My car was stolen, what should I do? What to do in case of car theft? A wide range of operational activities are being carried out

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Which is not insured and not equipped with satellite signaling

I heard about car theft many times, but I never thought that I would be the victim.

We will figure out how car owners should act in order to return the car after theft.

Andrey Burtsev

became a victim of theft and figured out how to act

Everything in the family

First, make sure that the car is not in the possession of a spouse or other close person who has access to the car. You will be surprised how often a car is reported stolen when the wife went shopping in it.

Check out the evacuation

The car could have been towed wrong parking. Call the emergency number 112 to find out if your car has been towed. If there is no information about the evacuation, contact the police.

In Moscow, data on parking and evacuation is available from special organization- GKU "Administrator of the Moscow parking space". Her phone number is +7495 539-54-54.

Contact the police

If there is no information about the evacuation of your car anywhere, call the police. Within an hour, a district police officer should arrive, who will take testimony and take you to the station in order to fill out an application: he will either write it himself or ask you to write according to the model. You will need a passport and a vehicle registration certificate.

After you submit your application, you will be given a ticket. Save it - this will prove your innocence if the hijackers get into an accident.

It is also useful to immediately obtain three more documents from the police:

• a decision to initiate a criminal case and a certificate of the fact of theft - will be needed for the tax in order to suspend the accrual of transport tax;
• an act of acceptance of documents and keys - is needed for the insurance company to apply for a refund of money for hull insurance.

You can get these documents later when you deal with taxes and insurance, but in order not to go twice, issue them right away.

Recordings from surveillance cameras

The fact that cameras were filming the car at the time of the theft means little. The police immediately told me that the cameras would not help. But that's no reason to do nothing.

I spent three days getting a record from management company. In the process, it turned out that one camera generally hangs for beauty and does not work.

But now I know that putting the car at night under the camera is not a panacea.

Draw attention

Most likely, 2-3 weeks after the theft, your car will be in the sump. A sump is a place where thieves take a car before selling it.

“Usually, after theft, the car does not go further than 3-5 km. This is due to the fact that hijackers assume the worst-case scenario: they will report the hijacking immediately. There are 3 minutes to drive the car until the information reaches the mobile police crews. During this time, you need to drive the car to the sump without attracting attention, ”says Maria Ermilova, an investigator on duty at the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg.

Therefore, it is important to inform the concerned residents of the city as soon as possible. To do this, there are special groups in social networks to search for stolen cars. People looking for their cars often stumble upon the stolen cars of other victims. There are enthusiasts who join the search for a fee. Look for similar groups in your city.

Moscow group in "Vkontakte"
Petersburg group in "Vkontakte"

Alena Bogdanovich from St. Petersburg found her car in a similar way. The thieves hid her car in a garage co-op. We found the car thanks to the vigilance of the locals in Vkontakte. The hijackers managed to change the numbers and reflash the alarm, but in the end the police sorted it out and the car was returned. It took a month to find and return the car.

Announce your reward

Police officers are not interested in searching: their task is to solve a criminal case and catch criminals. If the car is found, but there are no robbers, the case will not be closed, and the crime detection statistics will worsen.

The public movement of motorists MDA "Avtobrat" acts as a guarantor that guarantees the payment of remuneration to third parties if they find a stolen car. This is a commercial organization that makes money from it.

The guarantor sends information about the award to the DMIA - the initiator of the search - and informs about the stolen car and the amount of the reward on his website. Anyone who knows about the whereabouts of the stolen vehicle will receive the announced reward for reliable information.

The commission for services is paid in full immediately after the conclusion of the contract. They promise to return the money if the car is not found: this is written in the contract as a payment of material assistance. But there is a limitation: in order to receive the full amount of the commission, you need to insure hull insurance for any vehicle worth more than 60,000 euros. If the insurance amount is less than 25,000 euros, then the payment will be 20% of the commission.

