How to know if a car has an attachment order

The embargoes are the result of judicial orders or actions of the Treasury and Social Security in relation to debts that a person or a company may have. These types of resolutions can affect all types of assets or income that the affected party has, including his car. There are several ways to find out if a car has a load of this type, but the simplest one is to demand the information from the Traffic Department. In .com we explain all the steps in relation to how to know if a car has a seizure order.

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Currently, to make procedures with the General Directorate of Traffic in any Provincial Headquarters of Spain it is necessary to request a prior appointment, both online and by phone. If you show up without having requested it, they will not attend you. We recommend that you read this article in which we explain how to request an appointment at the DGT.

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When you are already present at the Provincial Headquarters of the General Directorate of Traffic, to find out if the car has a seizure order, you must request a vehicle data certificate. It will be enough to provide the license plate of the car for the official to print the document in which you can know if the car weighs any type of load. Of course, you will have to pay a fee that is around 8 euros.

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Another option that you have is to go to the Registry of Movable Property, which is the agency that has the information on all the embargo orders that you weigh on this type of products. However, you will only need the information provided by the General Directorate of Traffic, since the Register of Movable Property informs this entity of all the data of embargoes that affect vehicles, so that they can be incorporated into their databases.

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Thus, when a court, Treasury or the Treasury of the Social Security dictate an embargo on a car, they notify it to the Registry of Movable Goods, in order that the affected or third parties that at some time want to acquire the vehicle, are informed of the situation in which the automobile is located with respect to the property.

In the case of cars, motorcycles or other types of vehicles, this Registry communicates your data to the General Directorate of Traffic, so you can trust that the information it will provide is up to date.

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It must be emphasized that you can know if a car has a seizure order even if you are not the owner of it. This is due to the fact that it is enough with what contributions the registration of the automobile so that in the General Directorate of Traffic they give you the information. Of course, you must identify yourself with your ID or passport as in all procedures that are done with the Administration.

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This information about the foreclosures is key when you are going to buy a second-hand car since you can not change the owner of a car until the debts that weigh on it are paid. Thus, even if you have already paid the seller the car, you will find that you will not be able to put the car in your name due to the embargo.