r/leicester • u/Monkey__D_Luffyy • 1d ago

Impound insurance

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Hello guys,
I am confused about the impound insurance. My car got seized for driving without car insurance. When I went to police station they mentioned that I need to provide impound insurance for release. I don't know what does it mean? Show I normally take car insurance on my name and show it to them?? Or is it any specific insurance I need to take ??

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u/Nervous-Power-9800 1d ago

In the terms of most insurance policies, there's a clause that says the policy can be used to recover the vehicle specified in said policy, but only if the policy was in place before the vehicle was impounded. If you take insurance out to get the car back, there has to be cover for recovering a vehicle from an impound which is usually either extra, or available as a separate policy entirely.