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The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources (DIER) offers a free information service to the public (via the Internet) to establish the current status relating to registration, financial interests and other matters for registered vehicles.
This service can be found:

• directly at  Vehicle Registration Status Enquiry
• through the DIER web site and click on Transport - Innovations - A Registration Status Enquiry Service.

Information provided

The information provided (print out available) includes :

• description of the make, type, colour and year of manufacture of the vehicle
• registration status (current or not)
• expiry date of the registratio
• vehicle identification number
• engine number
• whether there are any registered financial securities on the vehicle
• whether the vehicle is stolen or wrecked.

The information provided does not remove the responsibility for the customer to make their own enquiries.

Checking the register when transferring/disposing of a vehicle

Customers wishing to transfer or dispose of a vehicle should check the registration status of the vehicle through the service.  Customers transferring a vehicle should check for any securities of interest on the vehicle.

Customer provides

The customer needs to undertake the following through Service Tasmania shops

• a request by telephone or in person
• through the Internet if facilities are available.

If in person, when enquiring about a security interest on the Database:

• use transaction 'MVSPHQ'
• enter the registration number of the vehicle and press the return key.

Customer receives

The customer will receive the following in addition to any fees paid for a print out of the information.

Payment

The customer needs to pay the fee for any written copy of information.