How to Check Vehicle License Plate Number Online, Easy!
How to check a vehicle's license plate number is essential for everyone to know. By knowing this method, you can verify the authenticity of the vehicle's legality, the vehicle tax status, vehicle owner, and even the origin of the vehicle. Currently, the checking process can also be done online easily, saving a lot of time. Here are the complete ways to check.
How to Easily Check Vehicle License Plate Numbers Online
Here are some methods you can follow when you want to check a vehicle's license plate number online.
1. Check via SMS
You can check the vehicle's license plate number online by utilizing SMS services. Here’s how to do it.
- Open the SMS service application on your phone, then type the following format: Info (space) RANMOR (space) vehicle license plate number. Example: B 4134 YO.
- Then send it to 8893. This format is specifically for the DKI Jakarta area.
The SMS format for other regions is as follows.
- West Java: Info (space) vehicle license plate number, then send to 0811-2119-211
- Central Java: JATENG (space) vehicle license plate number, then send SMS to 9600.
- Central Java: JATENG (space) vehicle license plate number, then send SMS to 9600.
- Yogyakarta: DIY (space) vehicle license plate number, then send SMS to 99600.
- East Java: JATIM (space) vehicle license plate number, then send SMS to 7070.
2. Check via the official Samsat or Regional Revenue Agency (Bapenda) website
Next, you can check the vehicle's license plate number online through the official Samsat or Regional Revenue Agency (Bapenda) website according to the vehicle's domicile. Here’s how to do it.
- Open a search browser on your phone, then visit the official Samsat or local Bapenda website.
- Then fill in all the requested data according to the form displayed on the site. Usually, you will be asked to enter data regarding the vehicle's license plate number, vehicle serial number, the last five digits of the vehicle's chassis number, and the province according to the vehicle's domicile.
- Once the data is completely filled out, press the “Check Now” button, and information regarding the vehicle owner's identity, vehicle identity, and vehicle tax status will appear.
Here are the websites you can visit to check the vehicle's license plate number.
- National scale sites: https://samsatdigital.id, https://samsatonline.com, https://e-samsat.id.
- Jakarta: https://samsat-pkb2.jakarta.go.id
- West Java: https://bapenda.jabarprov.go.id/infopkb/
- Central Java: https://cekpajak.com/jawa-tengah/
- Yogyakarta: https://samsat.jogjaprov.go.id
- East Java: https://info.dipendajatim.go.id/esamsat/
- And many more sites you can use.
3. Check via application
Next, you can also check through the official Samsat or Bapenda application. Here’s how to do it.
- Open the Play Store or App Store on your phone, then download and install the official Samsat or Bapenda application.
- Register an account by entering data such as personal identity according to your ID card, email address, phone number, selfie, and password for the application.
- Then log into the application and fill in the data according to the application form. Usually, the application will ask you to enter data regarding the license plate number, serial number, vehicle chassis number, and the province of the vehicle's domicile.
Here are the applications you can use to check the vehicle's license plate number.
- Applications to check vehicle license plate numbers throughout Indonesia: National Digital SIM (SIGNAL) and E-Samsat.id.
- Jakarta: Check Ranmor & DKI Jakarta Tax.
- West Java: SAMBARA.
- Central Java: New Sakpole.
- East Java: e-Smart Samsat JATIM
Read Also: How to Check Vehicle Tax Online Easily and Quickly
Thus, here are some ways you can use when checking a vehicle's license plate number. It's very easy, isn't it? Besides checking the license plate number, you also need to check the condition of the vehicle you are going to buy. You can visit an official Daihatsu workshop to check the condition of the vehicle to see if there are many damaged components or not.
