CarsXE Lien & Theft Check API
Commercial VIN-keyed endpoint returning active and recovered theft events together with decoded vehicle identity fields.
Questions this answers
4 · best fit firstThe CarsXE Lien & Theft response decodes a supplied VIN to year, make, model, and body class while also reporting theft-event classifications. This is a bounded identity/specification decode; the cited documentation does not expose decoder/database version, verification timestamp, GVWR, trim, engine, or other broader factory specifications.
The API accepts a buyer-selected 17-character VIN and documents Open Lien events with lienholder, location, and date; access requires an API key and is available in a sandbox and subscription plans.
For a supplied VIN, CarsXE returns Active Theft and Recovered Theft event classifications together with decoded year, make, model, and body class. The cited response documentation does not expose theft report date, recovery date, reporting authority, or query/search timestamp, so current-versus-historical status is not fully date-pinned.
The arbitrary-VIN event response documents `Vehicle for Sale` events with a date. This is supplemental listing-occurrence evidence only and does not provide complete seller, price, mileage, or sale-status history.
Fields it delivers
6 fieldsThe checked first-party API documentation describes VIN lookup inputs and outputs but does not establish a complete current country or subdivision footprint. Vehicle examples and underlying database names were not used to guess coverage.
CarsXE pricing lists a $0 sandbox with only five lifetime Lien & Theft calls, while operational Starter, Pro, and Business routes are paid. The standing route an ordinary business buyer would actually use is paid; the sandbox is only an evaluation alternative.
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