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unencumbered or not when buying a used car in Phnom Penh

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If you were buying a used car privately in Phnom Penh how do you check its not about to be repossessed by a bank or other ?
is there a hot line to call silly question I guess :facepalm:
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Ozinasia wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 8:05 pm If you were buying a used car privately in Phnom Penh how do you check its not about to be repossessed by a bank or other ?
is there a hot line to call silly question I guess :facepalm:
Of sorts.

CNM can run a history check for some, not all, vehicles. North American origin in the main.
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who or what is CNM ? excuse my ignorance ... any web site or face book or email I can contact them on ?
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contact matt
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If you're talking "Autocheck", you can run the VIN (vehicle id number) yourself if you have it and have a card to pay the Autocheck fee (not sure how much these days).

It wont tell you everything though, so don't rely on it too heavily, especially if the car is already registered in Cambodia. In fact it wont tell you anything about the car's history after it got on the boat so to speak.
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https://www.cnmcambodia.com/
thank you doing that now .
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If the car has been imported from US/Canada/Europe/Australia you can check the car history yourself too https://www.carvertical.com/ About $10-$12 per report.
But ltike SlowJoe said, it will not tell anything about the car's history after it got on the boat though.
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Ozinasia wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 8:05 pm If you were buying a used car privately in Phnom Penh how do you check its not about to be repossessed by a bank or other ?
is there a hot line to call silly question I guess :facepalm:
No, this hotline only exists for houses and land. :stir:

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ouch seems like it could be an easy trap to fall into loads of cars here are on credit I am sure
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Ozinasia wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 9:49 pm ouch seems like it could be an easy trap to fall into loads of cars here are on credit I am sure
Not that big, usually the banks will take one of the original documents as a collateral.
If all the original documents are there, you could be fine.
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