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Buying a car by hand is always a dangerous deal. Having bought out of ignorance problem car, new owneris likely to be left without property and without money. An elementary check will avoid losses.

The buyer can entrust the study of the legal purity of the transaction to a specialist or a notary who certifies the sales contract. But it is easy to do it yourself using online services. Checking a car for theft via the Internet is simple, fast and reliable.

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Why check a car for theft

To clarify whether the purchased car is listed as stolen or not is worth it for many reasons:

• Such a vehicle cannot be registered. The car will be immediately confiscated, and the new owner, quite possibly, will become a suspect or a witness in a criminal case;
• Even if a failed buyer avoids problems with the police, he will lose money. He will have to collect them from the seller or prove his good faith in court.

Everything online services they check cars for the wanted list, and not just for theft. Wanted are those cars on which the drivers fled from the scene of the accident and committed a crime.

Verification methods

Information about the search for vehicles is collected in the FIS GIBDD - a national database of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It stores information about cars that are listed in theft, rightful owners, time and place of filing statements to the police from all regions of Russia. It is to this base that all services, official and private, refer.

By number

You can get information about theft by car number using private services. The most popular among them:

• "". The service allows you to check by VIN, body number or registration plates. It shows only basic data for free: issue number, type, power and volume of the vehicle's engine. Information, whether the vehicle is hijacked or not, is contained in the full report. The user can redeem it by paying 199 rubles. by bank card, WebMoney, Ya.Money, QIWI, from the balance of a mobile phone.
• AvtoKod generates and sells full reports for 349 rubles. Payment also takes place via the Internet.

It is not always effective to check the vehicle by license plate: as a rule, signs are removed from stolen vehicles. VIN or body number is more difficult to “fake”.

By VIN-code

You can request information about the theft by VIN-code of the vehicle for free on the official portal of the traffic police in the section "Services", subsection "Checking the car". In the search form, the user enters one of the following values \u200b\u200b(all of them are in the registration documents):

1. VIN code;
2. Body number;
3. Chassis no.

Then he selects the item " Wanted check"And clicks" Request". The answer is received within 1–2 minutes. The system will not find information on a "clean" vehicle.

For Muscovites, an official service is available on the Autocode portal (not to be confused with a private one). With its help, it is easy to check the car for free, but only if it is registered in the capital and the region. You will need a VIN or a bunch of state number + STS number. You do not need to register on this site to check a car for the wanted list.

When to check your car

You need to check the car for theft before signing the sales contract and transferring funds. Vigilance is especially important if:

• The transaction is carried out on duplicate documents;
• The seller has an incomplete set of keys or the lock bears traces of dismantling;
• On behalf of the owner, his representative acts;
• VIN and markings wiped, etc.

The information that the user receives is current at the time of verification. This time is indicated in the reports of paid services. It is better to save the results from the traffic police website by taking a screenshot, ideally notarizing it.

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Not always the rightful owner quickly discovers the loss and submits an application for theft (for example, is on a business trip). Proof that the car was checked and was not considered stolen at the time of the transaction will protect the new owner from at least suspicion and criminal prosecution. He may even be able to keep the vehicle for himself if the court considers that as a buyer he is acting vigilantly and in good faith.

Last update - September 2019

When buying a used car, the question naturally arises whether the vehicle will be stolen. To answer it and avoid serious problems, there are several simple and reliable methods to find out if a car is stolen or not. All methods are quite simple and, as a rule, absolutely free.

Information you need to know to determine the fact of car theft

Access to information about the theft of a car without owning any data about it is impossible. Before searching for car history, you need to find out:

• Name of the owner;
• car license plates;
• VIN number of the vehicle.

How to determine if a car is stolen by VIN-code?

The most reliable vehicle identifier is the VIN code. Experts recommend to "punch" the vehicle just on it. The code is unique number of 17 characters, containing information about the manufacturer, characteristics and year of manufacture of the machine.

