How to check if something is stolen?

[Inverness]

I'm looking at an item of plant, (tractor type thing) I guess it has a VIN number but how do I check if it's stolen? It doesn't have a registration number but I understand it can be registered for the road.

[Cat]

Get in touch with these folks

http://www.cesarscheme.org

Cat

[Inverness]

Cat said:

Get in touch with these folks

http://www.cesarscheme.org

Cat

This is how to protect your plant, not how I can check if the thing I'm intrested in is stolen.

[BobSaunders]

Inverness said:

Cat said:

Get in touch with these folks

http://www.cesarscheme.org

Cat

This is how to protect your plant, not how I can check if the thing I'm intrested in is stolen.

From a link off the website Cat gave, is the following -

https://www.datatag.co.uk/provenance/

"The new service is simple and quick and provides an instant on-screen report about a machine’s potential ‘hidden history’. Using HPI’s Tradeweb platform and CESAR, DVLA and police databases this new provenance check is both comprehensive and secure. A machine’s 17 character VIN number, registration plate or unique CESAR mark can be used to start a history check on-line, at any time of the day or night. Stolen machines often have their registration plates and VIN numbers removed, modified or replaced by thieves. And there is a growing trend of thieves cloning stolen machines, using fake VIN plates, to try and give them a new ‘legitimate’ identity. By using several databases the CESAR and Datatag provenance check can quickly identify and highlight any inconsistencies in a machine’s history that throw doubt on its legitimacy."

"This new service is available on-line via the CESAR or Datatag web sites. A ‘one-off’ provenance check costs £29.99 excluding VAT. Volume based discounts will be available to business users who register with the scheme."

[Cat]

Inverness said:

This is how to protect your plant, not how I can check if the thing I'm intrested in is stolen.

Nope, there is also a provenance checker on the site which Bob has provided you with a direct link to.

Cat

[Inverness]

BobSaunders said:

"This new service is available on-line via the CESAR or Datatag web sites. A ‘one-off’ provenance check costs £29.99 excluding VAT. Volume based discounts will be available to business users who register with the scheme."

So for me to check if something is stolen is going to cost nearly £36. No wonder the UK has such a high crime wave!

Surley this should be FoC service by the police. Sorry I forgot the police aren't interested in catching real criminals just motorists doing 32 in a 30!

[XCP]

Try Immobilise National Mobile Property register. Supported by the cops ( or at least was)

[Centurion07]

Inverness said:

So for me to check if something is stolen is going to cost nearly £36. No wonder the UK has such a high crime wave!

Surley this should be FoC service by the police. Sorry I forgot the police aren't interested in catching real criminals just motorists doing 32 in a 30!

I'd rather their money was spent on actual policing than providing a service to a private individual to check a piece of equipment.

HPI checks on cars cost money as well, I don't hear any calls for that to be provided FOC by the police...

[Butter Face]

Send me the VIN if you want, I’ll see if HPI holds anything on it.