Maybe you’ve had that sensation when you don’t feel your cellphone in your pocket, right? Now, ask yourself how would you feel that instead your cellphone those were your license plates. Have you ever asked yourself? What should I do If I got stolen my license plates?
Maybe you do, or don’t, but if you have a proper car, is important to know how to act to this dilemma, because, believe it or not, you may go to jail if you don’t solve as soon as possible the lack of these.
Here, we will explain you the reasons and what to do before the lost or theft of license plates. Join us in this trip.
My license plates were stolen, help!
Ok, before anything else, at the moment you realized your car don’t have license plates you must denounce the event.
Some might tell you to don’t worry about it and keep calm, even would recommend you to before going to authorities, you cover the previous places where you circulated with your car; this with the hope you find the plates on the street.
Maybe is an easy recommendation and well intentioned one, but isn’t the best. Believe us, every second is key to don’t be in trouble if your license plates were robbed. Let’s go…
Follow these steps
Whether for robbery or loss, don’t lose time figuring out. Act fast and perform the following:
1.- If you want to perform a preventive action before denouncing, the correct measure is to consult to traffic police who will inform if your plate was taken off for a violation.
2.- If the answer was negative, and you’re sure that you lost your plates, and these weren’t robbed, is necessary to make a record before the Civic Court of Mexico City. On the other hand, if you suspect these were robbed, is vital to perform the denounce in the Territorial Prosecutor’s Office before known as Public Ministry.
3.- Ok, I’m sure my plates were stolen, I already made the report, what’s next? Now you have a legal backup before the theft, the next step is to deregister your license plates at the vehicle control module, in the case of Mexico City, or in the center of fiscal services, if you live in State of Mexico.
4. in any of both cases, you must present the following documents:
- Official identification (ID, passport, driving license, etc)
- Proof of residence no longer than 3 months, original and copy
- Proof in original and copy that certifies you as the owner of the vehicle, if car had other owners, you must to proof it with endorsements.
- Vehicle registration certificate (copy and original)
- Certificate of license plate theft of the last 5 years.
5.- Once performed the previous, the information system, will be updated to doesn’t exist none of them when circulating or selling a car. Of course, you must tram it the temporary process to drive without plates while you perform the repositioning process of plates. It’s important to keep all those documents for future and possible clarifications.
Why should I act so fast if my plates were robbed?
Plate theft is a constant violation, for that, when you realized you are missing yours, act as soon as possible. It isn’t about a simple and easy procedure, but protect legally before any violation.
In the worst scenarios, your plates can be used to mislead to police and witnesses if a rob or other violation, such as kidnapping and other crimes that involve a car, if that car has your plates, the suspicious can go against you, after all, remember that your data is linked to that plate.
From there the importance of report the theft of both plates. We know that by doing it and register new ones is an expensive and tedious process. However, it worths to do it so, instead being involved in a misunderstanding.
