Guide To Car Data Checks
Performing a check - Personalised Numbers
The other major problem in getting a none return for the registration number entered is that the vehicle has previously been subject to a cherished transfer or plate transfer, many ways this can happen such as the car or vehicle is registered when new using a standard age related plate, the new owner then decides to have a personal number plate on his new vehicle, such as his initials, say AS 123, this number then replaces the original age related number on the vehicle, when the person decides to sell his car or vehicle he usually tells the new prospective owner the old plate number as he intends to keep his personal number, consequently the DVLA have not completed the transfer and the vehicle does not show up on the old number as it takes some time for this to be added onto the DVLA database and then onto the vehicle checking companies data base. This can also be made more difficult if the person buying the vehicle has a personal number that they wish to put onto the vehicle, then when that is sold there are 3 numbers that have been on the vehicle, imagine if a vehicle has been in a major accident say on the number AS 123 and recorded as a total loss by the insurance company, this number is then transferred onto a new vehicle that has never been involved in any insurance claims, it may worry the buyer that information that AS 123 was involved in a serious accident when in effect it was an entirely different vehicle, this should be sorted out by the checking companies but plate transfers can be problematic, as there can often be multiple numbers on one vehicle 8 or 9 is not uncommon, that is why companies such as The Vehicle Inspection Company (UK) Ltd who use www.mycarcheck.com website use the chassis number to verify the vehicle not the registration number for identification as www.mycarcheck.com gives out the "partial" vin number.
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