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More Court PC resources
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Description
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PACER / US Party Case Index
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PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) connects you to virtually every
US District Court and US Bankruptcy Court plus US Appellate Courts. Search for parties
or cases. Link to dockets and retrieve copies of documents. An account is required
and there is a nominal charge per page displayed. Open an account by going to https://www.pacer.gov/psco/cgi-bin/regform.pl |
PACER US Party/Case Index
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Justia.com / Virtual Chase
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The Virtual Chase has provided online research assistance to legal professionals
since the Summer of 1996. The site was created in order to disseminate articles
and teaching aids to law librarians and other instructors of Internet research.
It has since expanded to offer articles, guides and teaching materials. This link
connects you to a directory of State Government and Legal Resources for all 50 states.
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Justia.com / Virtual Chase
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PublicRecordCenter.com
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Free Court Records Search And Information. Link to resources that provide online
search and information of criminal court records, family, probate, bankruptcy, juvenile,
civil, supreme and local courts. County court resources nationwide for case lookup,
docket information, trial calendars and court clerk contact information. Official
state judicial websites open to the public free and available online. Access appellate
court decisions, district, county, circuit courts, court of common pleas, municipal
and state court filings. Conduct a search and inquiry for one state or all venues
across the United States.
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PublicRecordCenter.com
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New York State Civil and Criminal Records Searches
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Links to the NYS Unified Court Systems eCourts website. The WebCivil Supreme option
allows you to search all NY county Supreme Courts for civil cases in which an RJI
(Request for Judicial Intervention) was filed. The site also links to WebCrims data
which allows the user to look up any criminal case with a future appearance date
(NOTE -- this is not a criminal history search -- see next item). The site also
links to WebCivil Local, a database of City Court and other lower court records
(less than $25,000 in demand).
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New York State Unified Court System
Online NY court records
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New York State Records Info Package
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Court PC compiled this PDF package describing the record sources available through
the eCourts website (above). The package also includes the form for requesting a
statewide NY criminal records history search
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New York eCourts information packet
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Massachusetts Criminal Records Search
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This form (PDF file) is used for requesting a statewide criminal records history
search in Massachusetts (known as CORI)
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Massachusetts CORI request
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Due Diligence Investigation & Fraud Investigation Database
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Since 1980, Michael N. Moore, Paralegal
& Licensed Private Investigator in Boston, MA, has been compiling the names
of alleged and reputed swindlers, gangsters, embezzlers, corrupt officials, and
other people you need to know about (122,300 records through January 2012, with
over 40,000 records for Massachusetts and more than 20,000 records for New York).
This database, in conjunction with searches of online commercial sources and relevant
public records, is essential for background investigations. These names
can be downloaded into any other relational databases of personal names for fast
mass background checks on campaign contributors, insurance claimants, employees,
etc.
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Due Diligence Investigation
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Fraud Investigation
Database
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National Center for State Courts
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This page provides judicial branch links for each state, focusing on the administrative
office of the courts, the court of last resort, any intermediate appellate courts,
and each trial court level. If there is a statewide centralized database of court
records available for the state, you should see it listed here.
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NCSC -- Links to State Judicial Branch sites
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Public Record Retriever Network
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The Public Record Retrieval Network (PRRN) is the largest trade organization representing
professionals in the public record industry. With more than 500 members in 50 states
that retrieve documents from local government agencies in over 2,000 counties nationwide,
PRRN Members are recognized as the nation's leaders in local public record searching
and document retrieval. The place to go if you need to consult a local specialist
for out-of-state public records.
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SearchSystems.net
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In 1996, SearchSystems started out as a skiptracing and background search company
working for law firms, financial institutions, and title insurance companies. In
order to help their clients find public records on the Internet they developed a
directory of links to public records called pac-info.com, which later became searchsystems.net.
Since then, they've added over 48,000 links to public record databases. These links
are organized by geographic location and by type of public record, and a helpful
description has been added to each one. Search Systems adds new databases each day,
and continually evaluates each link to determine if it's working. Search Systems
may be the best resource for public records--especially criminal records--on the
Internet. Some sites are free, some available only to "premium" subscribers
who pay an annual fee.
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Courtport
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Courtport is a valuable research portal which enables subscribers to conduct due
diligence and investigative research on companies and individuals instantly. The
Courtport portal and blog were originally located at LegalDockets.com. Case information,
criminal records, liens, recordings, vital records, and more are available. Case
information includes docket sheets, filings, rulings, calendars, motions, and other
related documents vital to in-depth research. In addition to civil, criminal, bankruptcy,
and other court case information, you can also search criminal records, such as
prison and jail inmate logs, arrests and bookings, outstanding warrants, and sex
offender registries. The portal also helps you quickly access corporate records,
UCCs, vital records, trademarks, and property records. Access fee charged.
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BRB Publications
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BRB provides links to thousands of free public record sites in all 50 states. This
site also offers a free, searchable database which allows you to find records retrievers
in any county in any state. The site also links to newsletters, blogs, etc. of interest
for public records research, and lists all BRB publications, such as Business Background
Investigations and The Criminal Records Manual.
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Fair Credit Reporting Act
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Full text (in PDF format) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act with amendments of 2005
provided by the Federal Trade Commission
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Fair Credit Reporting Act
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