PPSR check
Check it for finance owing, A$9.99
One search tells you whether money is owed on the car, whether it has been written off and whether it is reported stolen, with the official PPSR certificate. Enter the rego or VIN.
Building your PPSR check
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Looking up the rego on the national register
Searching the PPSR for finance owing
Checking write-off and stolen records
Why check
Three things a seller won't always mention
Finance owing
If a lender has money registered against the car, it can repossess it after you have paid the seller.
Written off
A statutory write-off can never be registered again. A repairable one is worth a lot less. You get the date, state and damage.
Stolen
Whether the car is reported stolen, before your money changes hands.
In the check
Everything one search returns
Read straight from the register, saved to your account and ready to send on.
- Finance owing, and the lender that holds it
- Written-off history: date, state, damage and type
- Reported stolen
- Make, model, year, colour, body, VIN and engine number
- Rego state and expiry, and the compliance date
- The official PPSR certificate as a PDF
Thinking of buying it?
Find out what it's worth as well
A HawkEye report includes this PPSR check, then prices the car against the matching cars for sale now, costs the repairs from the listing and your photos, and tells you the most you should pay. A$20 more than the check on its own.
Buying regularly
Checking cars every week?
On any plan a PPSR check is A$4, and Dealer and Dealer Pro include free checks and HawkEye reports every month.
Valuing more than one
Running 4 or more a month?
On Scanner, the $49 starter plan, every HawkEye report is A$14.99, and you get deal alerts and Deal Finder as well.
- 4 reports without a plan, cheapest way
- A$119.96
- 4 reports on Scanner, plan included
- A$108.96
Dealer includes 2 reports and 5 PPSR checks a month; Dealer Pro includes 5 reports and 10 checks.
Compare plansPPSR questions
Whether finance is registered against the car and who holds it, whether it has been written off (with the date, state, damage and whether it is statutory or repairable) and whether it is reported stolen. It also lists the make, model, year, colour, body, VIN, engine number, rego state and expiry, and includes the official PPSR certificate.
If money is still owed on a car and the lender has registered it, the lender can repossess the car even after you have paid the seller. A PPSR check before you pay is how you find out.
Everything in the PPSR check, plus the car's market value from the matching cars for sale now, wholesale value, repair quotes from the listing and your photos, and the most you should pay. See HawkEye report.
No. A PPSR check is A$9.99 and a HawkEye report is A$29.99, paid once with no plan. You only need an account so the report is saved for you. See car reports.
No. The PPSR is run by the Australian Financial Security Authority, and you can also search it yourself at ppsr.gov.au. CarHawk runs the search for you, keeps the certificate with your report and adds the car's register details.
Check it before you pay
A PPSR check is A$9.99, with the official certificate. No subscription.
Monthly in AUD, GST included. Cancel any time from your account.