16 500 R

surety commission

The guarantee scheme is similar to a deception in order to profit from the victims. After all, they are ready to use any chance to return the car. The Ministry of Internal Affairs confirms that the MDA "Avtobrat" really transmits information about the reward, but they do not know how many people this has helped.

Post ads in groups

The stolen car search community posts ads for free. The victim publishes information about the theft on the site, which is visible to all visitors. Concerned eyewitnesses report information about similar or suspicious cars to the operator or add it to the appropriate section on the site.

Behind additional fee you can highlight an ad or send an SMS to community members.

Alena Shushkevich's car was stolen 5 days after mine. Two weeks later, the car was found by a community member in the suburbs of St. Petersburg. The car was with Belarusian numbers and a new body number. Looks like she was getting ready to go.

The person who sent the photo of the stolen car said he saw my car in the same area three days ago. He remembered the custom-made interior, which was burgundy-brown - this is not provided in the trim levels from the manufacturer. The eyewitness did not know that this car was wanted and reported only after my appeal, but the car had already been overtaken.

Avoid scammers

As soon as you report theft on the Internet, scammers will be interested in you. They will offer to reveal the location of the stolen car for money.

And issue ultimatums:

Signs of a scammer:

1. Cannot name the vehicle.
2. Calling from another region.
3. Asks to disconnect or change the sim card.
4. He promises to show the car first, and when you arrive, he asks you to transfer money through the terminal. Justified by the fact that he is afraid and needs to make sure.

If they sent you photos of your car, ask them to take new pictures in a certain way - for example, with a screwdriver and a phone on driving seat, against the background of today's newspaper, separately scratches and dents. Sometimes criminals send photos to closed groups on social networks for extortionists to use.

Search yourself

If the car was stolen less than a week ago, there is a chance to find it on your own. Sometimes owners find cars in cesspools, which are located in one or two areas from the place of theft.

Just walking around the neighboring areas is ineffective: because of the unknown and the scale, faith is quickly lost and a feeling of hopelessness appears. It is better to organize your search. Call friends for help or turn to volunteers to split into groups and search faster.

Compose route maps places where stolen cars are most often found. Such information can be obtained in communities with announcements of thefts or from an investigator who owns statistics. As you move along the search route, mark on the maps the territories that you managed to pass. So you will not get confused where you have already been and where you have not.

It is better to go around the yards on bicycles. Unlike a car, it’s easy to turn around on them and drive inside closed yards.

In one of these yards, Garik from Moscow found his Honda, methodically driving around the area of ​​the theft.

My car was not found

Two months later, my car was still not found, although I was one step away from returning it. The first two weeks after the hijacking, I was at a loss, did not know how to act and what to do. This took away the time during which it was possible to find a car in hot pursuit.

The main conclusion that I made: we must not waste time and immediately search. While I was looking for my car with volunteers, several stolen cars were found.

I hope that my experience will be useful and save the budget of many victims.

And my car is still wanted, and I do not rule out that I can find it. Write to the editor if you know anything about the location of a car with similar signs.

If your car has been stolen

1. Check by phone if the car has been evacuated.
2. Take the certificate of theft and the decision to open a criminal case when you report it to the police.
3. How more people finds out about the theft, the sooner they can help you. Add ads in social media groups and search sites.
4. If you are offered to sell information about the location of the car, most likely they are scammers. Ask for photos and other evidence.
5. Organize search parties to check the surrounding areas and lit cesspools.

Car theft is an extremely unpleasant phenomenon. It is especially difficult for those people who have purchased a car quite recently, having fulfilled their old dream.

In any case, there is no need to panic when hijacking - it is important to act competently and without slowing down. Don't know exactly how? Then we present to your attention today's material. Read more about the procedure for theft in more detail below.

Thieves use nanotechnology to open locks

To be more precise, only owners of CASCO and some types of DSAGO have such an opportunity. In the case of a refund for a stolen car, it will not work.

