ok so i need to know everything i can about a guy by his license plate number, its someone wanting to buy $60,000 worth of equipment from my dad on craigslist, seems kinda fishy so we just want to know all we can to protect ourselves

quick google search brought up alot of things wanting you to pay but would rather not

 

What you are asing somebody to do is illegal; at least I am pretty sure that a LEA cannot do that in Ohio. An officer can olnly do a license plate check for professional reasons; not personal ones. If caught, bad things can happen to the police officer.

 

I saw this hot chick and have her plate number. Can you tell me where she lives???lol

 

THis may be a long shot but if you can find a repo man that is willing to cheat a little and you give him a little "tip" then he can run the tag for you and 90 percent chance that he will find the info. Like i said a long shot but i have a brother in law in the repo bussiness and he can run any tag and get the info on it.

 

call your insurance, they have access to data bases as well

 

It all depends upon what is allowed in your state. In MD, you can look up anyone's license number, but a record is kept of who does. As an individual, you can also block anyone from looking at your info (except LEOs).

 

yeah, do things legally & cough up the cash. not worth breaking the law. if a cop does it for you...that's a bad cop. even though you dont have malicious intentions, it's still wrong for a cop to do.

 

Here in FL an agency can possibly lose there NCIC/FCIC terminal priviledges if they look up someones information for personal reasons. A few years ago a very small department looked up Hillary Clintons info, ran for warrants, etc (for fun I guess?) and one of the 3 letter agencies came and literally ripped all the NCIC/FCIC terminals out of the dispatcher center about 4 hours later. As you can imagine it didn't work out to well for the guy that did it. Even if I were bestest buddies with someone I wouldn't risk doing it.

 

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One of my professors said a trainee did that, but searched Bush. The secret service was all over them before the day ended.

 

never asked anyone to do anything illegal, never asked for a cop to do it, there are plenty of sites out there where you can pay $15-60 to get the info just didnt want to if i didnt have to

 

Cant the DMV run the plates for you and give you the info? Kinda like in gone in 60 seconds.

 

from searching i found that they used to but dont like to do it anymore

 

Craigslist is a feeding grounds for scams and scums that prey of those who try to legitimately buy and sell on Craigslist. Unless this person is paying cash........for your Dad to do a $60K deal I would spend a few bucks to get all the information possible before turning over his equipment. Be cautious!

 

If the guy really wants your dads equipment, he will wait until his funds clear before retaining possession. Have something written up and notorized.