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Data sourced from DVLA, MIAFTR, contracted stolen-vehicle data and the UK lender register at lookup time.
Typical lookup completes in under one second from the UK.
Built and supported in the UK as part of the consumer side of the network.
A clean check confirms that, at the moment of lookup, no UK insurer has filed a total-loss marker, no lender has registered an open agreement and no police force has reported the vehicle stolen. It does not confirm mechanical condition, repair quality, or work carried out in cash and never declared to an insurer. Treat the report as the legal and financial backstop to an in-person inspection, not a replacement for one.
A partial retest is free where the vehicle is left at the station and the repair is completed there, and free within ten working days if the vehicle leaves and returns for specified items only. Outside those conditions a full test fee applies again. Ask the station which route applies before taking the car away.
Bulbs, wipers, screenwash, tyre pressures and a clear view of the plates account for a large share of avoidable failures and cost very little to fix beforehand. Checking them the evening before the test is the difference between an advisory and a retest fee.
/ Brand consolidation
logbookcheck.com is now part of Expert Car Check — the consolidated UK vehicle-data platform that several of these older brands have joined. The data sources are unchanged: DVLA's vehicle record, DVSA's MOT history, MIAFTR for write-offs, contracted UK data providers for stolen-vehicle markers and the UK lender register for outstanding finance. The team and the support contact are the same. What's changed is that the work that was previously spread across several smaller brands now sits in one place, which keeps response times tight and the underlying registers maintained against current DVLA schemas. Bookmarks and historic links to logbookcheck.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to logbookcheck.com by a previous report, broker or print listing, this is the right page — there is no further redirect to chase.
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Advisory and minor are recorded but don't fail the test. Major is a fail. Dangerous is a fail and means the vehicle can't be driven away from the test station. The report distinguishes all four.
An untaxed vehicle on a public road attracts an automatic penalty and can be clamped or removed. Driving without a valid MOT risks a substantial fine and can affect insurance if the vehicle is found unroadworthy.
Statutory Off-Road Notification — a declaration that the vehicle is not used on public roads. A SORN'd vehicle doesn't need VED or insurance, but cannot be parked on the public highway.
Only on a single, directly-arranged journey to a pre-booked MOT test. You also cannot tax a vehicle without a current MOT. Book the test first.
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