However, even with CASCO, you need to act quickly and correctly, otherwise the opportunity to receive compensation will be lost. IN general view the procedure is as follows:

1. First of all, you need to notify about the theft. This requires:
   call the insurer (which has already been noted earlier); visit the branch of the company in person, submitting to its employees a theft certificate issued by the police and a corresponding statement (it is advisable to give all papers against receipt and within 2-3 days after the theft).
2. Then turn your attention to the insurance contract and study its provisions in detail. At a minimum, you need to familiarize yourself with the procedure for reimbursement of funds in case of theft. Some insurance companies can be obtained immediately after the incident, while others will have to wait for some time (most often up to 2 weeks).
3. Having understood that you can already receive insurance, you should contact the insurance company with a request to acquaint you with further actions. Often it is enough to write an application on the form presented and give the following documents to the insurer:

• car papers (all available);
• insurance documentation;
• spare car keys (if any).

After that, compensation is transferred to the victim, and lost car goes to the insurer. That is, if the police manage to find the car, then the owner will not be able to return it.

In general, there are no particular difficulties in obtaining insurance compensation for a stolen car. The main thing, if you want to get it, is to act competently and quickly. Such an approach will ensure the safety of all the rights of the insured victim.

What not to resort to

Stolen cars are sometimes returned for ransom.

At the end of today's article, it will not be superfluous to consider the main actions that should not be taken when stealing a car. Among the most important, our resource highlighted:

• First, ignoring the appeal to the police and insurance company. Here, perhaps, everything is extremely simple, because without notifying the relevant subjects of the law about the theft of a car, it will simply not work to find a car or get insurance.
• Secondly, an appeal to private detectives or companies that help in the search for stolen funds. Here the situation is already more complicated, but it is still not necessary to contact these persons. If the police cannot cope with the search for a stolen car, then what can third parties do? Probably a rhetorical question.
• Thirdly, violation of the priority state of the place of theft. This has already been mentioned above. The bottom line is that with careless actions, the owner of a stolen car will be able to hide the evidence against the hijackers with his own hands. Is it necessary? Of course not.
• Fourth, delay in obtaining insurance, if it is possible to obtain it. Do not forget that the car can be found, but will it be in a state at the time of theft? Maybe yes, maybe no. In any case, it's better not to risk it and just get compensated.
• And fifthly, the ransom of a stolen car from its thieves. Yes, yes, you heard right. It is not uncommon for car thieves to call the victim with an offer to buy back the car they recently stole from him. With such a call, first of all, please the hijackers by saying that you will think about their proposal, and then immediately inform the investigator about the impudence of the criminals. It is the police who know what is best to do in such situations.

As you can see, there are no particular difficulties in the actions of the victim of theft. Acting in accordance with the provisions described above and promptly, it will most likely be possible to find the stolen car. We hope that today's material was useful for you and gave answers to your questions. Good luck on the roads and in defending your rights!

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Opinion of a legal expert:

You immediately reported the theft to the police, wrote a statement, took all measures to search, but there were no results. The police do not report anything comforting, they do not show activity. Your property right has been violated.

What to do? It should not be forgotten that the Constitution of the Russian Federation allows you to protect your rights in any way not expressly prohibited by law. Proportionate self-defense is not excluded, but within the framework of the law. You have the right to act both independently and to involve authorized forces and means for this, including a private detective. And the police need to be reminded of themselves. This can be done through the prosecutor's office and the court, in the manner of administrative proceedings (CAS RF).

You need to complain about the inaction of the police and the specific official in charge of the search. If, as a result of a preliminary check, a criminal case was not initiated, the decision to refuse can be appealed to the district court in accordance with Article 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. The complaint is considered within 5 days from the date of its receipt by the court.

If there is still no result, then, in the end, it is possible to achieve such a result in the courts that the court will decide to compensate you for losses at the expense of the treasury. But this requires a lot of patience and the existence of sufficient grounds for such requirements. But, most importantly, do not stop halfway, move forward.