VIN-code can be located on the following body elements:

• under the hood;
• on windshield (in the window intended for him);
• on the floor;
• on the door sill;
• on the counter;
• inside the wheel arch.

It is important to evaluate the number from the point of view of its condition and the presence of traces of correction (interruption). Most often, similar numbers are affected, for example, three and eight.

Experts advise paying special attention to the 10th character, in which the year of production is encrypted.

You can check the vehicle for theft by VIN online. It is recommended to use the following services:

• Traffic police base... The online resource of the traffic police (gibdd.ru) began operating in 2016. The system is integrated with a database that includes information on the characteristics of the vehicle, registration, participation in road accidents, restrictions, theft.
• Autocode (avtokod.mos.ru). In addition to the VIN-code, the user will need license plates and registration on the Public Services Portal. Unfortunately, the portal cannot be used outside of Moscow and the region. The advantages of Autocode include the completeness of the information provided.
• Register of pledges (reestr-zalogov.ru). The main task of the site is to provide data on pledged vehicles.
• FSSP website (fssprus.ru). This resource of the bailiff service contains information about the arrest of the car. The search is carried out by the name of the owner and his date of birth (it will be difficult to find out on your own).
• Autobot (avtobot.net) - provides potential buyer the opportunity to find out the owner of the vehicle. The resource contains graphic materials and all the data about the machines that were posted on the Internet.

Methods for checking a car for legal purity by databases are discussed in this video:

How to determine during inspection whether the car is stolen?

A stolen vehicle can be recognized by indirect signs during direct inspection of the car. To do this, experienced buyers are advised to conduct a detailed conversation with the seller about the vehicle.

In the event that the car's passport states that it belongs to the owner for a long period of time, the latter must know all the details about the circumstances of the damage to the car, its maintenance, mileage. If the answers to these questions are uncertain, then it is better to refuse the purchase.

The documents will also tell a lot. A copy of the TCP should immediately cause distrust of the interlocutor. There are times when there are obvious traces of corrections in the original vehicle passport, which only reinforces doubts about the opponent's sincerity.

The next step is to inspect the car itself. It should start with the side windows. In the process of theft, it is they who most often suffer. If there is no type marking, it is required to ask the owner why the replacement was made.

It is also important to pay attention to the ignition lock. It should not show any damage or signs of replacement. If there are no traces of impact, ask the seller about the completeness of the keys. There should be several of them.

The next indirect sign of theft is traces of extraneous influence on the car body. It is necessary to note extraneous marks on the inside of the body, the presence of welding, as well as the uneven thickness of the signs. The engine identifier must be compared with the data presented in the papers to the vehicle.

Checking the engine identifier in the traffic police

You can also check a car for theft by its engine number. In order not to buy a pig in a poke, the buyer needs to go to the traffic police department dealing with vehicle registration together with the seller.

During the check, the inspector will easily find out about the changes to the number and will refuse to issue the vehicle. If the fact of theft is established, a criminal case is initiated against the seller with the car being sent for examination. In the absence of problems in the traffic police, you can safely buy a car.

Unit location for different brands differs. In most cases, the number is on:

• cylinder block;
• belt cover;
• the base of the dipstick;
• the place of junction of the engine and gearbox;
• air intake;
• engine mount eyelet;
• intake manifold;
• radiator pipe.

Checking by state car number

Checking a car using a license plate is difficult due to the simplicity of its counterfeiting. The only one possible option there will be an appeal to the inspection staff. The term for the execution of the request can be several days, but in most cases it is limited to a couple of minutes.

To check the car for theft and get other information, you must go to the nearest post with the seller. The car should be parked so that the inspector can clearly distinguish the license plates. Next, you need to contact the employee with a request for data. The procedure is absolutely free and safe for the buyer.

If in doubt, you can go to the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs engaged in forensic activities. Ordering a certificate of validity of vehicle identifiers is a paid service. The act is provided to the customer after paying the state duty. Despite the fact that this procedure is not free, the buyer will be able to verify the authenticity of the history of the car and safely purchase it.

