a car under a contract of sale from a private person. According to TCP, I became the fourth owner of the vehicle. Two weeks later, they stopped me at the post and said that the car was on the wanted list. Decided to break through the database online. It turned out that the first owner gave the car to the salon for sale. He, in turn, took the transport, but did not return the money for the sale of the car to the owner, after which he ceased to exist. The former owner filed a complaint with the police, and the car was put on the wanted list.

At the moment I work with a lawyer, I went to court. They say there is every chance that the car will remain with me. The former owner agreed to a round sum to close the case. While the problem is being solved, I have already spent all my nerves.

How to find out if a car is wanted

To get a wanted car, follow the steps:

• Enter state number or vin in the search box
• Check the brief description of your vehicle
• Use the "Buy" button to pay for the full service
• Open a detailed report

A copy of the full report will be sent to your email address. Checking will take a few minutes!

Why is it better to punch a car through Autocode

Autocode checks for search online quickly and efficiently. The service sends more than 500 detailed reports daily and works seamlessly with customers by phone support.

Why choose Autocode:

• The information is up-to-date and verified by the traffic police database.
• The ability to check the car for search by state number
• It takes 5 minutes to check!
• Autocode app available

Using the service, you get a clear history of the car. To check, you do not need to look for vin and other data. The site allows you to find out if the car is wanted, at any time of the day. The Autocode app is available for all models and works from anywhere in the country. Protect yourself from an unwanted car simply and conveniently!

A car has long gone from a luxury to a necessity. However, high prices for vehicles and the economic situation do not allow everyone to buy new cars in showrooms. The solution is simple - buy a used car.

True, such a transaction may be associated with various risks and difficulties, for example, a car may be wanted, have encumbrances, act as collateral for a loan. That is why, before concluding a transaction, the buyer must carefully study not only the external parameters and performance characteristics movable property but also check the vehicle for theft.

Asking how to find out whether a car is wanted or not, in 2019 you should find out which organizations and services have such information, as well as delve into the specifics of the current legislation. All this will allow you to understand how to act if the check confirms the fact of car theft.

Machine check methods

When buying a vehicle that is on the wanted list, there is a chance to be left without money and without property, get a fine and be brought to administrative or criminal liability by the traffic police. Having discovered in time that the car is wanted, you can protect yourself from an illegal transaction and prevent negative legal consequences.

Any vehicle operated within the Russian Federation must be registered with the traffic police. Therefore, if you suspect that the car is listed as stolen or is wanted, you need to organize an inspection through the bases of the State Traffic Inspectorate. You can contact the traffic police in two ways: by visiting the branch in person or using the official online service.

If you want to check if the car is wanted, you can independently come to the traffic police and submit a written request. When leaving an application, you must indicate the reason for which you require information about the search for a car. It takes a few days to process your request. Specialists will be able to study the information and check the vehicle in the database. The process can be accelerated if everything is organized remotely.

The traffic police website has a database with which citizens can quickly obtain important information and check the car for legal encumbrances. All you need to do to check if a car is wanted or not is to enter the VIN code of the vehicle and the captcha code combination. The traffic police service has been successfully operating since 2014, allowing you to check in a matter of minutes:

• participation of the car in an accident;
• the old owner has unpaid fines;
• a ban on registration from social security authorities, customs structures, judicial and investigative authorities;
• Is the car on the wanted list?

For such a check, you can use not only the individual number indicated in the TCP, but also the code of the body, chassis. Instant check of a car wanted by the traffic police online database is available without registration and payment, residents of all regions of the Russian Federation can use the service.

In addition to the traffic police website, you can check whether the car is listed as stolen or not wanted, using other resources. Information about the search for a vehicle can be stored in the database of bailiffs. Checking on the FSSP website is in many ways similar to the algorithm of actions when working on the traffic police portal. You can still resort to the help of third-party sites and services, however, not every resource should be trusted, especially paid sites should be wary of.

What is the difficulty of selling a car after being wanted

If your vehicle was on the wanted list, but in the end the property was found and returned to the rightful owner, this may lead to some difficulties in selling the car. This is due to the fact that after the hijacking, attackers always interrupt the VIN, spoil it or completely destroy it. A distorted number can cause difficulties in registering and registering a vehicle with the traffic police, which is what every buyer is afraid of.

There are quite a lot of cars with broken numbers that were on the wanted list in Russia, so last year the Russian authorities took into consideration amendments to the vehicle registration regulations. Under the new rules, citizens will be able to restore a car's registration even if the VIN has been corrupted. To do this, you need to organize a forensic examination. Specialists will carry out a wide range of work and determine whether the car, once on the wanted list, really belongs to this person.

