On Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:24:21 -0700, micky wrote:

...snip....
Finally I said, "I"m not asking you to tell me who owns the car, only if
it is reported stolen", and then he said okay, and he went to another
corner of the room and came back and said it wasn't reported stolen yet.

Thanks for the update.

In California, you can call the DMV give the plate numbers and find out if
stolen, or lien, not get the owner's name though.