Official re-registration of a car as protection against buying a stolen car

The issue of re-registration of a car is reflected in the order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation of August 7, 2013 No. 605. In accordance with it, all facts established during the examination of changes in the vehicle identifiers registered with the State Traffic Inspectorate and returned to the rightful owner after theft are grounds for re-registration.

To do this, the car owner needs to contact the inspection to obtain a new vehicle certificate. If the registration documents are available, then a duplicate is not issued, and the inspector makes a corresponding note in them. It should be noted that inspection of the car is not required in this case.

In the event of the destruction of markings, unauthorized changes to documents or other actions aimed at hiding the real history of the vehicle, the state service for re-registering the vehicle will be denied.

Reissuance can take place in the presence owner and without him. To avoid deception, it is better to use the second option. The first thing to do is to leave the car in a special parking lot. Then contact the inspector and give him a package of documents.

If there were no problems during the check, then the re-registration will be successful, if not, the seller will have problems, but the buyer will avoid deception and purchase of a car with bad story... Re-registration becomes impossible not only in the case of theft of the vehicle, but also in the case of its pledge.

Buying a used car is always a big risk for the buyer. Therefore, before signing a vehicle sale and purchase agreement, you need to check the car for "cleanliness". You need to make sure that the car is not listed in theft, is not under arrest. And even if the seller has a TCP in his hands, this is not always a guarantee that he has the right to sell the car. The document may be fake, and the information contained in it may not coincide with the real technical data of the car.

In order not to get into an unpleasant situation when a person who bought a car, upon registering it, finds out that he has acquired a stolen or arrested vehicle, it is necessary to conduct a preliminary check of the car. And it is necessary to check the engine number with the data specified in the TCP. You also need to punch this number through the inspection base road service... Only if the buyer does not find information that the vehicle is pledged or stolen, he can safely buy it, without fear that in the future he will be denied his registration or even withdrawn if it suddenly turns out that the purchased they have a legal owner of the vehicle.

Checking the engine number in the traffic police online

A convenient way to check the engine is to use the online verification service on the traffic police website. It is called "Car check". To find out the information about the vehicle, you will need to enter in the field of the verification program VIN of the car... It is also allowed to enter the chassis or body number into it. After that, the system will query the database and display the information of interest to the user. He will be informed whether there are restrictions on the registration of vehicles with the specified data, or they are absent.

Before checking the engine number on the base, it is advisable to see it live on the car. Some hijacking criminals can change the engine number by interrupting it. Therefore, you need to carefully inspect it, carefully wiping the place of the engine where it was knocked out. If the interruption was made, then on a clean engine it will be clearly visible.

In addition to the traffic police website, a service for checking car engine numbers is available on thematic forums, specialized Internet sites. And through them, you can also find out if there are any restrictions on the sale or registration of a car. And every buyer of a vehicle must check it for "cleanliness" before purchasing it, since every year the number of fraudsters in the auto sales market increases, and honest buyers lose their money.

Buying a car is a crucial step, requiring attentiveness and an extremely biased attitude to all kinds of details from the newly-made owner. With the development of modern methods of accounting and registration of vehicles, it becomes possible to comprehensively check any vehicle throughout the entire period of its operation. In order to exclude any possibility of fraudulent actions on the part of an unscrupulous seller, it is important to be able to use key methods and techniques to identify the true history of a particular vehicle.

This article is a kind of guide to action for all those who do not want to become a victim of scammers when buying a car.

How to break a car for theft and bail correctly

The initial stage of verification consists in a thorough analysis of the accompanying documentation to identify any inaccuracies or inaccurate information.

First of all, you need to make sure that the seller of this vehicle is its actual owner. Otherwise, there is a high probability that such a purchase could turn into serious problems for you. The car can be listed among the stolen vehicles or be pledged.

