With the adoption of the Mercosur license plate in Brazil, it has become more difficult to verify the origin of a car at a glance.

Changing the license plate layout with a different distribution of letters and numbers makes the visual inquiry to know the city and state the vehicle came from more laborious, as such information was previously easily visible on older license plates.

There is a way to identify license plates and find out the origin of the car. This will require a little more effort on the part of the stakeholder, but not difficult at all.

With the application Sinesp Cidadão of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, a person can legally look at the license plate of a car and obtain official information about the license plate.

Statement of Citizen Sinespe

Available android as well as iOS, Sinesp Cidadão has several resources available to citizens. In addition to viewing license plates, you can also search for arrest warrants, missing persons, file complaints, and have access to Brazil’s most wanted list.

Requesting license plates is simple and only takes a few seconds. Returns users the make, model, year, city, and country of registration of the vehicle. It’s worth noting that this in-app search is only valid for Mercosur license plates.

By logging into the app, you can make other vehicle-related requests, such as registering theft and robbery alerts.

Changes to Mercosur license plates

Previously, information such as state and municipality was presented on MERCOSUR plates. By their coats of arms it would be possible to carry out this visual identification. However, unlike older plates, this information would be stamped next to the new numbering, making it more difficult to share information in the event of a vehicle owner moving, which was not the case on previous models because the top stripe has this separation.

Now the information will be updated in documents and online, but consultation through the application is necessary to find out the origin of the vehicle. Keeping in mind that MERCOSUR license plates will soon become mandatory throughout the country.

Source: gov.br

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