Transport vehicles used as exhibits in criminal cases: Can they be assigned to individuals or organizations for custody and preservation?

Clause 5, Article 1 of Decree 31/2020/ND-CP stipulates the circumstances under which administrative violation vehicles shall not be handed over to violating organizations or individuals for custody and preservation:

- The vehicle involved in the violation is evidence in a criminal case;

- The vehicle is used for illegal racing, resisting law enforcement officers, disturbing public order, or causing traffic accidents;

- The vehicle registration certificate is forged or altered;

- Fake license plates, vehicles illegally altered to change chassis or engine numbers, or vehicles with erased chassis or engine numbers.

=> Therefore, according to the above regulation, vehicles involved in a violation that are evidence in a criminal case shall not be handed over to individuals or organizations for custody and preservation.

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