▸ MOT, Tax & ULEZ · UK Network
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. Everything below is written for the UK market specifically: UK registers, UK categories, UK law.
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.
No UK data service sees cash repairs, undeclared accident damage, work carried out abroad, or a fault a seller has simply not mentioned. Where a field is unavailable for a particular vehicle the report says so rather than filling the gap with an estimate, because an invented figure on a report used for a purchase decision is worse than an honest blank.
A passed MOT is valid for 12 months from the test date, but you can test up to a month before expiry and keep the existing expiry date — effectively giving 13 months of cover. The check returns the current expiry date and the earliest date you can re-test without losing the surplus.
Diesel vehicles with a factory-fitted particulate filter fail outright if the filter has been removed or if the exhaust emits visible smoke of any colour. The tester will also fail a vehicle where there is evidence the filter has been tampered with, which is worth knowing before buying a car advertised as having had a 'DPF delete'.
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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, 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 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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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.
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).
Vehicles over 40 years old are generally exempt from MOT and VED provided they have not been substantially altered, but the exemption must be claimed. It does not remove the duty to keep the vehicle roadworthy.
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One field. A typical lookup completes in under a second, using the same UK vehicle records relied on by trade buyers and insurers.