How do I find the owner of a vehicle through the liscense plate on the
vehicle.  I have a vehicle parked on my property and I want to contact
the owner so they can get rid of it.  The Department of Motor Vehicles
says that they can't give out that information because it's private. 
Any ways around that?  Thanks
BTW: the liscense number is NV 48469M (a trailer)

You really shouldn't publish personal information like license plate
number on the internet. Anyway you should have the car towed if it is
front of your driveway.

Notify the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over your
property -- perhaps that's the city police or the county sheriff --
that someone else's vehicle is parked on your property and that you
want it removed.

The city or sheriff dont care if someone has a vehicle parked on your
private property and you don't want it there, they only care if it is
stolen or not.  Outside of the trailer being stolen, they have no
interest.  Ther reason I don't tow immeadeatly is because the trailer
is parked at my apartment complex and I don't necessarily want to piss
off one of my paying residents.  These matters are always handled
better over the phone.

You must have a means of communicating with your tenants --
newsletter? Bulletin board? Monthly billing statement? Desk where they
pay their rent? Direct mailing or flyer?

Just post a general notification (non-threatening) that you are
looking to speak to the owner of such-and-such vehicle because it
needs to be moved. State that if the owner does not come forward by a
certain date, you will assume the vehicle does not belong to a tenant
and you will have it removed as an "abandoned vehicle."

Meanwhile, figure out how to do that. 

At least in Las Vegas, police will respond to complaints regarding
"abandoned vehicles on private property."  You may want to call your
local police again and find out what the definition of "abandoned" is.

Code Enforcement Division
COMPLAINT POLICY
http://www.cityofnorthlasvegas.com/Departments/CommunityDevelopment/Complaints.cfm

NEVADA - CHAPTER 487 - REPAIR, REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF VEHICLES
[see "Fees for towing abandoned vehicles"]
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-487.html

Or .. you could implement a new policy that states "due to problems
with non-tenants using up tenant's parking spaces" all vehicles
belonging to tenants must be registered with the office. Send out a
form and see who registers the trailer. Might be a good policy to have
anyway. :-)

-K~

Hi crzyryan,

Knowledge_seeker gave you some excellent advice. I lived in Las Vegas
for 6 years and had a similiar situation once. I took the license
plate number in with me to the DMV at Flamingo and Durango and asked
them for the persons name. They asked why, and since I had a good
reason (like you do), they gave it to me. I recommend making a
personal appearance and asking really, really, nicely. Ask for a
supervisor if you get refused the first time, remember polite
persistance pays.   ;-)   Explain that you know it's against the
rules, but you understand the the spirit of the law is to protect
people, and you don't want to tow a tenants property, that you are, in
fact, trying to help...

What they are concerned about is that you are angry about the persons
driving and want to knock on their door and continue a road rage
incident.

I do know that in Nevada, license plates are registered to a PERSON,
not to a vehicle. In other words, when you sell a vehicle in Nevada,
you must remove the license plate and put it on the next vehicle you
buy, or, turn them in for a refund of the unused portion of yearly
licensing fees.

I live in a townhouse community that is still under construction, and
I have 2 parking space assigned to me, when the overflow lot(where
guests should park) is full, their uests and other residents find it
necessary to park in my opened spots. When I contacted the police to
have it removed, they could not because it is still considered to be
private parking because the whole site is still under construction. 
When I purchased the home, I purchased these parking spots and I
should have the right to move these cars without it costing me
anything.  The only way to find out who these people are, without
knocking on every door in the neighborhood is to get their info
through the tag.  Now let me ask you this, whould you not want a
vehicle moved if it was in your "driveway" and the cops said they
couldnt do it?