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My county assessor's office maintains a database of property owners in my area and their contact information. They have a convenient website where I can access
by otterlicious 8y ago
My county assessor's office maintains a database of property owners in my area and their contact information. They have a convenient website where I can access this information at any time.
My state department of motor vehicles maintains a database of vehicles registered in the state and the contact information for their owners. While they do not have a convenient website for querying this data themselves, they make it available to third parties in bulk, and I can obtain individual records for those third parties convieniently using their websites.
Both these databases are mandated by my state legislature. So it seems the same reasoning does apply.
- mmt 8y agoOne difference is that the state also provides title to these assets, with all the legal protection that this does (or does not) imply. Another difference is that this contact information does not, AFAIK, include recipient-paid [1] contact methods such as mobile phone (including text) and e-mail. Also, methods such as phone are generally considered far more intrusive that, for example, paper mail. [1] nowadays this is mosty nominal, but we're not quite at zero