BajaNomad

Buying a car in Baja

Bruce R Leech - 5-17-2005 at 12:58 PM

dose any one Know how to find out if a car is stolen from California with the vin # or license #? I find all these websites that want 25 dollars to check cant DMV or the police tell you if it is stolen or not?:?:

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mulege marv - 5-18-2005 at 06:31 AM

bruce, you might talk to bart at the jungle he just bought a car and someone ran a check for him and he got the history on the car, although i dont know who it was.

Bruce R Leech - 5-18-2005 at 06:35 AM

Thanks Marv Ill check it out.

TMW - 5-18-2005 at 07:16 AM

If you have the VIN# go to the CA DMV web site and they have a section for vehicle history.

Bruce R Leech - 5-18-2005 at 07:46 AM

this is the problem with California is they only care about making money and not about helping there people to reduce crime they wont tell you if your car is stolen unless you pay 25 dollars.I cant pay it from Mexico.

they are also one of the few states that wont post a list of sex offenders on the web. they are real careful to protect the perverts but to heck with the children.

Anonymous - 5-18-2005 at 07:59 AM

Pssst.

http://meganslaw.ca.gov/disclaimer.htm

Bruce R Leech - 5-18-2005 at 08:11 AM

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Originally posted by Anonymous
Pssst.

http://meganslaw.ca.gov/disclaimer.htm


Hay thanks for that this is new to me and I am vary glad you pointed this out to me.

now If we could just git the state to publish a list of known stolen vehicles.

wornout - 5-18-2005 at 08:20 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
this is the problem with California is they only care about making money and not about helping there people to reduce crime they wont tell you if your car is stolen unless you pay 25 dollars.I cant pay it from Mexico.


I would go to this automated email site: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/online/email/esw_vr.html
and send them an email that says something like, 'I live in Baja, Mexico, and believe this automobile VIN: 1234567???? may be stolen, if you want more specific location info, email me. It is worth a shot but more than likely they will think you are trying to get background information for free or they may let you know it is stolen but will not try an recover it due to the expense involved, who knows.

Quote:
Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
they are also one of the few states that wont post a list of sex offenders on the web. they are real careful to protect the perverts but to heck with the children.


And was there ever a doubt where most of the work of the ACLU is done?


[Edited on 5-27-2005 by BajaNomad]