Re: Check serial number to see if stolen?
gr8rg8r..........<br /><br />Go to your local law enforcement agency, with the serial number and ask to have them run a "stolen" check on the motor. They should be able to conduct at least two checks, to determine if it is stolen.<br /><br />One check is thru, "N.C.I.C." the National Crime Information Center." The second would be thru "APS", "Automated Property System." Being an outboard motor is gas powered and has a serial number, a third check might be made. This would be "S.V.S." The "Stolen Vehicle System", which is usually only an in state check. NCIC and APS are nation wide systems and can include some parts of Canada.<br /><br />One other thing, the serial number could come up "clear", even if it is a stolen motor, if it was never reported to a law enforcement agency, without giving the serial number and description of the engine, it will not qualify for entry into NCIC or APS. <br /><br />Not everybody records their serial numbers, so a theft victim could try to report it missing locally, but it would probably written up as an information report, using only it's physical description, rather than a normal stolen property report, with "hard" identification, the serial number.<br /><br />...Bob in Calif...