Important for litigation are the circumstances of the theft of the car. If there is a fact of gross negligence on your part, which contributed to the attacker committing a crime, your chances are significantly reduced. The amount of damages will be reduced. Justification: Part 2 of Article 45 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, Article 14, 1083 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, Article 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, Article 166 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

Car theft is not just a stressful situation. It is extremely important to correctly perceive what is happening, to immediately take all necessary measures.

There are many legal aspects here, as well as a number of subtleties related directly to ownership and insurance. vehicle. Today we will take a closer look at what to do if your car is stolen.

Unfortunately, thefts are now quite widespread.. Intruders are able to cope not only with a conventional lock, but also with a complex anti-theft electronic system.

It all depends on their capabilities. technical means. For example, expensive cars sometimes they manage to steal directly from the store using electronic code selection.

The car owner needs to act quickly, collectedly, purposefully when he detects the theft. In this case, when measures are taken immediately, there is every chance to minimize losses, return the car. Learn useful information right now.

What to do when the car is stolen?

When the owner discovers the loss, he immediately has a question what to do in case of car theft. First of all, we must try not to panic, but act deliberately and quickly.. There is an appropriate algorithm.

Since theft is the theft of property, you should seek the help of law enforcement agencies. After all, it is their jurisdiction to investigate crimes of this kind.

There, specialists can not only find the criminal, but also find the property, return it to the owner. And today, law enforcement agencies use numerous effective modern methods to search for cars.

Note! Time works for the criminal. The sooner you apply, the more likely it is that your property will be returned to you.

In such cases, an interception plan may be announced. Then the criminal in the stolen car will be detained on the road before he has time to hide the car, kill the numbers, sell it or leave the city.

You must contact law enforcement as soon as possible.

Obviously, the first task of the victim, whose car was stolen, is to make an official statement to the police.

Video: Stole a car - what to do? Procedure for filing a claim

Please note that the car does not always disappear from the place where the owner left it, precisely because of theft. There may be other reasons as well.

The most common two scenarios that cause car owners to panic:

1. The car is taken by a relative or acquaintance, to whom the owner gave the keys, allowed to use the car.
2. The vehicle is evacuated by the traffic police due to violations of the relevant traffic rules. This happens when people park their cars in prohibited areas.

Of course, it is desirable to be well versed in the rules, to avoid violations. If the owner is not one hundred percent sure of himself, he still has doubts, it is better to contact the traffic police. They will immediately inform you whether they were engaged in the evacuation of the car, whether an appropriate decision was made.

Of course, if the owner of the car gave the keys to someone, for example, relatives (which happens in most cases), he needs to contact them. Could arise emergency situation, because of which his relatives urgently took the car.

When both facts are verified, the owner is convinced that the theft has been committed, you should already seek help.

What to do in case of car theft, where to go? Consider the specific steps that need to be taken. The car owner must apply to the appropriate authorities with official statements. There staff will provide qualified support.

In 2019, satellite signaling has become very popular and widespread. When the car is connected to such a system, you must immediately contact the dispatch service and report the fact of theft.

Then you need to call 02. The law enforcement officer is informed about the theft, as well as the location of the last location of the car, government number. Of great importance is the time of theft.

You also need to go to the police station to leave a written statement there. It sets out in detail all the circumstances of the case.

Remember that you need to get confirmation that the application was accepted and registered. An appropriate form is issued, which indicates the number of the appeal. The application must be accepted.

Remember that it is important to call the police as soon as possible. Law enforcement officers will take immediate action to locate the vehicle and the perpetrator.

Performed whole line operational activities:

• all data on theft are entered into the appropriate databases;
• inspection of car services, car parking;
• check persons convicted of such crimes for involvement in a specific hijacking;
• identify persons who could have witnessed the hijacking, have any useful information;
• there is also a check of schemes of imaginary theft.

When the car owner acts correctly, quickly, there is every chance to find the car, return the stolen property.

