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RUNT lookup

What is behind this plate?

Enter the plate and the registered owner's document number and see the vehicle's RUNT record: characteristics, SOAT, technical inspections, pledges, ownership limitations and armoring. Free, no login.

Source: RUNT

Six characters, no spaces or dashes: three letters, two digits and a final character, a digit for cars or a letter for motorcycles.

The registered owner's document number, no dots or spaces. 3 to 30 characters.

Citizenship card (CC), foreigner ID (CE), passport (PA) or foreign document (DPO).

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The full history behind the plate

A vehicle lookup by plate returns the record RUNT holds for that vehicle: class, make, model line, model year, color, fuel, engine displacement, body type, passenger and load capacity, VIN and the engine, chassis and serial numbers, traffic authority and registration date. It also brings the SOAT and technical inspection history, extended specifications, armoring status and the DIJIN and scrapping certificates. For a lender the most useful part usually comes last: registered pledges with the creditor's name and any limitation on ownership, meaning whether the vehicle already secures another loan.

  • Identity and characteristics

    Class, make, model line, model year, color, engine displacement and the VIN, engine, chassis and serial numbers, including restamping flags.

  • Pledges and limitations

    Whether the vehicle carries a registered pledge or lien, who the creditor is and which limitations affect its ownership.

  • SOAT, inspections and certificates

    SOAT policy and technical inspection history, plus civil liability, armoring, DIJIN and scrapping records.

Common questions

From RUNT (Registro Único Nacional de Tránsito), Colombia's national vehicle registry. Croma queries that source and returns the record structured.

Because the record is returned when the plate and the registered owner's document belong to the same vehicle. It is for verifying a car whose owner you already know, for example one offered to you as collateral, not for finding out who owns an arbitrary plate.

Yes, it is free and needs no account. There is only a cap on lookups per hour from the same connection to prevent abuse, and one plate per lookup. For volume, use the Croma API.

Usually because the plate and the document do not belong to the same record, because a character in the plate is missing or wrong, or because the document type is not the registered owner's. It can also happen with vehicles not registered in Colombia.

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Solutions

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