Check registration, fuel, tax, MOT expiry and export status. The separate MOT service shows test results and recorded mileage.
Details & required documents
What do you need?
UK registration number. The V5C document number is needed to reveal some test-location information.
Service limits
MOT coverage starts at different dates: generally 2005 for cars, motorcycles and vans, and 2017 in Northern Ireland. Keeper identity is not shown by the public enquiry.
The shared report includes registration changes, administrative status, recorded inspections and mileage, and certain expert-supervised accident repairs.
Details & required documents
What do you need?
Ask the seller for a HistoVec report link. The current registration-certificate holder generates it using registration and identity/document details.
Service limits
A buyer cannot obtain the report from the plate alone. Recorded accident procedures are not a guarantee that every accident appears.
Check technical details, inspection dates, insurance status, owner count and recorded inspection mileage.
Details & required documents
What do you need?
Registration number, VIN and date of first registration. Ask the seller for all three.
Service limits
Mileage records are collected from 2014. Checking foreign risks for vehicles absent from Poland's CEP register requires a trusted-profile login; foreign data is available only where supplied.
This official route provides a person's own registered-vehicle information. For a purchase, ask the seller for registration documents and inspection records.
Details & required documents
What do you need?
The KBA self-information service requires the holder's electronic identity. Requests about another holder need a qualifying, explained purpose.
Service limits
The listed service is not a public plate search for arbitrary vehicles. A normal purchase enquiry does not automatically qualify for disclosure about another holder.
Authenticated private customers can check technical, inspection and tax information. Owner and historical information are paid services.
Details & required documents
What do you need?
Registration number or VIN and identity verification using supported banking credentials, mobile certificate or certificate card.
Service limits
Access requires local identity methods and queries are limited. Overseas buyers can ask the seller for records or consult Traficom's document-order service.