How to find car ownership details?

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#98951 9-Mar-2012 10:59

Name and / or address. It seems you can't do it at the post office any more. Only on a massively long form through the transport agency which makes it pretty much impossible as it ask a lot of stupid questions such as do you have permission from the owner to get this information yes / no, if yes please attach a file proving written confirmation from the owner. Even then it seems to be at the nzta discretion whether they give you the information or not.

Someone owes me money. I know two possible number plates to search.

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#592706 9-Mar-2012 11:11

Carjam?

http://www.carjam.co.nz/

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#592712 9-Mar-2012 11:23

looked into that

-from car jam, buy report, what does it inlclude-

Ownership History
New Zealand Ownership History. Number of owners. Individual or company ownership. Owner's location. Please note that names and addresses of individuals are not available as of May 2011 privacy law changes.

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#592725 9-Mar-2012 11:59

The law changed in May 2011.

The only way to get it now is apply to the NZTA. Provide a legitimate reason and you shouldn't have any problems.

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicle/registration-licensing/information-who.html

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/transact/personal-information-application.html

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#592754 9-Mar-2012 12:57

If its a reasonable amount of money invovled, get a debt collector involved.

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#592789 9-Mar-2012 14:52

It is good it has changed it was a joke you could ever do it

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#593085 10-Mar-2012 08:11

Wasn't there a huge thread about this a couple of months back?

But yes, the official paperwork channel is now your best bet, there's now no easy way to find out where the bloke who cut you off on the motorway lives.

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#593096 10-Mar-2012 09:11

stevenz: Wasn't there a huge thread about this a couple of months back?

Yes your right. I was trying to find out how I could go about discovering the plate numbers of a few de-reg vehicles I used to own, but they wouldn't give me the information they hold about me and the cars I have owned.

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#593160 10-Mar-2012 12:02

If you know someone who has access to the NZTA online rego check they can find it for you.
That will include people who work for almost any parts supplier, workshops etc etc.
I have access to the look up function. But I work for a nationwide company and I do not know who the query details are sent to and I have no desire to find out until I am ready to leave! :p

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#593163 10-Mar-2012 12:20

And that would be a severe breach of the Privacy Act...

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#593171 10-Mar-2012 12:38

No, it's not. There are no restrictions on it's use. The only thing stopping me from doing it is my employers 100% work only web access.

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#593179 10-Mar-2012 12:48

If you work for a company and access that data for yourself and it is needed for your work, then it's ok.

If someone from outside the company approaches you and asks you to lookup some data in a private database you have access to, about someone else and you do it and pass that information on then that's a breach of privacy and a breach of the Privacy Act.

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#593180 10-Mar-2012 12:53

It's not a private data base though. It is very open.

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#593191 10-Mar-2012 13:16

It's open in what sense? Is it available to anyone to access it (anyone meaning myself and my neighbour for example), or just for your company's employees through a username/password?

If the latter than it means your company is authorised to access it, and most likely signed an agreement to have access to the data.

I have the impression you are mistaking your company easy of access to the data with "open" - those are very different concepts.

How would you feel if IlDuce up there in this thread send me a PM and asks me to provide him with your email address, and all IP addresses you ever used to access Geekzone, with date and times? The data is here, it's easy to access for my company's employees, but it's not "open" and certainly not "public".

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#593194 10-Mar-2012 13:19

Open as in the criteria for being allowed access to it are not much at all!
If I was the OP I'd just apply for access.

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#593224 10-Mar-2012 14:53

Users who have access to the motor vehicles register have to be approved and there is an access agreement including that the information cannot be disclosed to 3rd parties.

Giving the info out to "your mates" will get your boss/company at the very least disconnected, if not more, and my guess is that your job would also be toast.

There is a way to get the info properly and legally, it's not onerous, costs bugger all, and provided you have a legitimate purpose then there should be no issues.

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