DMV records are considered public information and covered by the Freedom of
Information Act. This is because your paying a licensing fee to a
Government agency and the Act requires them to disclose the information by
request. In most states, anyone can go into the DMV office and request a
copy of your records for a small fee. Some states even offer this
information online. Most will not ask why the information is needed though
some do. You can do pretty much the same thing at a person's town hall.
Someone can go in and for a small fee, get copies of tax and property
records. I used to do this when I did some skip tracing and was only asked
once for ID.
I'll see if I can find a copy of the Act on the net.
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>
>Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 04:22:26 -0700
>From: lellsworth@whoi.edu (Lynne M. Ellsworth)
>Subject: Re: DML: VIN # Registry!!!!!! PLEASE READ
>
>Walter Felix wrote:
> >
> > If I wanted your VIN, I can just as easily walk up to your truck in a
> > parking lot and read it off the dash. I know here in Connecticut, I can
>go
> > to DMV and pay the $10 and get a printout that includes a Name, Address,
>DOB
> > ,SS#, Operators #, Etc.
>
>Walt! Can anyone do this or just you and so and so?
>
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