On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 01:55:06AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> <<What, checking to see if a car is reported stolen is a crime?>>
>
> Checking vehicle data for a private citizen is prohibited.
California limits this to basically four things:
- current condition of title (clear, salvage)
- current condition of registration
- smog if applicable and passed within 90 days
- any parking tickets that would hold up registration (as tickets follow
the car)
Anything beyond that is technically a no-no. Without thinking too deeply,
I don't know if DMV will actually know whether a vehicle is stolen or not.
That information isn't kept in the registration database in californa (IIRC).
K
