The car has been towed - what to do?

• What is MADI?
• Methods for checking and paying fines
• Why does MADI impose fines?
• How to determine the structure that imposed the fine
• Penalty table
• Which impound lots MADI evacuates cars to?
• Appeal procedure
• In custody

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• By resolution number

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In Moscow, not only traffic police inspectors can issue fines to drivers for traffic violations. There is also a MADI in the capital. To more fully understand the purpose of this structure, it is necessary to study the scope of its activities, powers and violations for which employees of the organization can issue a fine. All these issues will be discussed in detail in the article.

What is MADI?

The abbreviation MADI stands for Moscow Administrative Road Inspectorate. This organization was founded in 2013 to expand the capabilities of recording and suppressing violations of parking rules and the requirements of road signs or markings by the capital's executive authorities. MADI operates only in Moscow.

The organization operates in accordance with established regulations. In particular, the responsibilities and powers of this structure are outlined in the “Regulations on the Moscow Administrative Road Inspectorate” No. 679-PP, adopted on October 14, 2013.

According to this document, MADI is a government agency designed to identify vehicle parking violations. If the actions of drivers do not comply with traffic regulations, the structure has the right to impose punishment in the form of an administrative fine. In some cases, collection may be accompanied by towing of the car.

Drivers may not show their documents to MADI employees

Conflict situations related to the need to provide documents to employees of the Moscow Administrative Road Inspectorate (MADI) began to arise after road inspectors were transferred a number of powers from internal affairs bodies. The fact is that MADI employees, when deciding on the evacuation of a vehicle, regularly require owners to present documents (driver’s license, vehicle registration certificate, and so on). But by law, the driver is obliged to provide the relevant documents exclusively to police officers. MADI inspectors do not have the right to demand documents from a motorist: this organization is not mentioned at all in the traffic rules. In fact, the common practice is actually a violation of the law.

Moscow activists have repeatedly drawn attention to the discrepancy between the demands of MADI employees and Russian legislation. To clarify the situation, the Chairman of the Committee on Public Associations and Religious Organizations, deputy head of the LDPR faction Yaroslav Nilov sent a corresponding request to the Prosecutor General's Office. In his request, the deputy asked the prosecutor's office to clarify whether the requests of MADI employees to show documents can be considered legal.

The Moscow City Prosecutor's Office gave an official explanation, according to which the driver can present documents to MADI employees only voluntarily. If a conflict situation arises (in particular, if the driver refuses to provide the road inspector with the required documents), employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate must be called to the place of the conflict.

“We are talking not only about cases of forced detention of a vehicle, but also about other cases, for example, when the decision to evacuate has not yet been made, the driver of the vehicle appears, and a MADI employee demands to provide documents for prosecution. This is a gross violation of the law until appropriate amendments are made to the traffic rules. The same can be said about situations not related to the evacuation of vehicles, when a walking MADI employee approaches an illegally parked vehicle and demands that the driver provide documents for prosecution, which is also a violation,” Yaroslav himself commented on his request and the response from the prosecutor’s office Nilov.

Methods for checking and paying fines

In order to check whether a driver has unpaid MADI fines, there are several ways. You can visit the nearest branch of this structure and personally clarify the information you are interested in.

Checking MADI fines using online resources is the most convenient and less time-consuming option to find out the necessary information. You can use:

• MADI official website;
• portal "State Services";
• traffic police website;
• page of the mayor of Moscow;
• portal "Autocode".

Smartphone users can install the Moscow Parking application on their device, which allows them to detect collections and pay for them.

You can pay off MADI fines at any financial institution, through Sberbank Online and other similar services. To do this, you will need to indicate the order number and make payment.

We recommend that you search for unpaid MADI fines and pay them on our website. To do this, just go to the section and fill out the form. We offer several ways to identify the presence or absence of penalties:

• by car number and personal data of the driver;
• by resolution number.

If fines are detected, they can also be paid on our website. It won't take more than 5 minutes. You can pay off your debt using a bank card or using an electronic wallet. If an error occurs when making a payment, we guarantee a refund, including the commission for making the transfer.

We also invite drivers to subscribe to regular search query updates and promptly receive information about new fines by email. This will help you always be aware of your outstanding debts and manage to pay them during the grace period.

Checking fines

The car owner can check the information in the appropriate database before paying the fine directly. To do this, you need to know the owner's name and car number.

Most often, violators check fines through the website mos.ru

• register on the service;
• log in;
• open the section “Checking fines”;
• Enter the car number in the specified column and receive the necessary information.

Administrative penalties from MADI for illegal parking can also be found using other services.

Most Popular:

• "Autocode";
• special mobile program “Moscow Parking”;

Payment of the collection can be made in any convenient way. The offender can make the transfer through his bank or using any electronic system (Qiwi, WebMoney, etc.). If the site MOS.ru and PM was selected for verification, then payment can be made immediately.