The following situation is quite widespread. The car owner voluntarily transfers his vehicle for temporary use to a third party.

A corresponding power of attorney is issued by a notary. The third party then refuses to return the vehicle to its owner. This is a special case.

In such cases, people also turn to the police, demand that their statements be registered. However, in similar situation it is necessary to use other tools to assert their rights: here the case is in the jurisdiction of the court. Issues of a civil law nature are resolved in court.

The owner of the car must apply to the court with a vindication claim. Such a requirement is presented when it is necessary to return property from someone else's illegal possession.

The case will be considered on the merits, the court will make an appropriate decision. Then, if necessary, the executive bodies will solve the problem.

Insurance

Compensation for damage can be obtained if you have insurance. In this case, even if the car cannot be found and returned to the owner, he receives the full cost of the stolen car as compensation from the insurer.

Consider this on the example of CASCO insurance, which is now in great demand.

When the car was insured under a full CASCO policy, which includes insured events, damage, and theft, after the car is stolen, its owner has the right to receive full cost vehicle.

If theft has already occurred, the car owner needs to take some steps to rule out problems with the insurance company:

1. The insurer must be notified of the occurrence insured event. This is done immediately, on the day of the car theft. You can simply call the insurance company, or go to the office and leave an official statement there.
2. A personal appeal to the office of the insurance company is mandatory. You need to go there within two days from the moment the vehicle was stolen. The owner must have the necessary papers with him: documents for the car, the original CASCO policy. The preserved keys and alarm are also presented.
3. Be sure to have on hand, provide the insurer with a copy of the decision from law enforcement agencies. It reflects that a case has already been opened on the fact of theft. Sometimes the crime is reclassified as kidnapping.
4. The insurance payment is accrued after the suspension of the theft case. This happens when the car cannot be found for two months. The case is suspended, the owner is issued an appropriate decision. It must be submitted to the insurer for compensation.

There are some risk factors when dealing with an insurer. For example, the problem is the lack of paperwork for the car. People do not know what to do if they stole a car with all the documents. In such a situation, the insurance company may refuse to pay compensation.

Remember! When an insured event occurs, the availability of documents is only an additional condition of the agreement. It is not mandatory and has no determining value.

You need to stand up for your rights. When the insurer begins to take any action to refuse compensation, it is necessary to appeal against his actions in court.

Sometimes the problem with documents arises due to the fact that they have already been seized by law enforcement agencies.. And in such a situation, the insurance company does not have the right to refuse payment.

The following is done: a receipt is presented that the documents were confiscated by the police, and a copy of the decision is provided that the papers are attached to the case. After that, the insurer has the right to ask for a deferment of payment until the moment when the documents are returned.

Of particular note is the payment of tax collection from the car. There are up-to-date clarifications from the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.

In accordance with them, the transport tax is not withheld from the owners if the car is wanted, listed as stolen.

note that this rule applicable only from the first day of the month following the date the car was stolen.

To confirm the specific date of the loss, the owner of the car must contact the tax authority. A copy of the decision to open criminal proceedings is provided there. You need to go to the tax authority at the place of registration.

Be sure to write an official statement indicating all the necessary information:

• car brands;
• state number;
• owner data.

A petition is required so that the tax is not collected during the period of the search for the vehicle.

When the car is found, all accruals are restored transport tax. In this case, the owner of the car must himself notify the tax inspector about the discovery of the vehicle.

Sometimes the attackers start demanding a ransom. The car owner is called, they offer to return the car for a certain amount. These are fraudulent activities.

Fraudsters can find the number by breaking into the OSAGO database. Criminals describe the features of the vehicle and then offer to pay a ransom amount, which is usually lower. market price car by about 30-50%.

Specific conditions are put forward: the owner pays money and gets his car, or the car will be dismantled for spare parts. It is necessary to exercise maximum vigilance in such a situation.

First, the owner should make sure that the extortionists really stole the car, keep it, and not just received relevant information about it. This is easy to achieve if you ask the scammers a few clarifying questions.

