Information on Parking service delivery the Netherlands

Functional contact: ncp@rdw.nl
Technical contact: servicedesk@rdw.nl

Main characteristics of the Dutch vehicle register:

  • In The Netherlands the license plate is registered to a vehicle. This means that a license plate on a car will not change when a new vehicle holder is registered to the car.
  • The Dutch license plates consist usually of six letters/digits. License plates of diplomats and transit license plates can however contain five letters/digits.
  • The following types of vehicles are stored in the Dutch Vehicle register: motorcars, motorcycles, mopeds, lorries and trailers
  • The Dutch Vehicle register does not contain information about vehicle owners. Only information about the vehicle and the vehicle holder is available.
  • Only for the given date vehicle and vehicle holder information is returned
  • Owners and holders can be a ‘natural person’ or a ‘Legal entity other than natural person’.
  • If vehicle is stolen, wrecked or exported code 101 (NO INFORMATION FOUND is returned.
  • Invalid code 101 is also returned when no (valid) vehicle or the holder is found on the given date

Additional Information:

  • For the time being The Netherlands will use the VHOH request and response to answer on a sVHOHparking request because The Netherlands have not yet a Parking service.

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