In addition, often, when selling a car, the main registration document is not the original PTS, but its copy. This very fact should raise doubts among the buyer about the honesty of the transaction, because in accordance with the law, the absence of a TCP deprives the owner of the vehicle of the right to sell his car.

To confirm the legal purity of the car, you must use special services that provide all the reliable information about the vehicle according to the specified parameters. The latter can be either the car's wine code or its registration number.

For a full check, it is advisable to use proven Internet resources that are highly competent and popular among users, as evidenced by a large number positive feedback and recommendations.

These include the following services:

• Federal Service of Bailiffs;
• Pledge Notice Register movable property;
• AUTOCODE;
• Official site of the State Traffic Inspectorate.

The sites presented are included in the list of the best resources with which you can conduct a thorough check of any vehicle.

Online services of the traffic police

The official website of the traffic police allows you to get the maximum of the necessary information on a particular car. The information within this resource covers data on the presence of possible fines and restrictions, and also allows you to find out whether a given vehicle is hijacked or not. This method allows you to quickly get all the required data related to any vehicle.

The search engine of the site is built in such a way that to provide information, you can enter the identification code of the car, and, in its absence, which is typical for Japanese cars and outdated modifications domestic cars, chassis or body number.

After that, the system will ask you to enter the phone number to which the confirmation code will be sent. After entering the digital combination, the system, after some time, will provide all the necessary information.

The appearance of such a service is due to the fact that earlier, before its implementation, checking the vehicle on the basis of the traffic police required a lot of effort and was accompanied by an unjustified waste of time. The buyer had to personally appear at the traffic police department, write a corresponding statement and wait for the result of the check for several hours. An online service greatly facilitates this procedure.

It should be remembered that all kinds of pirate clones can act under the guise of the presented resource. They are almost identical to the official version of the program, but all databases and information materials presented on them are not credible.

The official website of the traffic police is located at: https: //hybd.d.rf.

Checking a car for theft by license plates

To check a car, you can also use a number of services that provide information on vehicle license plates.

The advantages of this approach are as follows:

• information is provided about all owners of the vehicle, including the last owner;
• earlier accidents and all kinds of damage to the vehicle are identified;
• all types of restrictions imposed on the submitted vehicle are detected;
• the presence / absence of a compulsory OSAGO insurance policy is determined.

The specified type of check provides comprehensive information, the analysis of which can give a complete picture of a specific vehicle.

State number

The software is checked on the Autocode website.

Its algorithm is as follows:

1. filling in the "State number" field;
2. activation of the search function by clicking on the "Auto check" field;
3. output of the required data to the provided email address.

This service is paid. Its cost will be about several hundred rubles. The base of the presented service contains over 45 million vehicles. Access to it is open around the clock.

The official website of the base is located at: https://avtocod.ru

Wine code

The specified resource allows you to use and. To do this, in the list of proposed verification options, activate verification by identification code.

The sequence of actions is similar to the check presented above. Using the data obtained, the buyer can draw a conclusion about the real state of affairs in relation to a particular vehicle.

Such services are provided not only on the website of the traffic police and Avtokod.

So, as an alternative information source, you can always use the services of the ProAuto portal at: https: //check-car.rus

Engine number

Another parameter that you should pay attention to when buying a car is the engine number. It cannot be said that this criterion is one of the key ones in this case; nevertheless, it can expose the seller in a number of possible innuendoes.

As a rule, it is embossed by the manufacturer on a special protrusion of the motor unit or on the surface of the seam separating power plant from the checkpoint of the car. If it is not possible to get to it, do not despair. On many cars, it is duplicated on the timing belt cover.

As soon as the number is found, it should first of all be verified against the TCP. Its complete coincidence still does not give an absolute guarantee that the car is "clean".

In addition, a thorough visual inspection should be carried out to identify mechanical defects in the digital display with the engine number. This will allow excluding / confirming the fact of the so-called "interruption" of numbers. Although, given the level of skill of modern fraudsters, it becomes more and more problematic to identify such signs even for professional experts.

