Re: How to do a car title search in Maryland, USA?

[Refinish King]

Either hand the information you have to your insurance company,

or try a fee info service on line, and roll the dice on heavy fines and
jail.

RK

"NoName" <nu...@null.com> wrote in message
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> Pertaining to a car accident I was involved in, I need to do a title
> search on a vehicle. The plates are Maryland plates, and I know the
> model of the car and the name of the driver. I tried calling the
> Maryland MVA to find out who the car was registered to (I need to know
> if the car belongs to the driver, or to some other person or company).
> The MVA said they could not release the ownership information, but
> perhaps I was speaking to the wrong person. Can anyone steer me to an
> online resource to do a title search, or indicate what kind of person
> and/or service can perform this search?
>

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NoName <nu...@null.com> writes:

>Pertaining to a car accident I was involved in, I need to do a title
>search on a vehicle. The plates are Maryland plates, and I know the
>model of the car and the name of the driver. I tried calling the
>Maryland MVA to find out who the car was registered to (I need to know
>if the car belongs to the driver, or to some other person or company).
>The MVA said they could not release the ownership information, but
>perhaps I was speaking to the wrong person. Can anyone steer me to an
>online resource to do a title search, or indicate what kind of person
>and/or service can perform this search?

Members of the general public are not allowed to find details of vehicle
ownership due to privacy laws.

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"NoName" <nu...@null.com> wrote in message
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> Pertaining to a car accident I was involved in, I need to do a title
> search on a vehicle. The plates are Maryland plates, and I know the
> model of the car and the name of the driver. I tried calling the
> Maryland MVA to find out who the car was registered to (I need to know
> if the car belongs to the driver, or to some other person or company).
> The MVA said they could not release the ownership information, but
> perhaps I was speaking to the wrong person. Can anyone steer me to an
> online resource to do a title search, or indicate what kind of person
> and/or service can perform this search?

From http://www.marylandmva.com/DriverServ/DrRecord/privacydrrecord.htm :

"Some Information is Not Considered Private!
Anything that is not considered "personal information" has never been
protected from public access
Public Information
Public information (records) can only show the following:
A driving status
Any driving offenses for the past 3 years
Any vehicular accident information
A 5 digit zip code
A vehicle identification number (VIN)
A vehicle title number
Insurance company name
Insurance policy number
An odometer reading
By completing a MVA Request for Record (form # DR-057), you may obtain a
non-certified record without personal information.Along with your request
for a non-certified record without personal information you must provide the
MVA with acceptable identification, the required fee, and either the driver's
license number and/or the full name and date of birth of the record holder.A
non-certified record without personal information will contain only the
public information listed above."

http://www.marylandmva.com/Resources/DR-057.pdf

Ed