Can your car be repossessed due to lack of insurance?

Answer 1

No, but it can be impounded by the police. Lack of insurance is a crime, generally a misdemeanor, but if the degree is severe enough the police can impound it as evidence in a criminal case. To get your car back, you would need to provide proof of insurance, a valid driver's license for the owner of the car and the insurance, and pay the fine for the crime as well as the storage fees for the car while it was in the impound lot.

Repossession is done when you have failed to pay on the car loan. In essence, a car loan is a secured loan - if you don't pay the money, the loaning institution can take the car and sell it to pay off the loan.