C-24.2, r. 26 - Regulation respecting towing and impounding charges for seized road vehicles

Updated to 1 March 2022

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chapter C-24.2, r. 26

Regulation respecting towing and impounding charges for seized road vehicles

Highway Safety Code

(chapter C-24.2, s. 621).

The charges prescribed in the Regulation have been indexed as of 1 March 2022 pursuant to the notice published in Part 1 (French) of the Gazette officielle du Québec of 26 February 2022, page 151. (ss. 1, 3)

O.C. 751-2008; O.C. 1144-2008, s. 1.

1. The maximum towing charges, for a distance of 10 km or less, for a road vehicle seized under the Highway Safety Code (chapter C-24.2), in a location not referred to in the Regulation respecting the provision of road service or towing on certain roads and autoroutes and on certain bridges or other infrastructures (chapter M-28, r. 4), are those appearing in the following table according to vehicle class:

Vehicle class	Towing charges
Road vehicle with a net weight of 3,000 kg or less	$79.97
Road vehicle with a net weight of more than 3,000 kg but 8,000 kg or less	$123.67
Road vehicle with a net weight of more than 8,000 kg	$186.59

Where the towing distance exceeds 10 km, the towing charges for a road vehicle with a net weight of 3,000 kg or less are the sum of the charges appearing in the table in the first paragraph for that vehicle class and the product obtained by multiplying $2.65 by the number of additional towing kilometres.

O.C. 751-2008, s. 1; O.C. 1144-2008, s. 2.

2. The maximum towing charges, for a distance of 10 km or less, for a road vehicle seized under the Code on parts of public highways referred to in the Regulation respecting the provision of road service or towing on certain roads and autoroutes and on certain bridges or other infrastructures (chapter M-28, r. 4), are those appearing in the following table according to vehicle class:

             Vehicle class                            Towing charges           

road vehicle with a net weight of 
3,000 kg or less                                           $105

road vehicle with a net weight of more 
than 3,000 kg but 8,000 kg or less                         $146

road vehicle with a net weight of more 
than 8,000 kg                                              $205
    

Where the towing distance exceeds 10 km, the towing charges for a road vehicle with a net weight of 3,000 kg or less are the sum of the charges appearing in the table in the first paragraph for that vehicle class and the product obtained by multiplying $2.50 by the number of additional towing kilometres.

O.C. 751-2008, s. 2; O.C. 1144-2008, s. 3.

3. An hourly rate of $117.28, charged per 30 minutes, is added for towing a road vehicle of more than 3,000 kg but 8,000 kg or less after the first 30 minutes spent on the towing premises.

An amount at an hourly rate of $181.24, charged per 30 minutes, is added for towing a road vehicle of more than 8,000 kg after the first 30 minutes spent on the towing premises.

O.C. 751-2008, s. 3.

4. The daily impounding charges for a road vehicle seized under the Code are

(1)  $15 for a vehicle with a net weight of 3,000 kg or less;

(2)  $25 for a vehicle with a net weight of more than 3,000 kg but 8,000 kg or less; and

(3)  $35 for a vehicle with a net weight of more than 8,000 kg.

O.C. 751-2008, s. 4; O.C. 1144-2008, s. 4.

5. The daily impounding charges for a seized road vehicle referred to in this Regulation apply to seizures of road vehicles as of 24 July 2008.

O.C. 751-2008, s. 5.

6. This Regulation replaces the Regulation respecting towing and impounding charges for road vehicles seized under sections 209.1 and 209.2 of the Highway Safety Code (O.C. 1426-97, 97-10-29).

O.C. 751-2008, s. 6.

7. (Omitted).

O.C. 751-2008, s. 7.

REFERENCES

O.C. 751-2008, 2008 G.O. 2, 2938

O.C. 1144-2008, 2008 G.O. 2, 5516A