If you receive a letter telling you that your vehicle has been impounded, you must claim your vehicle within one month of the letter being sent. If you do not claim your vehicle, it may be sold at auction or disposed of.

To claim a vehicle, please download and fill in the Application for release of impounded goods (PDF 161 KB). You must lodge your application at the Council Administration Centre and include:

• payment of the release fee
• satisfactory evidence that you own the vehicle, like
  • personal identification
  • registration papers
  • motor dealer documents
  • a statutory declaration
• an authority to act on behalf of the owner – if you are claiming the vehicle on behalf of someone else
• satisfactory evidence of the right to possession – if you are claiming a right to possession of the vehicle.

If a vehicle is not successfully claimed within one month of us sending an advice notice, the vehicle will be disposed of in line with Local Law No. 2 (Administration) 2010.

Fees

To claim an impounded vehicle, you will need to pay a release fee of $492. You will also be charged a daily fee of $17, for each day your vehicle is impounded after the first 28 days.

Release of impounded vehicles

A vehicle may be re-claimed by the owner within one month from the date of the advice notice upon:

• Completion of an Application for the Release of Impounded Goods form
• Payment of the prescribed release fee per vehicle
• Provision of sufficient evidence to satisfy Council of the person's right of ownership or possession of the vehicle; (e.g. personal identification drivers licence, registration papers, motor dealer documents, a statutory declaration).

Vehicles must be collected by the owner within 5 days of payment of the release fee.

A person acting on behalf of the owner must satisfy Council of their right to possession and authority to act on behalf of the owner.

All applications for the release of impounded vehicles must be lodged at the Logan Administration centre.

If a successful claim is not made for the return of a vehicle within one month of the date of this notice, then the property in the vehicle vests in the local government and the local government may dispose the vehicle in accordance with section 42(5) (Disposal of Vehicle) of Logan City Council's Local Law No. 2 (Administration) 2010.

Note: For safety reasons, an owner seeking the release of an unregistered vehicle must arrange for a licensed tow truck (tray back) to transport the vehicle from Council's impounded vehicle holding yard.