About CarVerify
CarVerify turns a number plate or VIN into the official PPSR certificate and a plain-English report, so a used-car buyer can see finance owing, stolen and written-off records before handing over money. It is a private Australian service, not a government website.
Who runs it
CarVerify is owned and operated by Spawn Solutions Pty Ltd (ABN 36 699 027 104, ACN 699 027 104), an Australian company. A person reads every email sent to support@carverify.com.au.
What you can do without us
If you have the VIN, you can search the PPSR yourself for $2.00 at ppsr.gov.au, and every state lets you check registration status free on its transport website (see the rego check by state). We say this on every page because it is true, and because a buyer who understands the free options is a buyer who trusts the paid one.
What a CarVerify check adds: we accept a number plate as well as a VIN, run the PPSR search for you, explain the certificate in plain English, and for report tiers add the free government data most buyers never look up. Prices start at $12.95, including the $2.00 government fee. See pricing and the sample report.
Where the data comes from
- Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR). The Australian Government register of security interests, run by the Australian Financial Security Authority. Every order includes the official PPSR search certificate for the car.
- NEVDIS. The national vehicle database maintained by Austroads for the states and territories. Its stolen, written-off and registration details are printed on the PPSR certificate.
- Register of Approved Vehicles. The Commonwealth register of vehicles approved for supply in Australia (cars first supplied from mid-2021 onward), used in report tiers.
- Vehicle recall notices. Published by the Australian Government at vehiclerecalls.gov.au, matched by make and model in report tiers. We never say a car has no recalls; we say which notices were found on the date we looked.
- Plate to VIN. Number plates are converted to a VIN through commercial vehicle-data services before the PPSR search, because the PPSR cannot be searched by plate.
How we write and check our guides
- Every fee, rule and procedure is taken from the government source and the page shows the date it was last checked.
- We re-check state fees and rules every July, when most of them change, and whenever a reader tells us something is out of date.
- We name the free and $2 options before our own, and we say what our report cannot tell you.
- We do not publish reviews we have not received, statistics we cannot source, or results for a car we have not checked.
Spotted a mistake? Email support@carverify.com.au with the page and the source, and we will fix it.
Guarantees
A typo in the plate or VIN is re-run free. If we cannot obtain the official PPSR certificate for the car, or your report is more than 15 minutes late, you get a full refund. Details are on the refunds and guarantees page.