# vehicle.payapi.market Tax Status

> vehicle.payapi.market Tax Status is a paid API for AI agents from vehicle.payapi.market, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-23).

Returns the UK road tax (Vehicle Excise Duty) and MOT status for a vehicle identified by its registration plate via the DVLA.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://vehicle.payapi.market/tax-status?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-23
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/vehicle-payapi-market-tax-status-7797c8ce
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_0_Ay6pRmzRLugwoimVZAG

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 vehicle-payapi-market-tax-status-7797c8ce -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you check whether the UK car with registration plate AB12 CDE is currently taxed and has a valid MOT?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a quick, low-cost single-call lookup of UK vehicle tax and MOT status by registration plate, especially in automated workflows such as fleet management, pre-purchase due diligence, or parking enforcement. Prefer this over DVLA's own web interface when programmatic access is needed, and use sibling endpoints on the same host if you also need DVLA vehicle details or CO2/engine data.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or malformed UK registration plate returns an error or empty result
- Registration plate not found in DVLA database (unregistered or scrapped vehicle)
- DVLA upstream service unavailability causing timeout or 5xx error
- Private or foreign-registered plates not supported
- Payment failure via x402 protocol preventing request processing

## How this service works

UK vehicle tax and MOT status by registration plate.

## Output

Returns the current UK road tax (VED) status and MOT status for the queried vehicle registration plate, typically including whether tax is active or expired, the tax due/expiry date, and MOT validity information as held by the DVLA.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/vehicle-payapi-market-tax-status-7797c8ce/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from vehicle.payapi.market](https://www.zero.xyz/host/vehicle.payapi.market/llms.txt)