Is There A Way To

[Catty1]

Ummm...if you have his license plate number, your insurance co. can track him in no time!

[Ginger's Mom]

The answer to your initial question is no, there is no way to find out if someone has a cell phone simply from their name and address. But, other than that I am not exactly sure what you are trying to do. I guess my guess is that he did not provide you with the name and policy number for his insurance. Is that correct? If he did provide that, did you contact his insurance company and did they tell you they couldn't find his policy? I would think that it would be up to them to contact him for any discrepancies if they found his policy. I think Catlady is probably right. If you want to contact his insurance company and file an at fault claim (as opposed to going for a no fault claim through your company and and paying the deductible), you are going to need an accident report from the police department. The police can then run some DMV computer checks to get info on his insurance.

Have you verified that the address he gave you is a valid address? If you want to pm the name and address to me and let me know what information you are looking for, I may be able to some public information searches. Not sure how much it will help, but I would be happy to try.

[Medusa]

Even if it isn't your fault, your ins. co. should contact his ins. co. That's what your agent is for.

[lizbud]

Well, I've exhausted all resources available to me & still have not located
the guy. Found out even the address he gave was false. The police won't
trace the plate because they were not involved to begin with. It is common
practice here to not call them for a minor accident with no injuries and only
"minor" damage, but I wish to heck I had called anyway.

I sat down and had a good cry & then called my insurance co to take
care of the damages on my policy. I will have to pay my $250.00 deductable
myself. A very expensive lesson learned here. I will never trust anyone
again, ever.

My ins. compnay said they will make a good faith effort to track him down
with all the info I did have. I'll believe it when I see it.

[Medusa]

Oh boy, that stinks. I'm not sure of your laws but here in OH, if it happened on private property, the police don't usually get involved; otherwise, they do. Well, it probably isn't much consolation but 'what goes 'round, comes 'round'. He's racking up some bad karma. At least there were no injuries.

[Catty1]

I hope your insurance company can trace the plate. What a b******!!!!

I don't know about the laws in your state, but he could be charged with fraud. Did that not occur to the cops????

[Jessika]

Well, I've exhausted all resources available to me & still have not located
the guy. Found out even the address he gave was false. The police won't
trace the plate because they were not involved to begin with. It is common
practice here to not call them for a minor accident with no injuries and only
"minor" damage, but I wish to heck I had called anyway.

I sat down and had a good cry & then called my insurance co to take
care of the damages on my policy. I will have to pay my $250.00 deductable
myself. A very expensive lesson learned here. I will never trust anyone
again, ever.

My ins. compnay said they will make a good faith effort to track him down
with all the info I did have. I'll believe it when I see it.

Oh man I'm sorry... what a low-life piece of scum that guy was!!!!!!!!!

If it makes you feel any better, at least you only had to pay the deductible!