# UK Vehicle Tax & MOT Status Checker

> UK Vehicle Tax & MOT Status Checker is a paid API for AI agents from property.payapi.market, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-17).

Looks up the current vehicle tax status, tax due date, MOT status, and MOT expiry date for a UK vehicle by registration plate

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://property.payapi.market/tax-status?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-17
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/uk-vehicle-tax-mot-status-checker-487ed5e9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_EFHe6ylZ45-uQlNY0kFDq

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability uk-vehicle-tax-mot-status-checker-487ed5e9 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you check whether the car with registration AB12CDE is currently taxed and has a valid MOT — and tell me when each one expires?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to verify whether a specific UK vehicle is legally taxed and has a current MOT by registration number. Prefer this over manual DVLA website lookups when automating fleet checks, pre-purchase due diligence, or any workflow that needs machine-readable vehicle compliance data at scale.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unrecognised registration plate returns an error or empty result
- DVLA/DVSA data unavailability causes upstream lookup failure
- Non-UK registration plates are not supported
- Payment failure via x402 protocol prevents the call from completing
- Newly registered vehicles may not yet appear in the database

## How this service works

Production API for UK sold prices, rental yields, and stamp duty. Paid via x402 protocol. Designed for AI agent consumption.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing the vehicle's current tax status (e.g. 'Taxed'), the date tax is next due, the MOT status (e.g. 'Valid'), the MOT expiry date, and the queried registration plate.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "registration": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "UK vehicle registration plate."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "tax_due": "2025-09-01",
  "mot_expiry": "2025-08-12",
  "mot_status": "Valid",
  "tax_status": "Taxed",
  "registration": "AB12CDE"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/uk-vehicle-tax-mot-status-checker-487ed5e9/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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