PTS

The verification procedure using PTS is based on the same principle as all the previous ones. On the website of the traffic police or Avtokoda, instead of Wine or registration number, the series and number of the vehicle's passport are entered. After that, it will be possible to ascertain whether this document is registered in the database or whether it is a "linden".

It happens that due to the unstable operation of the program shell of the traffic police website, this may not be confirmed. In this case, there is no need to make hasty conclusions in favor of the reliability of the information received. For a more thorough check, you should use at least 2 resources.

In addition to electronic services, in some regions you can use the so-called telephone consultation. To do this, it is enough to call the local traffic police department and provide the PTS data. But still, this method will not provide comprehensive information. With its help, you can at least familiarize yourself with the presence of any restrictions and penalties.

The State Inspectorate, as part of the upcoming reform in 2019, plans to replace the paper TCP with its electronic version. Such an innovation, according to experts, will significantly increase protection of this document from all kinds of fakes.

It should be noted that the replacement old PTS will be voluntary. All those who want to make a replacement of their own free will have to meet the deadline before July 1, 2019.

What is a pledge registry or how not to buy someone else's car

In 2014, the so-called register of pledges begins to function. It records in detail all types of movable property that are directly pledged. Previously, when this register did not exist, there was a potential risk to buy a vehicle that was pledged by the bank. Now, as soon as the car falls into the "bank bondage", all information related to this is immediately reflected in the submitted register.

With the help of simple manipulations, everyone can use this registry to obtain the required information. Even if the bank, for some reason, did not enter the relevant information into the pledge registry database, the newly made buyer is completely exempted from paying it.

You can get acquainted with the register of pledges on the website https://www.reestr-zalogov.ru

To conduct a check, you need to use the search. Sequential activation of the tabs "Find in the Register" then "For information about the subject of pledge" and " Vehicle»Allows you to search by VIN code car. After entering the code, the user is provided with detailed information about the pledged item, if any.

Another search option involves entering the data of the pledger. To do this, you need to activate the tabs "By information about the pledgor" and "Individual".

After filling in the fields with the personal data of the pledger, the system also provides information about the available items of pledge.

The database of the presented resource is constantly updated and modernized. Thus, the use of the presented register when buying a vehicle provides the owner with a reliable guarantee of safety and reduces the risk of buying someone else's car.

Indirect signs of a stolen car

All of the above methods of detecting fraudulent activities are highly effective. Nevertheless, at the initial stage of buying a car, it is advisable to spend it full inspection to identify some indirect signs indicating that the car is being stolen. Such a procedure will help significantly save time for the buyer and allow him to determine the further strategy of action.

So what should you look at first?

• Identification code;
• Body / engine number;
• duplicate data.

First of all, you need to carefully examine the place where the identification code is applied. The code must be well readable, no mechanical damage and paint spray are allowed on its surface. The format and type of font should not be different.

VIN code of a modern car, when carrying out computer diagnostics, will make it possible to draw certain conclusions about possible interventions in the operation of key units and mechanisms of this vehicle.

So, if the identification number has nothing to do with the code written in the ECU blocks, then most likely the car has undergone a serious repair. This repair could have been caused by an accident. It is also possible that the hapless scammers, counting on the ignorance of the buyer, did not consider it necessary to flash the ECU on the stolen car.

The same requirements apply to the body / engine number. Among other things, this data is duplicated on most cars. Therefore, it is important to familiarize yourself in advance with the nature of the location of the duplicate plates and make sure that the places of their application correspond.

IN modern car various technical and design innovations are being implemented. The issue of ensuring its reliable identification, which is distinguished by a high level of protection against counterfeiting, is also not ignored.

In close cooperation with various electronic resources and services, such a concept minimizes the risk of fraudulent activities and provides the buyer with an absolute guarantee of buying a verified car.