States reveal information about titles/registration on a
need-to-know basis. You must convince the powers that be
that you have a legitimate interest, and fill out a form to
that effect. If you have a collector car and need
information from the previous owner about repairs, safety
checks, that sort of thing, and you get the right
bureaucrat, you should be able to get the info. It's a
freedom of information issue.
Protection of these records from indiscriminate disclosure
is a fairly new concept. It keeps a stalker from tracking
his prey, or, for example, my wife's girlfriend who tracked
down her philandering married boyfriend's wife several years
ago.
--Roger van Hoy, '55 DeSoto, '58 DeSoto, '42 DeSoto, '66
Plymouth, '81 Imperial, Washougal, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: <dnieblas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Checking ownership
| I highly doubt that any state will give anyone information
about a car's former owner for the simple fact that it is a
violation of the Privacy Act.
| Doug 1958 Crown coupe
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