Is there money
owing on that car?
Search Australia's Personal Property Securities Register by VIN or number plate. Your certificate is emailed in minutes* — long before you hand over a deposit.
- Finance owing, with the lender's details
- Stolen and written-off records (NEVDIS)
- Official PPSR search certificate, PDF
- Minutes, not days to your inbox
- All 8 states & territories
- Free re-check for 14 days†
- Email or SMS — your choice
Six answers, before you buy
Every check returns the same complete picture — whether you searched by plate or VIN, and whatever the vehicle: car, ute, motorbike, truck, caravan or trailer.
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Money owing
Security interests registered against the vehicle, including the secured party's name and contact details. If the seller still owes money, the lender can repossess the car from you.
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Written off
NEVDIS write-off notifications — statutory and repairable — plus flood and collision damage records reported by any state authority.
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Stolen
Police theft records covering the vehicle itself, the number plates and the engine number.
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Registration
The state or territory of registration, the plate on record and the registration expiry date.
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Vehicle details
Make, model, body type, colour, year of manufacture, compliance date and engine number — so you can confirm the car matches the ad.
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Official certificate
A PPSR search certificate as a PDF. It is your legal proof the search was made, and it protects your interest if a claim is later raised.
Your PPSR report
28 Sep 2026 · PPSR search 158861863977- Make
- Holden
- Model
- Cruze
- Colour
- Silver
- Body type
- Sedan
- Plate
- CZU14X · NSW
- Engine number
- F18D4•••••
Two things arrive,
and you keep both
- 1A summary you can actually read
Every result in plain English, with the one line that matters — is there money owing — answered at the top. No jargon, no PDF hunting.
- 2The official certificate, attached
The PPSR search certificate itself, as a PDF. Keep it. If a financier later claims an interest in the car, that certificate is what protects you.
Want it by text as well?
Add SMS at checkout — free — and we'll text you the headline answer and your report link the moment it's ready — and again if the finance changes during the free re-check.
Still negotiating? Re-check it free.†
Where a vehicle has finance owing, the details can change while you are still negotiating. For 14 days we will re-check that security interest at no cost and tell you if it has changed.
Powered by PPSR
We source information from the PPSR to provide reports to you. The search certificate attached to your report is the certificate issued by the Register, in the format it is issued — we do not alter it. The plain-English summary alongside it is ours.
Three steps, about a minute
- 1
Enter VIN or plate
The 17-character VIN, or switch to Number Plate and pick the state it's registered in.
- 2
Pay securely
a one-off fee by VIN, a one-off fee by Number Plate. Visa, Mastercard or American Express. No account, no subscription.
- 3
Confirm, then your report
Searching by plate, we show you the vehicle we matched and you confirm before the PPSR search runs. Emailed — and texted, if you want it — usually within minutes.*
The things buyers ask us
Is a PPSR check the same as a REVS check?
Effectively, yes. REVS was the NSW Register of Encumbered Vehicles; it was folded into the national Personal Property Securities Register in 2012 along with every other state register. People still say “REVS check”, but the search you need today is a PPSR search — which is exactly what this is.
Can I really search by number plate?
Yes. The PPSR itself only searches by VIN or chassis number, so once you’ve paid we match your plate and state to the vehicle through the national registration database, show you what we found, and run the PPSR search on that VIN once you confirm. You never need to find the VIN yourself.
What if the plate matches more than one vehicle?
Occasionally a plate has been transferred between cars. After payment we show you each match with its make, model and year, and you pick the right one. The PPSR search does not run until you confirm which vehicle it is.
What if no vehicle is found?
The most common cause is the wrong state — a plate that exists in Queensland won’t be found under Victoria. If we can’t match your plate we tell you straight away and refund the search in full.
Does the seller find out I searched?
No. A PPSR search is confidential. Nothing is sent to the owner, the dealer or the financier, and the search leaves no trace against the vehicle.
What if my report doesn’t arrive?
Check your junk folder first. If it’s not there, enter your email or transaction ID on our Support page and we’ll resend it to a corrected address at no charge.
One search now beats
one bad surprise later.
A car with finance owing can be repossessed from you — even though you paid for it in full.
* Delivery time. Reports are issued within minutes while the Personal Property Securities Register is available. The register has scheduled maintenance windows, set out in our Terms & Conditions. A search requested during a maintenance window is issued as soon as the register reopens.
† Free re-check. The 14-day free re-check applies only to vehicles that returned a registered security interest (finance owing). It re-checks whether those security interest details have changed. Stolen and written-off records are not re-checked.