Driving While Suspended, Car Impound. How Much Will It Cost?
- When you’re charged with driving while under suspension in Ontario, the Police may impound your vehicle
- If your car is impounded, there are 3 things you need to know about the cost.
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1/ These are the impound fees- The impound fees can be broken into 2 main categories.
- First is the tow fee. This is the cost to tow your vehicle from where the Police pulled you over to the tow yard. This cost is usually in the $150 range.
- Second is the storage fee. This is the cost to store your vehicle at the tow yard. The towing companies charge a daily rate that generally ranges from $50 to $100 per day.
- Finally, in some cases, tow companies may charge an additional per km fee. This happens when the distance to the tow yard from where you were charged is very far. In these rare cases, you will be charged on a per km basis.
- We get this question a lot from clients when successfully win a driving while under suspension case.
- Unfortunately, the answer is no.
- You cannot get a refund even if you beat the original charge.
3/ Do you have to pay the impound fees?- Short answer is yes.
- The only way you will get your car back is when you pay the impound fee in full.
- And, if you don’t pay the impound fee, the towing company has legal remedies against you.
- Specifically, there are laws under the Repair and Storage Liens Act of Ontario, which gives the towing company real power to get the money owed to them.
- Bottom line, you’re going to have to pay to get your car out of the impound.
- We get this question a lot from clients when successfully win a driving while under suspension case.
- Unfortunately, the answer is no.
- You cannot get a refund even if you beat the original charge.