The procedure is as follows:

• open the “Payment details” tab;
• find the “Pay” button;
• choose a convenient translation option;
• enter the necessary details;
• confirm the transaction.

If the transaction is completed within 20 days after the receipt is issued, then there is a chance of receiving a discount. The maximum payment period does not exceed 2 months. In case of delay, a penalty will be charged on the amount of the debt.

Online check of MADI fines

You can check the administrative sanctions that were used by MADI on the Internet. Almost all methods involve registration on the appropriate resources - the mos.ru website and the Mosinspectorate. In both the first and second, the car owner uses the registration number of his car, since the protocol is tied to it.

Why does MADI impose fines?

MADI imposes fines for non-compliance with parking or stopping rules in Moscow and some other offenses. The most common penalties are:

• for stopping under signs 3.27 and 3.28 (“Stopping is prohibited”, “Parking is prohibited”) located on public roads;
• for failure to comply with the requirements for the transportation of passengers and luggage by passenger taxis;
• for parking on the lawn;
• for violating the rules for loading/unloading goods at night in residential areas.

MADI employees are provided with official cars and the necessary technical equipment to perform their duties.

Drivers are massively challenging MADI fines for violating self-isolation: life hacks from a car lawyer

May 12, 2021, 21:32 - Public news service - OSN Motorists began to receive fines from MADI en masse. The capital's administrative road inspection fines drivers for violating the procedure for obtaining digital passes. Motorists consider such “letters of happiness” illegal, because they issued passes. It gets to the point of absurdity when doctors receive fines on their way to work.

Lawyer Anton Papkov told the Public News Service about why MADI fines are illegal and how to appeal them.

Let’s make it clear right away that we are not calling for ignoring the self-isolation regime. We are talking about law-abiding drivers who issued passes, but for some reason received a fine.

What will the cameras tell you?

First of all, the decisions of the capital’s authorities contradict federal laws, the lawyer is convinced. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation clarified that when considering this category of cases, one should be guided only by the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation and the laws of its constituent entities adopted in accordance with it on issues within their competence. Establishing the procedure for proceedings in these cases falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and is not within the competence of the Moscow Regional Duma and the Moscow Mayor.

This means that fines can only be issued in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. And owners cannot be fined for not having passes based on traffic cameras. In this sense, the Code of Administrative Offenses of Moscow and the decree of the mayor of the capital should not contradict federal laws. Plus, it is not within the competence of the Moscow City Duma and the mayor to change this order, the lawyer noted.

All MADI resolutions contain a reference to the norm of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the city of Moscow. According to which, a fine can be imposed if a violation is detected by “electronic monitoring technologies” and “city video surveillance system.”

How to determine the structure that imposed the fine

There are many organizations in Moscow that are authorized to issue fines for non-compliance with traffic rules. In this regard, drivers often do not understand where to go when imposing a penalty. The answer to this question can be found in the executive document itself.

To do this, you need to study the UIN (unique identification number) of the resolution. Using this code, you can clarify the status of the penalty, the date it was assigned, as well as the organization that recorded the violation.

• If the resolution number consists of 20 digits and begins with the combination 782, then the fine is imposed by MADI.
• Also, decisions of this structure may have a 25-digit number starting with 03560430.
• If the UIN begins with the numbers 780, then the collection was ordered by the AMPP service.
• A number starting with combination 188 indicates a traffic police fine.

What is MADI, and what can you get a fine for?

MADI is an organization operating at the regional level. It was formed in Moscow, receiving some functions of the traffic police. In particular, you can receive a fine from a representative of the Moscow Administrative Road Inspectorate for the following violations:

• parking under signs 3.27 and 3.28 on public roads located in the capital;
• parking on the lawn in Moscow;
• failure to comply with the rules for transporting passengers and luggage (penalties apply to Moscow passenger taxis);
• improper loading/unloading of goods at night (creating light, noise, vibrations and other violations of public order).

You can check the availability of MADI fines on the official website of this organization. The motorist needs to fill out an online form by entering the following data:

• car number;
• STS.

Amounts of fines
The Moscow Administrative Road Inspectorate was created to achieve two goals:

1. Combating parking violations.
2. Redistribution of financial flows received when paying fines.

The emergence of MADI made it possible to relieve some of the responsibility from the capital’s traffic police officers. At the same time, the new organization works precisely and substantively, recording even minor offenses. MADI operates within the framework of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, and therefore, if fines are paid on time, motorists can receive a 50 percent discount. However, this rule does not apply to all types of violations.

