I have found a car that I'm interested in. Is it posible to track down the owner through the license plate number?
Any input is gladly appriciated
Any input is gladly appriciated
Tracking a car by the license plate!
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69_340_GTS
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Not unless you are a LEO, or know someone in Motor Vehicles that will do it for you.
Maybe it's changed since I lived in Sweden but I recall the plate goes with the car in Sweden even after the car is sold to someone else? It really depends on licensing laws in the province/state/country you live in. Where I live now, the plate goes with who it was issued to originally and doesn't transfer to the new owner.
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69_340_GTS
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Not in the U.S., at least anywhere I've ever lived. New owner = new plate. New state = new plate.
RPMagoo
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-- In Pa. A "Antique Plate" can be transferred from one owner to another. -- Possibly "Vanity Plates", "Classic Plates", and others -- not sure about that.
Alaskan_TA
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General rule of thumb - If you see it advertised for sale, inquire.
Not for sale? Leave the owner be.
Not for sale? Leave the owner be.
lilcuda
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I disagree. If you see the car parked somewhere, leave a note on it. If you don't get a response, then you leave them alone. I purchased a one-owner Malibu convertible this way back in the 80's.
dibbons
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I was driving an armored truck while attending college. Obviously, I could not get out and speak to the girl I saw in an ARCO. I was looking for someone to pose for the cover of a book I was writing (never got published). She had a huge smile and it was just what I had been looking for.
I went to the California DMV and paid a fee to have a message sent to the registered owner of the license plate of the car she was driving. Kind of a third party thing, where I was not given the address directly. Never heard back from the girl with the big smile (or the owner of the car, if it was someone else). At least I gave it the old college try.
This was a few years ago and I don't know if California DMV still offers this "service".
I went to the California DMV and paid a fee to have a message sent to the registered owner of the license plate of the car she was driving. Kind of a third party thing, where I was not given the address directly. Never heard back from the girl with the big smile (or the owner of the car, if it was someone else). At least I gave it the old college try.
This was a few years ago and I don't know if California DMV still offers this "service".
67Dart273
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I think you'll find this is not all true. WA state the plates stay with the car. "I think" CA is the same, I did not check.................
According to this, AK stays with car, also CA, Delaware, Michigan, I did not check further
Transfer of Plates - AAA Digest of Motor Laws
LocuMob
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MN plates go with the car. Collector plates can stay with the owner if they want. Simple as take them off and let new owner register their own plates. Vanity plates can be kept also.
Ddaddy
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In PA, the plates stay with the owner no matter what type.
In California the plates go with the car unless they’re vanity/collector/specialty plates of some kind. Basically, if the owner is paying additional registration for those specific plates they can keep them. Otherwise they go with the car.
As for getting owner info from the DMV from a plate number, not anymore. Used to be able to do it, but that changed a few years back for security reasons. LEO’s and some registered dealers etc can get that info within their own policies/procedures, but not a private citizen.
But again, it differs by state/province, so, that’s just California and a few others, not a nationwide standard.
Moparman1806
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Pa antique, classic or historical plates can transfer to new owner with release letter
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