Getting address from car registration - Possible!

[Phil S]

Until today I thought only the police or government bodies could obtain a drivers address from the car registration plate. But it would seem otherwise.

I was speaking to my dad who had been sent a parking fine through the post, from a private car park (for parking in a local video shop carpark without shopping there!). They sent what was basically a lookalike of a normal NIP asking for £100 through the post to the leasing company who forwarded it on. (The car has no lease company sticker on so it is not identifiable from this.)

How is this possible? Surely Joe Bloggs can't use a registration plate to get the vehicle owners address?!

[Phil S]

Well you learn something new every day!

[Phil S]

richardthestag said:

markmullen said: Yup, send the DVLA £2.50, give a reasonable reason for wanting the information (eg the keeper has parked on your land and you need the address to serve notice of a fine etc) and robert is your father's brother. Is this a recent thing, I always throw away tickets issued by private companies NCP etc. Re £100 for parking outside the video store, if hypothetically you were to not pay, then I guess the next step is for them to take you to court. If this were to happen would they be required to prove that you did £100 worth of damage to them!

Nah, it happened a good few months ago, he wrote back and said "Prove it!" so they sent a side on photo of his car (or a similar one ). Obviously he wrote back saying that is useless and could be anyone! That was a good few months ago now.