# Korea Flood-Damaged Car Check by Plate (침수차 조회) (`kr-data/korea-flood-car-check`) Actor

Check South Korean license plates against official flood-damage insurance records: total loss or partial flood damage, accident date. For used-car exporters, importers and buyers. Bulk, English JSON, no Korean account needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kr-data/korea-flood-car-check.md
- **Developed by:** [KR Data](https://apify.com/kr-data) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 0.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 plate checkeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## Korea Flood-Damaged Car Check by Plate (침수차 조회)

Check **South Korean license plates against the official flood-damage insurance records** and find out whether a car was a **flood total loss** (침수전손) or had **partial flood damage** (침수분손) — with the accident date. Data comes from the Financial Services Commission's flood-damaged vehicle check (금융위원회 침수차량진위확인), compiled by the Korea Insurance Development Institute (보험개발원), and is refreshed daily.

**No API key or Korean account needed.** Paste plate numbers, get English JSON.

### Typical uses

- **Used-car exporters and importers** — screen Korean used cars before buying for export (Central Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America).
- **Auction buyers, dealers and inspectors** — add a flood check to every vehicle report.
- **Marketplaces and lenders** — flag flood-damaged cars in listings or before financing.
- **AI agents** — "Was the Korean car 12가3456 ever flooded?"

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `plates` | Korean plate numbers, e.g. `12가3456`, `123가4567`, `서울12가3456`. Spaces and hyphens are ignored. Up to 1,000 per run. |

```json
{ "plates": ["66우3717", "12가3456"] }
```

### Output

One item per plate:

```json
{
  "input": "66우3717",
  "plate": "66우3717",
  "status": "flood_record_found",
  "floodRecord": true,
  "records": [
    { "damageType": "total_loss", "damageTypeKo": "침수전손", "accidentDate": "2026-08-17", "accidentDateTime": "2026-08-17 06:00:00" }
  ],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-10-05",
  "coverageNote": "Covers vehicles with an insurance claim for flood damage ...",
  "source": "Financial Services Commission (금융위원회) flood-damaged vehicle check ...",
  "checkedAt": "2026-10-06T07:00:00+00:00"
}
```

| `status` | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `flood_record_found` | At least one flood-damage insurance record exists for this plate. |
| `no_record` | No flood insurance claim on file for this plate. |
| `invalid_input` | Not a Korean plate format (free). |
| `lookup_failed` | The official source did not answer; retry later (free). |

`damageType`: `total_loss` (insurer paid the car as a total loss due to flooding) or `partial_damage` (insurer paid for flood repairs).

### Important: what "no record" means

The records cover **vehicles with an insurance claim for flood damage** (own-damage cover). A car that was flooded but **uninsured, or repaired without a claim, is not in the data**. Records are matched by the **current plate number** (현재차량번호) as held by the insurers. Use this as one signal in a vehicle check, not as proof that a car was never flooded.

### Pricing

Pay per plate checked: **$0.002 per plate** (`plate-check`), whether or not a record is found — a clean result is also an answer. Invalid inputs and failed lookups are free.

### Use as an MCP tool (Claude, Cursor, other AI agents)

Add the Apify MCP server with this Actor:

```
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=kr-data/korea-flood-car-check
```

### Source and license

금융위원회_침수차량진위확인 (data.go.kr 15124895), 이용허락범위 제한 없음. Data is passed through unchanged except for English field names and labels.

### More Korean data from KR Data

- [Korea Business Check (KYB)](https://apify.com/kr-data/korea-business-verify) — business registration status, company profile, financials
- [Korean Address to English](https://apify.com/kr-data/korea-address) — official English address and postal code
- [Korean Law in English](https://apify.com/kr-data/korea-law) — official English text of Korean statutes

# Actor input Schema

## `plates` (type: `array`):

One plate per line, as written on the car: 12가3456, 123가4567 or old regional plates like 서울12가3456. Spaces and hyphens are ignored. Up to 1,000 per run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "plates": [
    "66우3717",
    "12가3456"
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One item per input plate.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "plates": [
        "66우3717",
        "12가3456"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("kr-data/korea-flood-car-check").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "plates": [
        "66우3717",
        "12가3456",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("kr-data/korea-flood-car-check").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "plates": [
    "66우3717",
    "12가3456"
  ]
}' |
apify call kr-data/korea-flood-car-check --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kr-data/korea-flood-car-check"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/NzmSfPRuvBPho47sZ/builds/FMbh9bIqhbYlzrgjM/openapi.json