The amounts of fines issued by MADI employees may be as follows:

1. Ignoring the requirements of road signs and markings when parking or stopping a vehicle is fined 3,000 rubles. If payment is made on time, the motorist can receive a discount, and the total amount will be 1,500 rubles. Cars may be towed.
2. Parking on the lawn - 5,000 rubles. No discount provided. Car evacuation is possible.
3. The taxi driver violated the rules for transporting passengers or luggage. The fine is 3,000 rubles without evacuation. A 50% discount is possible.
4. Violation of conditions for loading/unloading goods at night. We are talking about the operation of shopping centers and stores built into apartment buildings. Depending on the severity of the offense, the fine can range from 1,000 to 2,000 rubles. There is no provision for evacuation.

Penalty table

In accordance with Part 4.2.2 of the “Regulations on the Moscow Administrative Road Inspectorate”, MADI employees are authorized to impose fines for non-compliance with the norms of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation or the Code of Administrative Offenses of the city of Moscow. The amounts of penalties are given in the table.

MADI fines imposed for violations of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation can be paid with a 50% discount. To do this, you must make a payment before the expiration of 20 days from the date of drawing up the resolution. Penalties imposed by MADI for violation of the requirements of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the MSK are not subject to repayment at a discount. They must be paid in full.

Who are MADI?

First you need to decipher the abbreviation: MADI is the Moscow Administrative Road Inspectorate. It was created to assist employees of the capital's traffic police. Similar organizations exist in many Russian cities, but the largest is located in Moscow. It has been operating since 2013, and by government standards is a fairly young organization. In this regard, their work is not always smooth and flawless; its problems will be discussed below.

MADI has certain rights and responsibilities. Its employees can fine motorists for a number of violations. In this case, all imposed administrative penalties must be paid. Theoretically, MADI have the right to initiate any administrative cases established by codes at the federal and city levels. But MADI inspectors pay special attention to parking violations.

Which impound lots MADI evacuates cars to?

If, upon recording a violation, the MADI inspector decided to assign the car to impound parking, then the owner’s first step to return the vehicle should be to call the help desk at +7. The operator will provide the address where the evacuated vehicle is located, and will also provide a list of documents that will be required to return it.

As a rule, MADI takes the violator’s vehicle to one of the AMPP parking lots located at the following addresses:

• st. Car repair shop, ow. 4;
• st. Podolsky Cadets, ow. 7a;
• st. 1st Volskaya, ow. 23;
• st. Grayvoronovskaya, ow. 40a;
• st. Yuzhnoportovaya, ow. 37a;
• Odoevskogo passage, vl. 3;
• Entuziastov passage, vl. 3;
• Varshavskoe highway, MKAD-SOUTH.

How to return a car from an impound lot

If the car has been towed, the owner must call the helpline number. Here he will be able to obtain information about the evacuated vehicle at any time of the day.

To pick up a car from the impound lot, you must prepare the following documents:

• passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation;
• papers confirming ownership of the car.

You can obtain permission to return a vehicle at one of the service centers or at the MADI permit issuing point. Cars are most often evacuated to one of the AMPP parking lots.

Appeal procedure

In case of disagreement with the penalty imposed by MADI, the motorist can appeal the fine within 10 days from the date of registration of the decision. To confirm that you are right, it is recommended to obtain evidence of the legality of your actions. The most compelling arguments are photo or video materials.

A decision on an administrative offense can be appealed directly to the structure that imposed the punishment, or in court. The motorist can independently determine the most suitable option for himself. To do this, you need to file a complaint against the actions of MADI employees and express your disagreement with the imposed fine. You will need to attach the available evidence of your case to the complaint and personally transfer the materials to the selected structure.

It is also possible to appeal MADI fines via the Internet. To do this, you will need to use one of the available Internet resources, for example, the Autocode portal. After authorization in the system, the driver must go to the “Appeals” section and select the “Appeal MADI fine” menu item.

Next you will need to indicate the resolution number. After discovering a fine, you must indicate the reason for the appeal, attach the available evidence, provide personal information and send the appeal. The applicant will be notified by email of the outcome of the case.

Receiving a car

Contact the specialized parking lot at the address you received. To return the car you must present a package of documents:

• A copy of the protocol on the administrative violation or a copy of the protocol on the detention of the vehicle with a note from the official that the reason for the detention has been eliminated
• Receipt for payment for moving the vehicle
• Receipt for payment of storage costs (in case of storage for more than 1 day)
• The owner requires an identification document and a document on the right to own the vehicle
• For the owner’s representative who has the right to drive a vehicle: MTPL policy and power of attorney or waybill for a legal entity
• For the owner's representative who does not have the right to drive the vehicle: documents certifying ownership of the vehicle, the recipient's passport and power of attorney to receive the vehicle

Moscow impound lots, where cars are towed, and the offices of the Moscow Administrative Road Inspectorate (MADI), where permits are issued, on the map: