What info can you get with someones license plate?

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>>14995735
Vehicle info:
year, make, model, color, VIN etc.

Owner Info:
Name, address, sometimes DOB and Driver License Number.

also possible to find out if a lien is recorded, and insurance info.

And of course, you can find out if the vehicle is reported stolen, or wanted in connection with a crime or some other reason.

>>14995824
don't you have to have special access, i.e, a police computer for that?

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>>14995824
>>14995837
This
how does the every day joe get access to the name of the person?

>>14995837
Yeah, to get all that stuff you do.

But you can also do a search by license plate thru services like Carfax, and just get the car history.

And it's possible to file a freedom of information act request and get the owner info, but there's usually a fee and a wait involved.

>>14995837
The police computer just interfaces with the driver / vehicle services computer so your plate and registration should be associated with anything else that the DMV knows. The cops are basically the only people who are permitted to do arbitrary searches.

>>14995867
You don't.

>>14995870
Carfax tracks the vehicle by VIN, not license plate.

The information that you can get from driver / vehicle services will pertain more to the number of x brand, y model cars registered. They're not going to give you dox on some stranger.

>>14995902

why the fuck do people always cover their plates online then?

what are they afraid of

>>14995867
Well, the question was what info, not how do to it.

I remember reading a while back, California was blocking some FOIA license plate requests because losers were using it to stalk celebrities.

Your mileage may vary.

>>14995917
Paranoia

Definitively linking an online persona to an automobile. Only really a concern on the facebags or local forums.

>>14995902
Carfax now allows you to get the report with a plate number. Google "Carfax by license plate number".

>>14995937
Interesting. It doesn't work on my plate and our system doesn't talk to carfax. Also tried autocheck with no success.

>>14995972
Maybe not all states are available, or maybe your plate is too new to on file yet.

Worked fine on my 3 year old Illinois plate.

>>14995989
I work on the system here. I can tell you with confidence that if carfax is getting our data they're getting it through an intermediary.

They don't use our software for DMV in IL yet.

>>14995917

"Officer, a guy ran over my waifu pillow and side-swiped my Miata! His license plate is..."

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