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Car tax out of date - Impounded in Galway

  • 05-08-2012 1:39am
    #1
    scholar007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering, how long would the car tax have to be out of date on a, oh I don't know, just picking a car brand out of the sky, oh I know, say a Merc?


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  • #2
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    scholar007 wrote: »
    Just wondering, how long would the car tax have to be out of date on a, oh I don't know, just picking a car brand out of the sky, oh I know, say a Merc?

    Are you a member of the Seanad? :D Seriously though, Gardai can impound a vehicle under Section 41(1) of the Road Traffic Act if the car is untaxed for over 60 days.


  • #3
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭source


    scholar007 wrote: »
    Just wondering, how long would the car tax have to be out of date on a, oh I don't know, just picking a car brand out of the sky, oh I know, say a Merc?

    Type of car has nothing to do with, doesn't matter if it's a Merc or a micra, once the tax is out 2 months it can be seized.


  • #4
    scholar007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭scholar007


    source wrote: »
    Type of car has nothing to do with, doesn't matter if it's a Merc or a micra, once the tax is out 2 months it can be seized.


    2 months grace without motor tax seems to be a very fair and reasonable length of time. Thanks.


  • #5
    source
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭source


    scholar007 wrote: »
    source wrote: »
    Type of car has nothing to do with, doesn't matter if it's a Merc or a micra, once the tax is out 2 months it can be seized.


    2 months grace without motor tax seems to be a very fair and reasonable length of time. Thanks.

    Thats not what I said at all.

    It's not two months grace, you can still be ticketed, €60 fine from the day your tax expires.

    You just wont be towed until 2 months after the expiry of your disc.


  • #6
    Sunnyisland
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Sunnyisland


    I was told (i know,i know)That the garda wont impound your vehicle unless its out of tax over 3 months ???


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  • #7
    msg11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭msg11


    realies wrote: »
    I was told (i know,i know)That the garda wont impound your vehicle unless its out of tax over 3 months ???

    They changed it too two months.


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