The information must be individual, known only to the owner. For example, what lies in the glove compartment, what musical records are contained in the center.

Usually, attackers offer to pay the ransom in cash or transfer money to a card. However, it is important to remember the defining moment: once the criminals have received the money, they will no longer have an incentive to communicate with the owner of the car. And they probably won't return the car. If they are offered to pay after the return of the car, they will not agree to this either.

What to do? Of course, it is necessary to immediately involve law enforcement agencies. They can conduct search activities, find out the location of the car. To do this, there are many schemes of operational actions.

Be calm, responsible and collected at a critical moment. Even if your car was stolen, the situation can still be corrected with the right approach.

Car theft is a business where car thieves make money by perfecting hacking methods. And even the most modern anti-theft systems do not guarantee the integrity and safety of the car. A stolen car is not a rare occurrence, so you need to prepare mentally for it: try not to be nervous, not panic and remember that a car, even the most expensive one, is a mountain of metal. It can be returned, but health cannot.

You should be aware that in some cases cars are found. Often this depends on the speed of the actions of the attacker and the owner of the machine. If the car is not in the place where the car owner left it, you should immediately contact the police. The sooner an alarm is received by law enforcement agencies, the sooner the search will begin, and the greater the chance that she will be discovered "in hot pursuit."

Active searches are carried out within two months. After that, the case is suspended, and it is likely to be sent to the archive. Therefore, within two months, everything must be done to help the police.

Where to begin

For starters, you can print out the lost flyers. It indicates the date and place of the theft, the color and features of the car, its number and engine number. A photo would not hurt either, and if you indicate that the witnesses are waiting for a reward and indicate the phone number, this can help in the search. The more ads like this, the better. They can be posted in crowded places, at bus stops or handed out on the street.

You can bypass the nearest garage cooperatives, but it is better not to do it alone. Sometimes criminals, having stolen a car, lose their vigilance, and, continuing to ride, stop near some cafe. They can leave the car there. Also, you do not need to go around the nearest car markets alone. Stolen cars are sometimes taken there for sale. Having found your “treasure” in the market, you need to urgently contact the police.

ransom

Sometimes hijackers call the owner on the ad. They can offer the owner to buy the car. This happens when attempts to sell the car are unsuccessful: not everyone wants to buy a stolen car. Criminals may also try to "sell" information about the whereabouts of the car. This can also be a scam. But blaming, threatening and hanging up is pointless: they can disappear. You will have to forget about the car forever.

Typically, hijackers try to make an appointment. You need to go there without the police, because the kidnappers send people who are not involved in the theft to a meeting. If he is arrested, he may not know about the whereabouts of the car and have nothing to do with the actions of the criminals. This will be the so-called test meeting. After it, you can wait for the second call, during the conversation, as a rule, the amount for which the thieves are ready to return the stolen car is called.

After the second call, you should proceed to real action: report to the police or try to pay for the return of the car. Often, car owners try to bring down the amount named by the attackers. This is normal, because the hijackers certainly need money.

Transfer of money

This event is quite dangerous.

First you need to decide whether the hijackers really have in their hands the car for which the search was started. It is better to go to the second meeting with physically strong friends. By the way, in some cases, contacting the police or the traffic police does not make any sense: the employees themselves may be related to a criminal group, and the stolen car can be in the garage of a law enforcement officer, where they certainly will not look!

Preventing Problems

The problems that arise with theft can be avoided by protecting your vehicle as much as possible. To do this, you need to install high-tech anti-theft devices. The vehicle must be left paid parking lots. Paying for a place is much cheaper than searching for a stolen car, drugs and treatment for nervous disorders.

The vehicle must be insured. If the search is unsuccessful, then the insurance company will be obliged to compensate for the damage. In crowded places, do not leave the car unattended for a long time. And even leaving it for a short time, it is advisable to monitor what is happening around and pay attention to even the most insignificant events nearby: hijackers can also resort to stealing car keys. And then it will be possible to steal it almost silently. Do not give the attackers the opportunity to carry out their cunning plans!

