Impounded Vehicle Insurance

To get an impounded insurance quote from Tempcover, you must meet at least the following criteria:

• Be the legal owner of the vehicle
• Be aged 21 years or older
• Held your licence for at least 3 years
• Been a UK resident for a minimum of 5 years
• Had a maximum of 1 fault claim in the last 3 years

All of our Impound policies are Third Party Only.

Here at Tempcover, we have a dedicated line that all Policing teams and Impounds can get access to should they need to discuss the policy with us.

The line is open Monday-Friday 9am until 5.30pm. Should any official body or company need to get in touch regarding your policy outside of these hours, they can email us as [email protected], where their inquiry will be read and actioned on the next working day.

You can cancel the policy at any time if you no longer need it, by contacting our Customer Care Team. Please be aware that as per the terms agreed to at purchase, there is no refund available, even if you cancel before the policy expires.

Currently, our policies only permit 1 driver per policy, and for impounded vehicle insurance, we only offer cover for the vehicle owner. You must be able to provide proof of legal title to the vehicle when attending the Police station for them to authorise your insurance for release.

Our impound policies can only be used for release, and then social, domestic and pleasure use for the remainder of the 30 day policy. You are not permitted to use the policy for commuting or business purposes at any time.

Unfortunately not, as the police require a 30 day policy or more in order to agree the release of your vehicle.

You'll need all the details of the driver/vehicle owner who wishes to take out the insurance, including their contact details, address, date of birth, and details of the vehicle. It also helps to have the licence number handy because you may be asked to provide this throughout the application. 

To get an impounded insurance quote from Tempcover, you must meet at least the following criteria:

• Be aged 21 years or older
• Be the legal owner of the vehicle
• Held your licence for at least 3 years
• Been a UK resident for a minimum of 5 years
• Had a maximum of 1 fault claim in the last 3 years

Here at Tempcover we know that when this happens, you need the right cover and you need it fast. Here's the top tips you need to know about our impounded vehicle insurance:

• You must have had your licence for 3 years or more
• You must have been a UK resident for a minimum of 5 years
• You must be aged 21 and over
• You must have had a maximum of 1 fault claim in the last 3 years
• We can't offer impound insurance on Motorbikes, only Cars or Vans
• You (the insured driver) must be the vehicle owner (and have proof that you are)
• The Policy will be for 30 days, any other policy with us that is less than 30 days will not allow you to get your vehicle from the impound
• We can only offer this cover for UK registered vehicles
• The vehicle must have a valid MOT at the time of purchase

PLEASE REMEMBER: We cannot operate above the law, and as such if the police are not satisfied with the information you've provided, you will need to try and resolve it with them first, all we can do is cancel the policy – we can't make any changes.

Make sure that you are happy with all the terms and conditions of the policy before you buy, as no refund will be available once it's paid for, regardless of the circumstances. More information can be found on this here.

Currently our policies only permit 1 driver per policy. Whilst we may offer this feature in the future, currently if you require 2 drivers - you will need two separate applications/policies to cover two people on the same vehicle.

Don't worry, the policies don't interfere with each other, so this won't cause any issues with the either policy.

Tempcover policies cover social domestic and pleasure use and commuting to and from one place of work. If you need further cover, for example travelling to various places of work or class 1 business use - each insurer has a different level of cover, so you should check the Insurers Declaration after your quote has been generated to see if they offer suitable terms for you. It's important to check the Insurers Declaration for any excluded occupations before purchasing to ensure that what you do for work is something we can support with our insurance, this will be displayed to you after a quote has been generated before payment stage.

Tempcover is designed for short term use, so we would not recommend using the service over a long period of time. However, if you need to insure your car for a few weeks at a time, you can purchase our insurance up to 28 days in advance, for a maximum of 7 days, and repeat purchase if necessary.

Here at Tempcover we appreciate that when you're trying to get a vehicle back on the road, you want it done with minimal fuss.

With our short term policies, we are given a 7 day window in which the details of a vehicle are uploaded to the MID. So if you're looking to tax straight away after insuring with us, you may not be able to do it online but there is an alternative!

Most Post Offices' will allow you to tax the vehicle with our insurance certificate, which you'll receive straight after you've purchased online.

Give them a call before you head into town, and you should be all sorted in no time!

The simple answer is no! As long as you have permission from the vehicle owner to take out insurance on their vehicle, there's no requirement to own the vehicle in order to temporarily insure with us.

Please note; we cannot look to insure hire, rental, or short term lease vehicles - so unfortunately if the vehicle you want to drive falls into this category, we will be unable to provide valid insurance for you on this occasion.

As long as your vehicle is in a roadworthy condition, and you either have tax or will tax the vehicle with our insurance certificate, we can allow insurance for this purpose. The vehicle must have a current MOT or you must have a pre-booked MOT appointment to attend whilst insured with us in order for the insurance to be valid.

Read more about insuring a SORN car.