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Getting your vehicle back

How you retrieve an impounded vehicle depends on how long, and why, it was impounded.

To get your vehicle back, follow these steps:

If your vehicle has been impounded Then
seven days or less

when the impoundment period ends, go to the impoundment lot to collect your vehicle. Be prepared to pay towing and storage fees. You do not have to visit an ICBC driver licensing office.
more than seven days
  1. go to an ICBC driver licensing office with required ID and your Notice of Impoundment. At the driver licensing office, you fill out a Request for Vehicle Release form, which is faxed to the impound lot.
  2. go to the impoundment lot to collect your vehicle. Be prepared to pay towing and storage fees.
Note: For impoundments more than seven days that end on a holiday or weekend when our driver licensing offices are closed, you can complete your Request for Vehicle Release form on the last business day before the closure.
because it was stolen then recovered go to the impoundment lot to collect your vehicle and pay any related storage charges.

 

If you can’t collect your vehicle

You can authorize someone else to pick it up at the impoundment lot on your behalf.

First, go to an ICBC driver licensing office to complete an Owner's Authorization form. The person collecting your vehicle must then follow the steps above and present the form at the licensing office.