Sometimes experts are able to distinguish native VIN number car, after which the transport will be restored on the account. Buying such a car will be quite safe.

If it turns out that after the car was stolen, its body with identifying data was dismantled and another element was installed, the car cannot be re-registered by the traffic police. It is included in the list of property put on permanent record.

This means that the owner has the right to use the vehicle, but will not be able to perform any registration activities with it - to sell, donate, change, bequeath. However, citizens found a way out of the presented situation. A car that was wanted, but was returned to its rightful owner, can be rented out or sold by proxy.

How to avoid car theft

To eliminate the risk of car theft, the owner must take care to install mechanical protection. Today you can buy special devices that, if not guaranteeing complete security, will definitely make thieves tinker longer. Motorists who do not want their vehicle to be wanted can purchase steering locks, gearboxes, brake system, pedals, ignition switch, hood latch. In addition to mechanical devices, the alarm system allows you to avoid car theft.

Every second driver decides to set an alarm when entering a car. It is worth noting that professional burglars have special equipment that allows them to read the alarm code and turn it off. There are one-way, two-way and satellite devices. You should not save when choosing an alarm, and it is better to entrust the installation of the system to experienced professionals.

If you do not want your car to be wanted, be sure to take a set of measures to protect your car. Always consider several important points to reduce the risk of theft and further search, namely:

• the presence of airbrushing makes the vehicle too noticeable and catchy, it will be difficult to get rid of such a car;
• keep documents at home, not in the glove compartment of the vehicle;
• park in well-lit places or in paid parking lots;
• repair the car in proven and reliable services.

Never store valuables, money or documents in the vehicle, because this can attract thieves and scammers, and will only bring you unnecessary trouble. If you discover that your car has been stolen, you should immediately report it to the traffic police. Inspectors will go to the scene, conduct an inspection, draw up a protocol and open criminal proceedings. After that, the car will be officially listed as wanted.

1. How to apply for the search for the state number of a car, what is needed for this.

1.1. Good afternoon.
You need to contact the duty department of the local police department to write a statement, attaching copies of the documents about the vehicle. You will clarify the circumstances of the loss of state. numbers: theft or loss. Depending on the circumstances under which the state disappeared. numbers on the vehicle, law enforcement will decide.
If my answer was helpful to you, please leave your feedback. Thanks.

2. Left the scene of an accident 2 years ago. Wanted car how to be?

2.1. Hello Dmitry!
According to the text of your question, I can answer you the following.
The punishment for leaving the scene of an accident by a driver, of which he was a participant, is regulated by part 2 of article 12.27 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (CAO RF).
At the same time, it should be noted that in accordance with Article 4.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation "Prescription period for bringing to administrative responsibility":
- A decision in a case on an administrative offense provided for in Article 12.27 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation cannot be issued after one year has elapsed from the date the administrative offense was committed.
Dmitry, draw your own conclusions from this.
Wish you luck!

3. Bailiffs filed a wanted car for non-payment of loans. Is it possible to keep the car.

3.1. Good afternoon. It is possible, if you draw up competently documents and appeal the decision of the bailiffs.

4. How to correctly fill out an application for bailiffs to search for a debtor's car.

4.1. The application is written in any form addressed to the head of the department.

4.2. There are so many options on the internet. Announce the debtor's property on the executive wanted list, Article 65 of the Federal Law "On Enforcement Proceedings". and submit an application in accordance with Article 64.1. FZ.
Ask for a ban on registration actions, to make an arrest after the discovery of the car.

5. How to quickly remove a car from the wanted list.

5.1. Check if the car has been found. Has the initiator of the search (the territorial department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs) been informed?

6. Can the bailiffs put on the wanted list of the traffic police a car in arrest.

6.1. Good evening. Yes. Bailiffs can send material to the traffic police that the car is under arrest, and then the traffic police will put the car on the wanted list.

7. How to remove a car from the federal wanted list?

7.1. Good afternoon!
A search is announced in order to detain the car for subsequent actions (returning the car to the owner, arresting the car and transferring it for sale to pay off the debt ...) First, find out which body and on the basis of which document put the car on the wanted list. Often bailiffs do this during enforcement proceedings ... It is necessary to eliminate the cause. If you have debts, then you need to pay these debts ... After that, apply to the authority with a statement on the termination of search activities in connection with the elimination of the reasons for which the search was launched!

8. Divorced from a spouse. There was no division of property yet. But he took the car registered for me. Enrolled in insurance. Submitted to search for a car. Does he have the right to drive and hide the car without dividing the acquired property.