A friend's car was stolen, and the first thing she did was call her husband. The car was found, but six months later and in poor condition. As it turned out, in order to have a chance to find a car as quickly as possible, it is worth acting in a certain way, and most importantly, calling special numbers phone.

I began to understand this issue in order not to get into a similar situation myself and to understand how to react under such circumstances. As a result, I learned a lot of new things for myself.

Now I am sure that in the event of such an accident, I will call desired number. In the article I will talk about my knowledge in more detail so that readers can also take advantage of useful information.

Car theft is a serious but fairly common occurrence. Moreover, modern thieves use innovative technologies allowing you to open the lock in seconds.

If the owner finds that his car is not in place, then you should not initially suspect theft. It is quite possible that we are talking about a violation of parking rules, and the car is being evacuated. In addition, there is a possibility that the car was borrowed by a relative or friend who has the keys.

If such situations are excluded, you should not waste time, but you just need to know what to do next. To get started, you need to make two main calls:

• to the police, best of all to the duty unit at the place of theft of the vehicle. The most convenient option is to contact the number "102", you need to provide all the information available;
• to the insurance company to notify of the occurrence of such a situation, but in the presence of CASCO.

These actions, performed very quickly, will allow you to find a stolen car soon enough and return it to its owner.

What actions need to be taken next

After making calls to indicated numbers telephones, it is necessary to contact the persons who guarded the vehicle, if such monitoring was carried out. Perhaps this will allow the identity of the hijackers to be identified even before the arrival of the police.

This is where CCTV cameras come in handy. It would be absolutely useful to find witnesses who will confirm the fact of the theft and describe the culprit.

After completing all these steps, you should consider some more requirements:

1. First, leave the crime scene unchanged, that is, if the glass was broken or there are things of potential hijackers, then it is strictly forbidden to touch them. The reason for this requirement is to preserve all traces and fingerprints.
2. Secondly, you need to find all the documents for the car and prepare any identity document. Without this, it will be difficult to file a statement with the police and prove to the police that the citizen is the owner of the stolen vehicle.
3. Thirdly, upon the arrival of the police, it is necessary to provide all the necessary assistance and necessary information.

By doing so, the likelihood of recovering a stolen vehicle increases. Apart from right action, you will need to draw up and submit a special application to the appropriate authority.

How to file a police report

After completing all these steps, you must submit an official statement to the police indicating the information that was verbal when the officers arrived at the scene. It is important to clarify the following points:

• approximate time of vehicle theft;
• possible suspects, if any;
• full information about transport.

With such information, the policeman will be able to draw up an orientation and declare the vehicle on the search. Operational actions allow you to catch thieves very quickly, but it is important to understand that the policeman does not have the right to take any action until an official application has been received from the injured citizen.

After receiving such a document, the citizen will be able to find out who will conduct the case, the employee of the department will begin his work on finding a car.

How not to act

Often cars are stolen for ransom in the future. Experts advise not to even consider such an option, as this can have negative consequences for the victim. It is better to contact the insurance company and arrange compensation in connection with the theft of the car.

Also, do not contact private detectives or companies that search for stolen cars. It is absolutely not worth violating the state of the place of theft of the vehicle and ignoring the appeal to the police.

Even if a citizen finds the guilty person at the scene of the crime, it is not worth detaining the citizen on his own, but it is best to immediately call the police to the scene. All these rules will help to avoid even more negative consequences for the owner of the stolen car.

Conclusion

Car theft is undoubtedly a very unpleasant incident, especially when it comes to expensive and new car. If you act strictly according to the described rules and fulfill all the requirements of the established regulations, it is quite possible to return the car as quickly as possible.

You should not take any independent action and pay the ransom that the hijackers may demand, as such acts are fraught with trouble.