Finding the owner of a car via reg no.

Zena

Hi all,

I have a quick question you may be able to help with.

Is it possible to find out who a car is registered to without going to the gardai?

Zena

landser

the local motor taxation office. given them the reg and the date that you require i.e. who owned it on the 1/1/2005. fee is €6. each county has it's own office. if its a D reg, then it's dublin, C reg, cork etc.

Zena

Cheers landser - that is great

fletch

Didn't know you could do that!!! Kinda scary really....cause if you were to do something to really annoy someone on the road....they could hunt you down

edmund_f

yea, a warning to us all, did not know that you could do that either

Kristok

are you sure about that i find it shocking if so

landser

yep, i've done it loads of times for work, where you're trying to find out the name of the owner of a vehicle leaving the scene of an accident. if they give you any sh*t, tell them that the car ran over your bike or something. the application has to be mae in writing,

unkel

:eek: Didn't know that, only knew the friendly Garda route

landser wrote:

i've done it loads of times for work, where you're trying to find out the name of the owner of a vehicle leaving the scene of an accident

What's your job?

halkar

In Switzerland you get reg plates for life i think, you can go to book shop and buy the book contains everyone's name address and regs :eek:
fubbing crazy

landser

unkel wrote:

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What's your job?

car spotter

Interceptor

landser wrote:

car spotter

I don't know what that is but it sounds cool - where do I apply....

'c

landser

it's a community employment scheme.

unkel

halkar wrote:

In Switzerland you get reg plates for life i think, you can go to book shop and buy the book contains everyone's name address and regs

Damn handy when you want to assassinate an air traffic controller and you don't know where he lives :rolleyes:

Seth Brundle

unkel wrote:

Damn handy when you want to assassinate an air traffic controller and you don't know where he lives :rolleyes:

its such a bizarre example that Im wondering if it is based on experience

unkel

kbannon wrote:

its such a bizarre example that Im wondering if it is based on experience

Remember the Danish air traffic controller working in Switzerland that messed up and caused two aircraft to collide in mid air killing 71, mainly Russian children in 2002

A Russian father who lost his wife and children went looking for him in Switzerland. He found him...

BrianD

Would the Data Protection Act not prevent private details from divulged??

528i

freedom of information act beats that, and 4-aces

stratos

Er off thread a bit, it wasn't the traffic controller sole fault that night. He was just a small part of a huge problem. It involved line managers, faulty equipment, and 2 russians captains arguing in the cockpit whether to descend or climb. The controller told the crew to descend and the collision avoidance system told the crew climb. There is still no guide line today on which voice the crew should obey( and it happens more than you think in busy skies) . Was a real tragedy the planes only overlapped by 20 feet!

unkel

stratos wrote:

Er off thread a bit, it wasn't the traffic controller sole fault that night

You're right. It was more complicated than that. Yet, had the ATC done NOTHING, there would have been no accident. The collision avoidance system was working on BOTH planes

vector

landser wrote:

the local motor taxation office. given them the reg and the date that you require i.e. who owned it on the 1/1/2005. fee is €6. each county has it's own office. if its a D reg, then it's dublin, C reg, cork etc.

Interesting...

What info do you get, is it just name, name & address or more like tax/insurance/NCT and do you have to show an ID?