Excise Sindh · Karachi & Sindh
Two official look-ups — by registration number, or every vehicle on a CNIC — plus the CPLC theft check Karachi buyers rely on.
How do you want to check?
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Opens the official Excise Sindh online vehicle verification page in a new tab. We don’t see or store what you enter there.
What the record shows
Excise Sindh online vehicle verification
The same Online Services page also has Check Your Number Plate, the Excise tax calculator and the official Excise Sindh apps for Android and iOS.
Step by step
Open Online Vehicle Verification under Online Services on the Excise Sindh website.
Choose Four Wheelers or Two Wheelers — the search only looks in the category you pick.
Enter the registration number exactly as on the plate, complete the security check and view the record.
To see every vehicle registered against a CNIC, use Vehicle Verification by CNIC with the 13-digit number.
In Karachi, also call CPLC on 1102 with the registration, engine and chassis numbers to rule out a stolen or snatched car.
Guide
They answer different questions. The Excise Sindh record says who the car is registered to and what Excise holds about it. CPLC says whether it has been reported stolen or snatched. A car can have a clean registration and still be stolen with cloned papers, so in Karachi do both — see CPLC vehicle verification.
Sellers should run their own CNIC through Vehicle Verification by CNIC a few weeks after a sale. If the car still appears, the buyer hasn’t transferred it — and challans and tax notices keep coming to you.
Since Sindh’s 2026 amendment, a vehicle needs valid third-party insurance before registration, transfer or yearly tax; Excise Sindh lists approved insurers on its site. Transfer fees run from Rs 1,600 (up to 800cc) to Rs 7,000, and Rs 500 for a motorcycle.
If the record shows tax due, Excise Sindh takes it online through its tax portal (Online Tax Payment or Quick Pay) — see Sindh vehicle tax for the amounts.
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