Private Investigators and the DMV
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The story takes place in November of 2011, in Maine. Apparently PI's do have access to the DMV (or BMV for Maine), but I'm getting stuck on a few things:
1. How do they access the DMV registry? Do they have special access to the registries (per state, because I know each has different rules) or do they always have to contact someone within the DMV to access it for them?
2. Does anyone have an idea how searching the registry would work? I don't intend to go into minute detail, but do you plug in the details you know into a search engine, do you look at a list, etc?
3. The investigator in my story knows the car was a blue sedan from sometime between 1980 and 2000, and possibly a first name to attach to it. Could he even find the car with those details, or do you need the license plate?
Thanks for any help. Not for the first time, I'm thankful this community exists. :D
The story takes place in November of 2011, in Maine. Apparently PI's do have access to the DMV (or BMV for Maine), but I'm getting stuck on a few things:
1. How do they access the DMV registry? Do they have special access to the registries (per state, because I know each has different rules) or do they always have to contact someone within the DMV to access it for them?
2. Does anyone have an idea how searching the registry would work? I don't intend to go into minute detail, but do you plug in the details you know into a search engine, do you look at a list, etc?
3. The investigator in my story knows the car was a blue sedan from sometime between 1980 and 2000, and possibly a first name to attach to it. Could he even find the car with those details, or do you need the license plate?
Thanks for any help. Not for the first time, I'm thankful this community exists. :D