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    Search for motor vehicle

    This search option allows users to identify registrations that exist against a specific item of serial-numbered personal property. 

    Four categories of collateral class may be searched by serial number:

    • motor vehicles
    • watercraft
    • aircraft and
    • certain intangible property (patent, design, trade mark, and plant breeder's right).

    Please see the relevant collateral class in the Glossary for the correct serial number identifier type.

    Use of the PPSR is subject to the PPS Register General Conditions of Use, applicable Third Party Data Conditions (for example NEVDIS data conditions) and the appropriate fees.
    Serial number search type:

    This is the serial number search type chosen.


    Motor vehicle
     
    Required Enter a motor vehicle serial number:Required

    The motor vehicle serial number is available on the vehicle's registration papers. It is also on the vehicle's compliance plate, usually located under the bonnet.

    Make sure you enter the serial number correctly, with each character in the correct order. If you enter the wrong number, PPSR will still conduct the search and charge you for the cost of the search.

    For further information, please see Glossary - serial number or motor vehicle.




    • If the motor vehicle has a VIN, enter the VIN. A VIN is the 17 character identifier recorded on most vehicles built after 1988.
    • If the motor vehicle does not have a VIN with 17 characters, you should enter the Chassis number. If you are searching a pre-1989 vehicle, the vehicle identifier is a Chassis number.
    • If the motor vehicle does not have either a VIN or a Chassis number it may have a Manufacturer's number, enter the Manufacturer's number.

    Warning: If you do not enter the VIN, Chassis or Manufacturer's number correctly, you may risk not finding registrations for the motor vehicle. If you enter the incorrect VIN, Chassis or Manufacturer's number the PPSR will still conduct the search and charge you for the cost of the search. This field is not case sensitive. There is no ability to search by engine number.

     

    A VIN or chassis number search may also tell you if the car is recorded as stolen or written off.
    Vehicle details are provided via a database known as the National Exchange of Vehicle and Driver Information System (NEVDIS).
    Important: NEVDIS data is not always available or up-to-date when you do a search of a motor vehicle on the PPSR.
    NEVDIS data is not returned on Manufacturer’s number searches.
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    I declare that I have read and accepted the Personal Property Securities Register General Conditions of Use, and acknowledge that:
    1. knowingly providing false or misleading information or producing a false or misleading document to a person, including the Commonwealth, can amount to an offence under the Criminal Code (Cth).
    2. use of the Personal Property Securities Register and information from that Register otherwise than is authorised by the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) could involve conduct that amounts to an offence and / or expose me to potential civil penalties and / or liability for damages and may involve interference with the privacy of an individual in breach of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
     

    Total fee: $2.00

    Client billing reference:

    The Client billing reference is a maximum of 40 characters including spaces.


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