Orenburger sold the car to avoid confiscation, but will pay almost 640 thousand
A resident of Orenburg, already caught driving in a drunken state, again sat behind the wheel “under a degree” in November last year
The man objected, claiming he sold the car cheaper. However, the court of appeal did not accept these arguments, citing an expert opinion on the market price of the vehicle.
There is a principle that many drivers either do not know or prefer not to think about: trying to circumvent confiscation through the sale of a car does not save from liability. The court in such cases recovers not the car itself, but its monetary equivalent - at the market price, and not at the price specified in the contract of sale. That is, if a person sold the car for a symbolic amount, it will not help: the assessment will still be objective. As a result, instead of one loss - confiscation - the offender received three at once: money for the sold car, recovery of its value and a fine. Economically, such a scheme is doubly disadvantageous, but, judging by practice, there are no fewer people willing to turn it around.
Do you think it’s fair for the court to collect the market value instead of the one for which the car was actually sold?
