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A stolen vehicle isn't automatically notified off the road. The vehicle register doesn't know about the theft until you act, so the vehicle keeps counting as active and uninsured in your name. Report it to the police immediately and contact your insurer – the police report is the documentation needed to sort out responsibility.
Getting a TFF fee for a car that's been stolen feels backwards, but the mechanism is the same as in every other case: TFF only sees what the register shows, not what's actually happened to the vehicle.
Why the fee still arrives
As long as no one has told the Swedish Transport Agency about the theft, the vehicle stays listed as active in your name. If your insurance has also been cancelled, for example because you assumed the theft settled things automatically, you end up with exactly the situation TFF charges for: an active vehicle with no valid insurance.
What to do right away
Report the theft to the police immediately, however small the chance of recovering the vehicle feels. Then contact your insurer and file a theft claim – the police report is what they need. Keep your insurance until the vehicle is either found or notified off the road, since cancelling a policy on a vehicle that's still formally active just opens a new gap.
If the vehicle isn't found
If it isn't recovered, an off road notification can eventually be made for the vehicle with the Swedish Transport Agency. Your insurer can sometimes help with that process as part of settling the theft claim. If you've already received a fee for the period before you reported the theft, the underlying record may still be correct, since the register didn't know about the theft at that point – but act now so no further days are added.
Sources: Swedish Transport Agency, vehicle insurance. Swedish Police, vehicle theft. Last checked: 2026-09-21.