Category: FINES ON ITALIAN ROADS.

WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?
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🔥According to the law, a vehicle with foreign license plates can remain in Italy for no more than one year.
After one year:

the vehicle must return to the country of its registration,

it must be registered in Italy.
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❌This deadline is often violated, however, it is not always easy for the Italian authorities to prove that the vehicle has exceeded the allowed time. If the concerned party denies this, authorities often lack strong evidence to prove otherwise.
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‼️Sanctions are imposed only when the authorities can document that the vehicle has been in Italy for more than a year:

checks of committed violations,

long stays in service for repairs,

if it is proven that the actual owner of the car does not have a driver’s license, etc.
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📌Very often, the driver violating this law “gets away with it” with all the resulting advantages.
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✅Article 132 of the Highway Code allows driving in Italy with foreign license plates for twelve months.
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😊In practice, this law is often evaded by foreigners who have not obtained residency in Italy and have not moved to Italy, as well as Italians who have never lived abroad and who drive leased or rented foreign cars, possibly even with leasing or rental offers found on the Internet from foreign companies offering this type of “service”.
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🔥For illegal driving in Italy of a vehicle with foreign license plates: SANCTIONS
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☝️What sanctions are provided if it is proven that the vehicle with foreign license plates has been on the territory of Italy for more than one year:
🔥an administrative fine ranging from 712 to 2848 euros is imposed;
🔥the vehicle is impounded (parking is paid/daily).
🔥within the next 180 days (if it is not removed from Italy or registered in Italy, the authorities will initiate its administrative confiscation, and the vehicle will become the property of the Italian state).

Good luck on the roads!

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