VOSA the vehicle and operator services agency has set up a facility which allows you to check a MOT record on-line. Simply visit, www.direct.gov.uk and you can confirm the authenticity of an ‘MOT Certificate issued using MOT Computerisation’ or check on the status of a recent test conducted on a vehicle or request the MOT test history of a vehicle. You will receive the response to this request ‘on-line’ via your Internet terminal.

If your vehicle has an old style MOT Certificate that was not issued using MOT Computerisation, then this site will have no record of the test and any queries concerning the certificate should be referred directly to VOSA MOT Enquiry Service on 0870 33 00 444 (calls charged at the national rate - your call may be monitored or recorded for lawful purposes).

An old style MOT Certificate is completed by hand and is embossed with the stamp of the issuing testing station.

An MOT Certificate issued using MOT Computerisation is usually computer generated but may be handwritten under exceptional circumstances. For further information on MOTs and on-line services visit, www.direct.gov.uk.