tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14702232.post4691174869457176287..comments2008-07-12T07:53:38.686-04:00Bittynoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14702232.post-80001411233610789972008-07-12T07:53:00.000-04:002008-07-12T07:53:00.000-04:00Tricia: not only would I do it again, it turned out I did it again almost right away.<BR/><BR/>It's really easy to get lost in these kinds of records. Tall Son is in town, and last night we started looking up local <I>criminal</I> records for reasons entirely unrelated to this house business. We couldn't find the party we were looking for, even though we knew he was a son-of-a-bitch wife abuser of the worst kind (not that there's a good kind, but this was an especially horrific situation). We suspect his wife never pressed charges or (because he was a cop) the records were expunged.<BR/><BR/>Anyway.<BR/><BR/>Tall Son said, "Put my name in."<BR/><BR/>I looked at him and asked if he was sure.<BR/><BR/>"Sure," he said.<BR/><BR/>No results. He laughed and said he was relieved.<BR/><BR/>Then he said to put our last name alone in the field. It's an oddball name. Anything that would come up would be Someone Related to Us.<BR/><BR/>I asked him if he was <I>sure</I> we wanted to know. <BR/><BR/>"Yeah, sure," he laughed, but I was worried some uncomfortable bit of business might come up about his father or even his stepmother. You never know, and I'd rather not.<BR/><BR/>Only one name appeared: Marine Son's. <BR/><BR/>Uh-oh.<BR/><BR/>But as soon as I got over my momentary shock, I realized it was probably his driving without a license charge from a few years ago. A click on the link told me it was. The thing is, it said the charge was "suspended or revoked," while I thought it had been expired. Perhaps "expired" falls into the "revoked" category. Back in those days, I had lawyer connections, and my connection told him to plead "no contest" and it would all go smoothly. I went with him when he went to court, and the judge told him to prove he'd gotten the license reinstated and pay a smallish fine. Which he did. <BR/><BR/>Case dismissed.<BR/><BR/>Phil: Oh yeah. Looking up what the neighbors <I>paid</I> for their homes is fun, too, especially if you've been on site since the 70's and paid a lot less.Bittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13328808801958155196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14702232.post-55771782355017015892008-07-12T07:09:00.000-04:002008-07-12T07:09:00.000-04:00Sham, sham. I would have done the same.Triciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086740613832715808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14702232.post-39239459029004436962008-07-11T23:20:00.000-04:002008-07-11T23:20:00.000-04:00The only snooping of this kind that I've done has been at the city assessor's website. I went there merely to look up the name of a homeowner, but I stayed to spy out assessed home values of the immediate neighbors.Philip Barronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10734063270306074707noreply@blogger.com