The Highway Code provides for very high fines if you circulate with this number plate in particular: be careful because the checks are tight
We Italians are always a bit crafty when it comes to saving on the price of insurance and car tax. To override what are the laws of our country, there are many a to drive with a foreign license plate hoping to get away with paying certain taxes.
The Highway Code has become more and more careful over the years in regulating this phenomenon in order to create a deterrent that is also rather salty against the crafty ones.
With the aim of complying with those that are the European regulationsthe Italian legislator has decided to apply important changes which provide for very high fines in the event of irregular circulation with a foreign license plate.
Do you drive with a foreign license plate to save money? Be careful because the Highway Code is very strict
The update we mentioned in the previous paragraph arrived in December 2021, last year, and specified that anyone who owns a car with a foreign license plate and is resident in Italy must register it in our country.
Foreigners who come to live in their country deserve a particular mention: if they have acquired residence, they now have three months time to register any owned car according to Italian law.
Exceeded this period of time will be forbidden to circulate on our roads to the vehicle in question and, if you are caught by the police during a routine check, the fines can be very steep.
According to the provisions of article 93 bis of the Highway Code, using a foreign license plate without complying with the new regulations it can cost from 712 up to 3558 euroscomplete with administrative seizure of the car.
In addition to this, the driver is naturally required to register in the Public Automobile Registerbetter known as PRA, with the obligation to submit the documentation to the police headquarters within 30 days.
Are there any exceptions? Yes. Foreign nationals still residing abroad can drive their car registered abroad for one period not exceeding 12 months upon their entry into Italy.
Instead, who owns a car leased, on loan for use or on hire of course he does not have to register, however it is necessary that he circulates with a specific document countersigned by the owner of the car, who can be a private individual or a car rental agency, in which all the necessary information is indicated on how long he intends to keep the car.
Rules that are made to discourage the Italians themselves from trying to circulate with foreign plates in order to save themselves costs on road tax and insurance: if you circulate on our territory on a permanent basis, however, you must comply with the law.