8.1. If the car was purchased in marriage, then it is advisable to divide it in court, someone will get 1/2 of its value, someone will get a car.
Sincerely!

8.2. --- apply to the court with an application for interim measures for jointly acquired property. Ask the court to impose a ban on the disposal of the car.

9. I bought a car after it turned out that the engine was installed on it, the car was arrested, how to return the money from the seller. Bought from a dealership.

9.1. From whom they bought under the contract from that to recover the amount by drawing up a claim and filing it in court.

10. The debtor must, according to the writ of execution, he owns a car; today we wrote an application to search for a car. We were not even really explained what would happen next.

10.1. Hello! The bailiff will send a request to the traffic police, and then impose a ban on registration actions - the car cannot be sold or donated. Then, if a car is found, it will be seized, confiscated and put up for sale.

11. I want to buy a car at the bankruptcy auction. Two bans on registration actions were imposed on him and the car is on the wanted list. Will the wanted list be removed by law after the acquisition?

11.1. If the car is put up for auction, then the property is managed by the arbitration manager, who must take measures both to remove the arrest from the car and to cancel the search. What kind of search can we talk about if the car has already been put up for auction!

11.2. Communicate with the arbitration manager. It is necessary to understand what kind of search and how it arose. Nothing will happen automatically. This needs to be done professionally. Arbitration/financial manager Vitaly Snytko.

12. Upon detection of a car that was, therefore, issued a decision to cancel the search.

12.1. Hello!
Please clarify what exactly is your question?

13. I suddenly found out that my husband's cars were wanted. She was not involved in an accident and has no financial debts. Can I remove cars from the wanted list due to the absence of my husband?

13.1. Hello Hope

You will not remove the car from the wanted list in any way. This can only be done by the owner of the vehicle.
You need to clarify this information from a traffic policeman.

14. Our private car put on the wanted list, we were not involved in the accident. How to find out who and why put the car on the wanted list? And how to take it off?

14.1. How do you know that the car is wanted? Contact the body that announced the search, and they will tell you everything.

15. A few years ago I sold a car, no one after me registered it, I paid and still pay taxes. DKP was lost during the move. Can I deregister a car without a DCT? I am also interested in the question: can I declare a search in connection with the loss or disposal. And what are the consequences for me?

15.1. Contact the buyer and ask for a copy of the contract.
There is no other way out for you, since you have lost your original.
In general, it was necessary to immediately remove the car from the register.

16. There was an accident, one driver cut off another, he collided with three cars standing on the side of the road, the search for nothing results. . who will repair the damage.

16.1. Andrei, the one who crashed three cars will compensate for the damage. Even if you find the one who cut, how will you prove that he cut, and not Uncle Vanya? He, too, will become in a pose. Didn't see or hear. Photo evidence or video evidence is required.

17. There is a court decision on the recovery of the mortgage car. The decision was made in 2016. Now in 2018, the bank sold the debt to collectors at the stage of enforcement proceedings. The debtor was discharged by the court from the place of residence. How bailiffs will search loan car. Does the debtor drive a car? And most importantly, will the debtor himself be put on the wanted list if his whereabouts are unknown? And what threatens the debtor? And what can collectors do now?

17.1. Collectors are not a bank, they will not sit still and will force the bailiff to work. It will not take much time to calculate the car and arrest it with the help of the traffic police and then sell it. It all depends on the perseverance of the collectors.
The situation is similar for the debtor himself. If the debtor works, the bailiffs will receive information about him from the tax office. If he uses bank cards, the answer is also obvious.
Therefore, it is also a matter of time.
What about debt? It grows due to accrued interest. And when selling a car, interest will be repaid first, and then the principal debt.
And so on ad infinitum.
Decide the debtor.

18. How to prove that the cargo was not loaded into the car? They are trying to accuse them of stealing cargo while transporting cargo, but my company did not provide them with a car, moreover, the car is on the federal wanted list. They forged the TTN, signed the driver themselves and went to court. We need a lawyer who is ready to deal with this case.

18.1. Apply for a handwriting examination, write a statement on falsification to the authorities. Look for a local lawyer.

19. How to be
The car was sold 2 years ago for sale, the new owner did not re-register it for himself and resold it, writing the sale on his own behalf and attaching our sale. The car is still under arrest. If I submit a search for a car, will it be returned to me or not?

19.1. You need to file for the recovery of property from someone else's illegal possession, this is a claim, or you can independently deregister the car if you no longer need it, contact the traffic police with your SAMI purchase agreement, but if you want to return the car, then you need to write a claim through the court .

20. I took out a loan secured by the TCP. There is nothing to give money back. How quickly will the car be taken away? What can be done to avoid being taken away? Can they put the car on the wanted list?

