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lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Mr. Lyn R. Kennedy) writes:

> rbutera@owlnet.rice.edu (Robert John Butera) writes:
> 
> > In article <a01XoB2w164w@k5qwb.lonestar.org> lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Mr. Ly
> > 
> > >an unpaid ticket in minutes but can't find find out the license number 
> > >or VIN on you car if it's stolen, given your name and address. The 
> > >weight/type/etc doesn't affect collecting taxes. The missing color info 
> > >is left over from the days when lots of cars got re-painted. I'm 
> > >curious where you found a state that's NOT that way. :-)
> > >
> > 
> > Just checked ye old registrations sitting around in the glove
> > compartment.  Florida.  Georgia.  Rhode Island.  All have VIN and
> > color on the registartion.
> 
> Texas has the VIN on the registration and supposedly you can determine 
> the original color of cars made after 1981 from that. The DMV files 
> can't cross-reference from your name unless it's been recently changed. 
> So if your car is stolen and you don't know the license, you should 
> always be sure you have had a recent ticket they can look up to get the 
> license number from. :-)
> 
  You have it exactly backwards. VIN's *prior* to 1981, on some 
make cars, denoted the color. All VIN's after 81 are required to 
conform to the federal standard and have no provision for 
indicating the color of the vehicle. There is a way to find 
registrations in Texas by name. You just go to the PRIVATE busness 
here in Houston that buys the MVD computer tapes from the state 
and then re-sorts the data by name. I hear the guy makes lot's of 
money :-) Who says computers as a hobby can't pay :-)


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