Always run a Quick Revs check before buying a used car.
It is a financially prudent habit and can save you from huge legal problems.
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Revs Check Perth: what 6,740 WA checks tell a buyer
Since January 2024, buyers have run 6,740 checks on Western Australian vehicles through our reports. 15.5% of those vehicles carried a written-off record, more than one in seven. Another 10.2% had money owing and 0.8% were recorded as stolen. Buying in Perth, Joondalup, Rockingham or anywhere in WA, enter the plate or the 17-character VIN above and the report arrives by email with the official PPSR certificate, usually within minutes.
QuickRevs checks of WA-licensed vehicles, 1 January 2024 to November 2026, as returned by the PPSR and NEVDIS at the time of each check.
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Enter the WA plate or VIN
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Confirm the vehicle, then pay
Report and certificate by email
What is in a Revs Check Perth report
Finance owing
Every security interest registered on the PPSR against the VIN, and who holds it. Buy with a loan still registered and the lender can repossess the car.
Written-off history
Statutory or repairable, the damage type and the date, from the written-off vehicle records read through the PPSR.
Theft history
Theft records against the vehicle, the VIN and the plates, as held by NEVDIS.
Licence and vehicle details
Plate, state, licence status and expiry, with make, model, year, body, colour and engine number.
One price
$7.90 by VIN or $9.90 by plate, with the search, the details and the certificate in one document.
The PPSR certificate
The official, time-stamped record of the search. Keep it with the sale papers.
Three WA rules a Perth buyer should know
14 days to transfer the licence
The buyer must contact the Department of Transport within 14 days of the sale, by form or online with the seller's last name and the plate number. Penalties may apply if you miss it.
WA Government, Transfer vehicle ownership, last revised 23 September 2020
Repairable write-offs come back after two inspections
A repairable written-off vehicle can be repaired and relicensed once it passes an inspection by an authorised written-off vehicle business, before the final paint and trim go on, and then an identity and roadworthy inspection. A statutory write-off is a vehicle damaged so severely it can never be made safe or roadworthy.
Department of Transport WA, Written-off vehicles, updated 11 June 2026
The free licence check stops at status
The Department of Transport rego check takes the plate number and returns the licence status instantly. Finance owing, write-off and theft records are not part of that check. They sit on the PPSR, the register this report searches.
WA Government, Check your vehicle licence expiry date, last updated 5 June 2025
Before you pay a Perth seller
Match the car to the papers
The VIN on the compliance plate, the VIN on the licence papers and the VIN on the report must be the same vehicle.
Money owing means settle at the lender
Do not pay the seller directly while a security interest is registered. Either the loan is cleared and you re-check, or the payout and the transfer happen together.
A write-off record is a price question
One in seven WA vehicles we checked had one. If the car has been relicensed after inspection it can be driven, but it is worth less than a clean car and should be priced that way.
Keep the certificate
The PPSR certificate is the time-stamped proof of what was registered on the day you checked. Keep it with the receipt and the transfer form.
Revs Check Perth questions
Can I run a revs check with a WA plate from Perth?
Yes. Enter the Western Australian plate and we find the VIN on NEVDIS before anything is charged. If no vehicle comes back, nothing is charged.
Does the free WA licence check show money owing?
No. The Department of Transport check takes the plate number and returns the licence status. Finance owing, write-off and theft records sit on the PPSR, which is the register this report searches.
The car is a repairable write-off. Can it be relicensed in WA?
Yes, after an inspection by an authorised written-off vehicle business and then an identity and roadworthy inspection. A statutory write-off can never be made safe or roadworthy again. Price the car with those inspections in mind.
How long do I have to transfer the licence after buying in Perth?
The buyer must contact the Department of Transport within 14 days of the sale, by form or online with the seller's last name and the plate number. Penalties may apply if you miss it.
I am in Perth and the car is from Mandurah, Bunbury or interstate. Does it matter?
No. The PPSR and NEVDIS are national. Search by the plate the car carries now, with its state, or by the 17-character VIN.
How fast does a Revs Check Perth arrive?
Most reports arrive within five minutes of payment, by email with an SMS summary. The report stays open for 90 days.
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