Re: More to be paranoid about...

At 10:14 PM 8/3/96 -0700, Alan Olsen wrote:
>Take a look at:
>
>     http://www.spiritone.com/cgi-bin/plates
>
>Feed it an Oregon licence plate number and it will feed you back all sorts
>of info about the person/victim.



  Not surprising at all.  Unbeknownst to most of the general populace, DMV
records (for the most part) are public records and are subject to Freedom of
Information requests.  AAMOF, I have an account with NYS/DMV which I use to
pull my clients' records when they are charged with DWI and/or other traffic
offenses.  I simply dial into DMV's [outdated] computer and pull the record.
It also came in handy on a personal level when I did not get my registration
card after buying my car and discovered that the dealer had not registered
my car.







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"Lynne L. Harrison" <lharrison@csbh.mhv.net> writes:
>
>   Not surprising at all.  Unbeknownst to most of the general populace, DMV
> records (for the most part) are public records and are subject to Freedom of
> Information requests.  AAMOF, I have an account with NYS/DMV which I use to
> pull my clients' records when they are charged with DWI and/or other traffic
> offenses.  I simply dial into DMV's [outdated] computer and pull the record.
> It also came in handy on a personal level when I did not get my registration
> card after buying my car and discovered that the dealer had not registered
> my car.

If I remember correctly, it costs $4 for one search (via modem), and one has
to pre-pay $200 to open the account. One can do a free sarch if one's friendly
with the LEO's. :-)

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