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There are many other useful links too, all which are worthwhile looking into, but it is this “Vehicle report” that we are concentrating on here. If you know the vehicle number plate or chassis number, you can find out such details as the vehicle Ownership, specifications, number of previous owners, adThe vehicle registry in ministrative status and Spain is managed by ITV expiration date. the DGT, but the information contained Your identification in the database is by means of a d igital available to members certificate needs to be of the public who have provided in order to a legitimate reason for obtain the information requesting the data. on record; this might prove a hurdle to none Spanish speakers, but on on-line translator such as Google can help with most of the content. There is a small administration fee for obtaining the information, which can be paid for by credit or debit card. Although that fee is considerably lower than the financial risk of purchasing a car that has a dubious history, or has sanctions in place against it.