Trace.com - The global database of lost, stolen and seized items

Via CBS11tv.com:

Texas Part Of Online Stolen Property Tracker

AUSTIN (AP) ―
Just in time for the holidays, a new Website allows Texans to register valuable property and check whether items they are buying have been reported stolen.

Trace.com, a subsidiary of MyThings Inc., is collaborating with the Texas Police Chiefs Association, Texas Department of Public Safety and more than 500 local police departments and sheriff's offices in the state.

The Website will let people register property, report property that has been stolen and check whether an item is reported stolen.

The company already has partnered with more than half the police forces in the United Kingdom and some international law enforcement organizations. Trace's Texas project is its first law enforcement partnership in the United States, according to a statement issued by the police chiefs association.

"Having a single database of stolen items that all Texans -- from recent crime victims, to eBay customers, to antique dealers and pawnbrokers -- can access will help us identify and return stolen property," said Abilene Police Chief Melvin Martin, president of the police chiefs association.

A DPS statement says the database includes all identifiable property reported to the FBI as stolen by Texas police agencies. The statement says Trace.com will allow shoppers to buy with confidence from online auction sites, antique dealers and pawnbrokers.

Trace.com - The global database of lost, stolen and seized items