Through the registration number of the car, we can access various information about any car that circulates in Portugal. Thus, we show here how they can identify a vehicle by registering through these online means.
They are useful tools if you are in the market looking for a used car, in cases of a fugitive accident, or when a stolen car is suspected. In addition, we can know if a vehicle has auto insurance or not.
So, take advantage of these online means to check vehicles by registration and get more information about them.
1. Online car portal
Access to the Automobile Online portal
The best way to identify a vehicle by registration is the portal. Car online. There, the interested party can access various vehicle registration acts and meet the owner of the vehicle through its registration in Portugal.
It should be noted, however, that access to the permanent registration certificate of the vehicle has a cost of € 10 is a Valid for 6 months via online.
More specifically, the portal allows you to perform the following actions:
- Submit the online application for the registration of the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle and other acts of registration of vehicles and their trailers;
- Check the status of the order after it has been shipped;
- Submit the application for the permanent vehicle registration certificate;
- Check the permanent registration certificate of the vehicle.
It is useful information for both individuals and companies in the exercise of commercial activity. For this, the aforementioned portal allows to know the owner of a vehicle by its license plate and beyond, being the best tool for this purpose.
2. Citizen’s Store
In the Citizen’s Shop, the interested party can obtain a paper car registration certificate at a cost of € 17. In addition, you can also check the registry and do a registry search to find out who is, or who was, the owner of the vehicle.
Please note that this service requires, first, a physical visit to one of the branches available in Portugal and, second, the payment of a variable rate.
More concretely:
In both cases, it will be sufficient for the interested party to be in possession of the registration of the vehicle in which he intends to check the history.
Also with regard to the need to consult the vehicles by registration, it is possible access the Citizen Portal page, with a detailed description of the conditions of this service. In any case, your order cannot be placed online.
3. Institute of Registries and Notaries
Anyone who wants to discover the owner of a vehicle through registration can do so more rigorously with the vehicle registration certificate, a paper document. To do so, you must go to one of the offices of the Instituto dos Registros e Notariado.
It should be noted that the issuance, on paper, of the vehicle registration certificate with the INR has a cost of € 17.
The amounts and procedures for this order are present on the INR portal, for consultation at any time. In addition, you can consult the list of INR branches at dedicated institutional page.
The specificity of this document lies in the updated information on the ownership of the vehicle, the identification of the vehicle, its characteristics, as well as the possible charges or encumbrances on these movable property subject to registration.
In summary, the best way to identify a vehicle by its registration number is to access the Automóvel Online portal, with the Citizen’s Shop and the Institute of Notaries and Registries as subsidiary means for this purpose.
You can see online if a registration has been canceled.
The Institute for Mobility and Transportation (IMT) has a dedicated online portal, free to use, for this purpose. There, all you need to do is put in a vehicle registration number to find out if a particular license plate is still in circulation, for example.
Through the aforementioned IMT portal, you can also find more information about the possibility to buy back (record replacement).
We can verify insurance through registration.
The Insurance and Pension Fund Supervisory Authority (ASF) lets you know if a car is insured online, through the dedicated portal. There, we can verify the insurance through the registry, which is the only information necessary.
Verification is immediate and free for anyone interested.
Finally, as citizens, we can turn to security forces like the PSP and the GNR.
In both cases we can know the history of a vehicle and its owner, especially in cases of accident and escape, or any other circumstance that justifies it. However, it is not possible to discover the name and address through registration.
