Can you check if a Van is private or company owned?

Jokester · 6 May 2017 at 15:15

Em3bbs said:
"Anyone" can also look up a numberplate and address on the PNC. Unfortunately they have to train for years to become Police officers first.

If anyone took the question out of context it wasn't fox.

It was and you to.

By saying anyone it clearly indicts he's talking about any member of the public, not a police officer or someone else with special rights above and beyond Joe Bloggs on the street.

plenty of legal reasons someone might need to find out so yeah it can be done

So yes, no one was incorrect in what they stated in this thread.

Em3bbs · 6 May 2017 at 15:19

Jokester said:
By saying anyone it clearly indicts he's talking about any member of the public, not a police officer or someone else with special rights above and beyond Joe Bloggs on the street.

You mean like someone who has special rights based on the 'reasonable cause' list here? https://www.gov.uk/request-information-from-dvla

Then yes, we all agree with Fox then.

Jokester · 6 May 2017 at 15:22

Em3bbs said:
You mean like someone who has special rights based on the 'reasonable cause' list here? https://www.gov.uk/request-information-from-dvla

Then yes, we all agree with Fox then.

Do I see some different post to everyone else being a mod or something? Andybird clearly mentions in his first response this?

Em3bbs · 6 May 2017 at 15:28

Jokester said:
Do I see some different post to everyone else being a mod or something? Andybird clearly mentions in his first response this?

Anyone can find out who the owner of a vehicle is, you just have to submit a request to DVLA, obviously any request is recorded so if said vehicle gets mysteriously damaged then whoever made the request would be an obvious suspect, but other than that plenty of legal reasons someone might need to find out so yeah it can be done

Yes, you must see something different to me then Jokester. Fox just clarified the last sentence then everyone went crazy.

Jokester · 6 May 2017 at 15:37

Em3bbs said:
Yes, you must see something different to me then Jokester. Fox just clarified the last sentence then everyone went crazy.

Clarified what about it? That a member of the public can make a request to the DVLA and find out? He even linked the same list of reasons you did in his next post.

You pair seem to be completely missing the point that the OP didn't believe this was possible at all.

[TW]Fox · 6 May 2017 at 15:41

He initially said that anyone can 'find out' not simply that they can make a request.

Not anyone can find out. The OP, for example, cannot. Sure he can make a request but he won't find out as a result.

Jokester · 6 May 2017 at 15:51

[TW]Fox said:
He initially said that anyone can 'find out' not simply that they can make a request.

Not anyone can find out. The OP, for example, cannot. Sure he can make a request but he won't find out as a result.

He hasn't edited his post. He clearly talks about anyone in the context of it being a member of the public as that is what the OP is asking and explicitly even says request in his post.

Anyway, that van? Been parked (abandoned) anywhere?

ShiWarrior · 6 May 2017 at 15:54

no not abandoned, its outside his house, with his Van down the road

Em3bbs · 6 May 2017 at 17:51

Jokester said:
Clarified what about it? That a member of the public can make a request to the DVLA and find out? He even linked the same list of reasons you did in his next post.

You pair seem to be completely missing the point that the OP didn't believe this was possible at all.

lol no. "Anyone" can get into the Whitehouse and get the nuclear codes, as long as they meet certain criteria like being born in America and being voted in as President.

What a silly conversation.

Jokester · 6 May 2017 at 17:54

Well, yeah, you're the one making it!

hurfdurf · 6 May 2017 at 18:18

One could very easily lie and say that they were involved in an accident from what people are saying with how they don't ask for any evidence?

andybird123 · 6 May 2017 at 20:23

Jokester said:
Well, yeah, you're the one making it!

Thanks for the backup but leave them to it mate, they must lead very difficult lives if their reading and comprehension is this bad.

scratch · 6 May 2017 at 23:28

What a crazy thread.

Unfortunately I'm going to be pedantic as well and say there's no way for Joe Public to find out who the owner of a vehicle is. The only option they have is contact the DVLA to request details of the registered keeper

andybird123 · 7 May 2017 at 08:34

scratch said:
What a crazy thread.

Unfortunately I'm going to be pedantic as well and say there's no way for Joe Public to find out who the owner of a vehicle is. The only option they have is contact the DVLA to request details of the registered keeper

If that is the level of pedantry we're going for then I'd like to point out there is a way to find out who the owner of the vehicle is, walk up and ask them. It might not be successful but its still A way to potentially find out and thus saying "no way" is not accurate.