Legal basis: Article 112 of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that when the traffic administrative department of the public security organ detains a motor vehicle or a non-motor vehicle, it shall issue a certificate on the spot and inform the parties concerned to handle it at the traffic administrative department of the public security organ within the prescribed time limit. The traffic administrative department of the public security organ shall properly keep the detained vehicles and shall not use them.
If it fails to accept the handling within the time limit and fails to accept the handling within three months after the announcement, the detained vehicle shall be handled according to law.