Road transport authorities and police contact details

If you've done a used car search on the PPSR and your search results returned with written-off or stolen vehicle indicators, you may need to contact your state or territory road transport authority (RTA) or police for assistance.

State and territory road transport authorities are the source of National Exchange of Vehicle and Driver Information System (NEVDIS) data. The information you receive from NEVDIS isn't managed by us and we aren't able to provide further details or correct mistakes.

If you would like more information about the written off status you can talk to the seller of the vehicle. The seller can contact their local road transport authority if something is wrong with the written-off details recorded.

Stolen data is recorded by state and territory police departments. You can contact the police if there is a stolen vehicle notification you wish to enquire about, the reference number at the end of the notification should be quoted as a part of your enquiry.

Police Assistance Line: 13 14 44

Tasmanian stolen vehicle information is currently unavailable from this service. For information about the status of Tasmanian vehicles, see the Tasmanian Government’s Department of Transport website. (Note: you will need to provide the vehicle plate number to search this site).