May 12, 2013
In the latest round of pitfalls facing people who nationalize their foreign plated TIP cars, there are reports out of Chapala that some lawyers and brokers are issuing fake pediments and giving out plates that are off stolen cars. Lic. Spencer McMullin reports that this becomes a big headache for the driver if you are pulled over, and the police find you are driving a car that shows up as being stolen. Police take car theft seriously, and he points out that they may approach the driver with guns drawn… http://www.chapala.com/webboard/index.php?showtopic=43893#entry339164
If you suspect there might be a problems with your plates, you can check them at this Mexican Federal Govt. website:
http://www2.repuve.gob.mx:8080/ciudadania/servletconsulta
You enter your Plate Number, VIN, or Folio ID.
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Feel free to copy while giving proper attribution: YucaLandia/Surviving Yucatan.
© Steven M. Fry
Read-on MacDuff . . .
Yup got this about a week ago.
Julie & Wayne Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico
Interesting site Steve, thanks for mentioning it. My car is OK. 🙂 Just one correction: you only need the plate, OR the VIN, OR one of the other numbers, not “and”.
OK, Thanks!
You can also check the actual pedimento on this site: http://www.aduanas.gob.mx/SOIANET/oia_consultarap_cep.aspx
Why would a plate come back as “PLACA no encontrada, intente con el Número de Identificación Vehicular (NIV)”? Are all Mexico plates entered in this database, or are there some States of Mexico that don’t enter this data?
Interesting.
Between 6 years ago and 2 years ago, there were a ton of “facilitators” doing “paper only” imports of 1,000’s of vehicles … buying & creating basically illegal pedimentos … and getting basically illegal license plates & registrations by illegally paying-off govt. officials.
Was your vehicle originally sold in Mexico … or is it a US or Canadian vehicle, brought into Mexico.
Sadly, “Sonia” and a number of other well-meaning ‘expert’ ‘facilitators’ made beaucoup $bucks$ processing & selling fake pedimentos and skeezy-shady Mexican plates & registrations.
Years of Edo de Mexico plates were some of the worst – marketed & sold as “permanent registrations” & “permanent plates” at big profits by these ‘well-intentioned’ facilitators.
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What plates? … What pedimento (or original Mexican dealer factura-invoice) and what state tenencia do you have ?
Steve