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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 vehicle check returns information about the vehicle, not about people. Previous keepers appear only as a count and a sequence of dates; names and addresses are protected and are never returned. Your own search history is held against your account for support and dispute purposes and is not sold on.
Every report you run is timestamped and stored against your account for 12 months, with the raw inputs available on request for any dispute. Trade accounts retain reports for the duration of the agreement.
Where the report flags items that justify an in-person inspection, the service offers booking with vetted UK independent inspectors covering all postcodes. The inspection is independent of the report and the cost is not shared.
/ Brand consolidation
motorinspect.co.uk 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 motorinspect.co.uk continue to resolve here. If you were referred to motorinspect.co.uk by a previous report, broker or print listing, this is the right page — there is no further redirect to chase.
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12 months for consumer accounts, for the duration of the agreement for trade accounts. Raw inputs are available on request for any dispute.
Yes. Batch submission returns the same fields across a list in one pass, which suits pre-sale catalogue screening and stock audits where the aim is to surface the few problem entries quickly.
Theft and insurance markers are checked live. Registration detail is refreshed on a short cycle. Because records can change between viewing and collection, a second lookup on handover day is worth the cost.
Only where the manufacturer participates in a data-sharing scheme. Most do not, so the service record is best obtained from the seller's service book and verified at the issuing garage.
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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.