It depends on the state. In Missouri it is illegal for them to share records for the database 571.101 10 http://www.moga.mo.gov/mostatutes/stath ... 01011.htmlJumping Frog wrote:Don't assume it is solely the Texas plate. He could have easily known you had a Texas CHL. That information is shared amongst various law enforcement agencies, even with Canada.RPBrown wrote:The moral of this is, expect to be stopped if you have Texas plates because they assume everyone from Texas carries a gun
Note that linking your license plate to the registered owner, and then the registered owner to the CHL is not commonly done in Texas, but it is a simple database query that is easily linked in software. I know for a fact there are other software vendors that offer that as a feature to law enforcement agency purchasers.
If they link the info to the state database, then they are in violation of the law. Texas will share with other law enforcement agencies, but if the info gets outside of availability to only that realm, then whoever shares it is in violation of the law.