Terms of use

Last updated: 10 November 2026.

The service

Vehicle Vertical is a UK vehicle dossier service provided by Tim Johnson, trading as Vehicle Vertical. You can look up a registration, buy credits and, if you choose, create an account. Guest checkout works without an account.

A dossier is digital content. It summarises vehicle identity, MOT history, mileage integrity and a health score, using MOT and vehicle data from DVLA and DVSA via One Auto. It is not an official DVLA or DVSA certificate, not a valuation, and not a recommendation to buy or not to buy a car.

Title checks are not included yet

Finance, stolen and write-off checks are not in the product yet. Until they are, a dossier is not a clear-title report. We say this on the file itself.

Data accuracy

We compile what the official sources return, plus a small number of derived notes such as a health score, a mileage flag, an illustrative private-sale band, recall matches and a ULEZ/CAZ heuristic. Records can be incomplete, delayed or wrong. You should confirm anything important on the car, on the V5C, and on GOV.UK. Demo plates are labelled sample data.

Price and payment

A single dossier credit is £12, or 15 USDC on Base. Ten desk credits are £79, or 99 USDC on Base. Agents can also pay $0.05 USDC per API call. Prices are in pounds sterling and include VAT where it applies. Card payments are taken by Stripe. Crypto payments settle in USDC on Base.

Refunds for unused credits

Credits are digital content. Under UK consumer law you normally have 14 days to change your mind, unless you ask us to supply the content during that period and you acknowledge that you then lose the cancellation right.

If you buy credits and have not used them to unlock a file, you can ask for a refund of the unused credits within 14 days of purchase by emailing hello@vehiclevertical.com (this mailbox is being set up). Used credits — a file you have unlocked, or an API call that has been served — are not refundable, because the digital content has already been supplied. We may also refund unused credits later as a goodwill gesture.

Accounts

If you sign in, purchases and unused credits can be stored against your account. If you first buy as a guest and later sign in with the same email used on the Stripe receipt, those purchases should appear on the account. Keep your email accurate.

Acceptable use

Do not misuse the service, attempt to bypass payment or rate limits, or use it for anything unlawful. We may suspend access if we reasonably believe the terms have been broken.

Liability

Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud. We are not liable for losses that were not foreseeable, or for a buying decision you make after reading a dossier. These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales.

Contact

Email hello@vehiclevertical.com. The mailbox is being set up and may not be monitored yet. Our privacy notice is at /privacy.