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Re:Court Says Using Chalk on Tires for Parking Enforcement V... by lexicality on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @01:29PM (#19730854)
I'm neither a lawyer nor american, but couldn't you use this case as precedent that looking up the numberplate in a database is also "gathering information to ultimately impose a government sanction"?
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Re:Court Says Using Chalk on Tires for Parking Enforcement V... by jefftk on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @01:42PM (#19730990)
The "trespassing upon a privately-owned vehicle" seems pretty relevant, and I doubt it would apply to reading the plate.
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