The second reading of the new bill on compensation for damages to vehicle owners who suffered from the theft of a car by several persons has passed the second reading of the new bill on compensation for losses to vehicle owners who have suffered from the theft of a car by several persons.
Soon, the procedure for reimbursing damages to owners of stolen vehicles will be greatly simplified. We are talking about a bill that provides for compensation for damage caused by a hijacker who abandoned the vehicle. Subsequently, this second attacker steals the car and sells it for parts or causes substantial damage.
The bill provides recovery of compensation from the car thief to the owner of the carif the second person of the offense was not found. However, if it is possible to find a second attacker, he undertakes to pay compensation directly to the hijacker.
Such a bill was created on the basis of a real case that occurred in 2015. So, Vladimir Kryazhevoy, the owner of VAZ-21063, appealed to the local court in the city of Astrakhan with a statement that his car was stolen and then abandoned. Subsequently, all this, other attackers stole the vehicle.
The court's decision was put forward not in favor of the owner of the car, since the current 158 article of the Criminal Code does not provide for compensation for theft of a car without the purpose of being kidnapped by the first hijackers. No evidence of the theft of the vehicle was provided, and the investigation was suspended. This was the main reason for the creation of the new bill. Vladimir Kryazhevoy decided to seek help from the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. As a result of the consideration of the case, the court concluded that the provisions in the Criminal Code were not constitutional. The owner's request was satisfied, and thus a decision was made to create a new bill that considers cases of repeated theft and theft of cars.
In general, we are talking about Article 1064 of the Civil Code and Article 166 of the Criminal Code, which do not allow compensation for damage by the first hijackers. To date, it has been carried out second reading of the State Duma bill.
Pavel Krasheninnikov, Chairman of the Committee for State Building and Legislation, commented on the situation. He said that the adoption of the bill will allow any owner of a stolen car to go to court for damages from a person who creates conditions for causing harm.
The bill will also act in relation to the existing criminal scheme, according to which top officials steal a vehicle and deliver it to its destination. The second person carries out the resale of the car or its disassembly for parts. As a result of the proceedings, it becomes difficult to identify the culprit. The new bill will greatly simplify this matter.
According to the new bill all persons involved in the theft and theft of a car are obliged to be responsible for violations... If it is possible to find all the attackers, the joint violation rule will apply.
