Not having a car insurance for a little while in Poland

Hello,

I have a car that has been registered and insured for the last 1 year. Now, the insurance renewal must be done now, but I'm going to be out of Poland for several months. I'm wondering if I can just postpone paying for a insurance renewal. So, I will have an uninsured car under my name for 6 months. Of course, when I come back and want to use the car, I will pay for an insurance. Is there any legal problem with this?

Thanks for info.

Of course it is a problem. Even if your car is not used, and registered, you have to pay insurance. The continuity of insurance must be preserved. The only way is to unregister it (but then impossible to re-register in Poland).

You can postpone the non-compulsory aspect, AC or OC, I always mix them up, call or email your company and sort it with them.
Doubtlessly you'll get differing opinions here because not everyone is insured by the same companies.

I wouldn't do it though, if your car is robbed or damaged you'll get nothing and Polish insurance is pretty cheap anyway, better safe than sorry imo

AC - Auto Casco - non-compulsory
OC -ubezpieczenie od Odpowiedzialności Cywilnej (odpowiedzialność cywilna = legal liability) - compulsory


actually more like civil liability according to bab.la examples

Fine for not insured (OC) period longer than 2 weeks is 3700 zł, for sure insurance is cheaper ;)

if you don't use a car there wouldn't be legal problems (if it safely parked especially on a private property) - but as Looker said the continuity must be preserved - so your company will demand from you the payment for all the time you haven't been in Poland - if you have the resources now just pay the OC (they usually want you to pay for half-a-year periods anyway)

The problem is that even if the car is parked on private property - there is always someone who may wish to 'borrow' it for a joyride. Would you be insure then?

TWOCing (taking without owners consent) means that the insurance would be null anyway surely.

No, this is just a stupid rule to allow the insurance companies make more money.

But yes, it is so, there must be a continuity and you can get a big fine from the Insurance Guaranty Fund (UFG) otherwise. Unless the car is a bus or an old-timer (I am not sure about trucks), they can be de-registered temporarily.

I was out of Poland for 6months and my car insurance haven't been paid yet... and I got back to find they insurance company issued me some bills to pay...

My question is, if I don't have the money yet to pay and decide to pay later. Would it be a bigger problem?

Driving an uninsured car is always a bigger problem.

You can delay but you mustn`t drive the car. If the police catch you, you will get a huge fine. If they see you are a foreigner without a permanent address, they can even arrest you and keep in cell until you pay everything. That`s what they do with foreign drivers stopped for road misconduct and fined.

Always exceptionally dangerous to drive ANYWHERE without
at least minimal automobile insurance, especially as a foreigner
abroad. Bad idea.