When you want to buy a used vehicle locally one of the first steps to do is a motor vehicle search to be able to know the history of the car, to know the car is duly registered and to confirm the real registered owner of the vehicle. This is a very important step in purchasing a car from another person, a company or an organization. If you’re a money lending organization and you take logbooks as collateral, this is a common procedure and the first step of accepting a vehicle as security against a loan by a particular customer.
How to do a motor vehicle search in Kenya
Here are the steps for performing a motor vehicle search in Kenya.
- Sign in to NTSA Portal. If you do not have an account you can create one by clicking on “Register”.
- Select “Online Search”.
- Select “Copy of Vehicle Register Record”.
- Enter the vehicle registration number without space, for example, “KAA381A”.
- Click on “Enquire”.
- Click on “Next”.
- Select your payment method. This service cost Ksh 550.
- Follow the instructions on the website to download the requested registration information.
Note: The NTSA motor vehicle search copy of records will provide you with the following details, that will enable you to confirm with the seller’s documents before purchase:
- Make
- Vehicle model
- Body type
- Chassis number
- Engine number
- Year of manufacture
- Name of owner
- Address
- Caveat
