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motandroadtax.com is a UK vehicle-data tool that takes a single registration and returns what the official records actually say about the car behind it. No upsold marketing copy in front of the data, no fabricated "risk indicators" pulled from nothing — the report shows what is on file and where it came from. Check MOT and road tax status together. UK compliance lookup for any registered vehicle, free.
Data sourced live from DVLA, MIAFTR, PNC 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.
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Driving without a current MOT is an offence except on a single, directly-arranged journey to a pre-booked MOT test. You cannot tax a vehicle without a current MOT. If the MOT has lapsed, book the test first, declare SORN if you have not been driving it, then re-tax once the test is passed.
A Statutory Off-Road Notification means the vehicle is declared as not used on public roads. A SORN'd vehicle does not need VED or insurance. The check returns any current or historic SORN periods. A long, recent SORN may signal a vehicle laid up after an incident worth reconciling against insurance markers.
The data shown here is pulled at lookup time from DVLA's vehicle record, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency MOT history, the Motor Insurance Anti-Fraud and Theft Register (MIAFTR) for write-offs and the Police National Computer feed for theft markers. Finance information is matched against the UK lender register. Nothing is cached for more than 24 hours, so a check run today reflects the record as it stood today rather than a stale snapshot.
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motandroadtax.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, the Police National Computer feed for theft markers and the UK lender register for outstanding finance. The team, the underwriting partners 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 motandroadtax.com continue to resolve here. If you were referred to motandroadtax.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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First-year VED on cars after 2017 is calculated on CO2 emissions. Year-two onwards uses a flat standard rate plus a £390 supplement for cars over £40,000 list price (years 2-6 only).
Genuine DVLA V5Cs are printed on red-and-yellow secure stock with a watermark visible against light, plus a serial number that verifies with DVLA. If the serial doesn't verify, treat the document as suspect.
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.
Up to a month before expiry, while keeping your existing expiry date — effectively giving 13 months of cover. Test on the expiry day or after and you get a fresh 12-month period from the test date.
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