Yes, police officers have the authority to look up vehicle registration information through their law enforcement databases.
Vehicle registrations are simply a state tax to use the roads in that state. Police, Fire, water department, schools, and any other municipally owned vehicle is registration exempt. Meaning, the state does not tax itself. As for unmarked police cars. The registration tag may look the same as the one on your POV, but the registration fee was not actually paid to DMV by the department which owns the car.
Look at the vehicle Title Registration
If you had any need to know this, the resources to look this information up would be available to you already.
Google it. You should be able to find something from your local police department. If not, go to your police station. Actually, the answer depends on where you live. In the U.S. only a very few states require registration, and in those who do, the registration database is normally not available to the public.
Vehicle history services operate in different countries of the world. They rely on the VIN to identify vehicles for several reasons. There are departments of motor vehicle registration or motor vehicle commissions that may also provide this information but not all ATV's are registered. Some states in the US don't require registration of ATV's if they are only used on private property. It is a good idea to contact the local motor vehicle registration which is an official agency of registration. If this fails as the vehicle has never been registered then you can try to get clues as to its producer by looking at the engine or crankcase for the name of the producer and from there on look for the information that the VIN gives by consulting lists of published VIN numbers according to manufacturer on the internet or by calling the local agent for this kind of vehicle. Attached is a link to understand the information that VIN numbers give in general.
The Dutch vehicle registration plate is yellow with black numbers and letters. On the left there is a blue part, requiered for all European registration plates. It gives the information on the country the vehicle is registered in. For Dutch vehicles it is NL (the Netherlands).
When buying a car you like, get the vin off the drivers door and call it into your state dmv office and run a carfax. Also, look at the title and registration carefully and make sure the seller has i.d. to prove he is the person on the title.
You will have to either be a paying member of the tag and registration information service (GRATIS in georgia). Have a friend or know some one at the police station / dmv or at a car dealership that subscribes to that service.
There are a number of places you can got to look up vehicle plate numbers for registration purposes- if you want to do it easily- contact your local insurance company.
Open the drivers door and look at the inside door well, it should be stamped in white. It has the prouduction year, tire size and p.s.i. And vehicle weight per axle.
Look in the UK Police's recruitment web site for this information.
The state government looks after hospitals, education, water supply, fire department, health inspections and vehicle registration.