20.1. After filing a lawsuit with a credit institution, then issuing a writ of execution, then turning to bailiffs, I think 6 months, and maybe more. There are nuances.

21. I bought a car, state registration signs were wanted, they stopped, they took the numbers and the old owner’s STS, can I put it on record.

21.1. The previous owner stopped registering the car, go with the DCT and TCP and register it.

22. They returned the car after the theft, the numbers were broken, the examination could not determine the original number of the body and engine, it is written that it is possible to restore the original numbers from the stickers on the airbags, according to which the examination confirmed that they were not removed, not re-glued ... the question is, the car is on registered on me, removed from the wanted list, can I ride it? And is it possible to restore the accounting (make changes to the PTS, STS) if not?

22.1. Good afternoon!

You can drive as it is your car, but if you are stopped for a license plate check there may be questions.
You can carry documents about theft and examination with you, but in the end you still need to restore the original numbers.
Apply for restoration and recover costs from the culprit (it is possible within the framework of a criminal case, if you have found the culprit).
Regarding the use of the car, it is advisable to additionally apply in writing to the traffic police for clarification, since there are no direct instructions in this regard in the law.

Civil Code of the Russian Federation.

23. Once they sold a car without DCT. We recently learned that there is an arrest on a car and unpaid tax, and all this is in our name. Everyone paid and filed the car on the wanted list in order to find the current owner. The traffic police issued new documents for the car. Is it possible to return this car to yourself? Thank you in advance.

23.1. The car can be returned if the contract of sale has not really been concluded.

24. The traffic police confiscated the car during the suspension for registration, they said something was wanted by Interpol, it turned out that the engine was from a stolen car. But the car is already registered in Russia with the leading owner, what should I do?

24.1. Terminate the contract of sale with the previous owner, there is no other way out.

25. I am the heir to the car. All documents from the notary are ready and I was ready to sell it. But the traffic police told me that the car was wanted. How do I remove a car from wanted if its owner is already dead?

25.1. Once again, contact the traffic police and specify on what grounds the car is wanted. Then it will be possible to advise you what to do.

25.2. It depends on who and on what grounds she was put on the wanted list. You need to know, then you can think what to do.

26. Yes, I am a victim. There were 4 people in the car. One fatality, the driver was not injured and is wanted. I'm planning lawsuits against the owner of the car and the parked truck. Please share your experience with this kind of issues. Is there a chance for compensation and sleeping damage?

26.1. Of course there are chances. However, you need to look at the documents and study the specific situation. Unfortunately, there are many such cases. A criminal case must be initiated. The investigation must make its decision, its decision and the court. And in the course of the trial, the issue of satisfaction of claims and compensation for the harm caused is considered.

27. The car was not registered to me with a sales contract and plastic, they stopped the traffic police, they said that the old owner put the state numbers on the wanted list, they confiscated the numbers, but left the plastic.
Why leave plastic? And how should the state number be withdrawn in general?

27.1. Because former owner came to the traffic police and wrote an application to terminate the registration of the car. In this case, Mr. numbers are being searched. Since you cannot operate a car without registration plates, numbers are removed. And the documents for the car remain with you, they are indicated in the sales contract and you cannot withdraw them from you. Now, in order to register a car, you must contact the traffic police with the previous owner.

28. Bought a used car in the cabin. We were given two contracts. One previous owner with a car dealership, my husband's second salon. When we went to register the car in the traffic police, it turned out that the numbers were wanted. The first owner rented the car from registration records. Husband secured a car loan this car. The car has not been registered yet. PTS is in our hands. Can my husband make a new contract of sale for me and register the car for me accordingly.

28.1. In order to restore the registration, the owner of the car, who applied for the termination of this very registration, must contact the traffic police. No other way. Therefore, a new sales contract will not help you.

29. I wanted to take a car with a ransom, it turned out that I had a license since December 2016, the license is invalid and wanted, what should I do?

29.1. Find out in the traffic police on what basis they are wanted. If invalid due to loss on someone's application, then simply get new ones in accordance with the requirements of the Rules for conducting examinations for the right to drive vehicles and issue driver's licenses, approved by a government decree Russian Federation dated October 24, 2014 N 1097 "On admission to driving vehicles".

P.S. Thanks in advance for your feedback below!

30. I bought a car, but did not register it for myself, the owner put the numbers on the wanted list, what threatens me?

30.1. Hello Ivan. It's unclear. I'll try to guess: probably the previous owner of the car wrote an application to terminate the registration of the car? If so, then you need to register the car by providing all the documents to the traffic police.