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5 Jul

Some California Counties have removed the DOB

From Baxter Research: A number of California Counties have removed the DOB from their public index. This abrupt change is the result of a legal decision against the Riverside Superior Court where a judge ruled that displaying a DOB on...
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California, Criminal, Public Records

27 Aug

What? Nationwide Employment Locator

Before you commit to a time-consuming surveillance to figure out where someone works, check this nationwide employment locator. The Federal Election Commission database of political campaign contributors lists some small-donors, as reported recently in the New York Times. The database...
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Databases, Government, Public Records Leave a comment

21 Oct

Why Does This County Website Link To a Non-Government Site?

Why would a county government website link to a limited-value non-government directory with only three links to that county’s records? There’s so much that’s wrong with the site that calls itself “open public records.” The first line in the introductory...
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Arizona, Portals & Directories, Public Records Leave a comment

4 Oct

Alameda County New FBN Search

The Alameda County, California Fictitious Business Names (FBN) online database has expanded functionality to include a searchable field for owner name. The FBN index can be searched by registrant name or partial name. Formerly, the only name field was the...
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California, Public Records Alameda County, FBN 2 Comments

22 Aug

Facebook Incognito

Have you noticed that sometimes when you search a name in Facebook it appears in “People You May Know” in your stream? Well, your profile could also be recommended on that person’s page! Go incognito. Here’s how to avoid that....
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Social Networks 2 Comments

11 Feb

Free Court Index Search

A free search of a court index that’s more flexible than the one at the county court site is a desirable investigative tool, right? You may start seeing results from your Google name searches pointing you to the website UniCourt....
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Public Records 2 Comments

16 Jan

Illinois State Tax Lien Searches

From BRB Publications: New Procedure in Illinois There is a new Illinois law affecting recording and searches of state tax liens. Effective Jan 1, 2018, all state lax liens are no longer recorded at the county level by the county...
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Illinois, Public Records Leave a comment

27 Aug

Find Students With Facebook Search Tool

I search Facebook in due diligence investigations, to develop background on parties and witnesses in civil cases, to find relatives related to genealogy and probate matters and to gather photos. The Facebook Graph search tool by NetBootCamp can guide you...
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10 Jun

California Notary Public Database

Each year, the California Secretary of State publishes a list of notaries public who hold active notary public commissions. These can be downloaded as a .zip file and opened in a text editor. Save it to your computer drive and...
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26 May

California Professional License Search

What are you neglecting when you search a commercial or government database of California professional licenses? The California Department of Consumer Affairs license lookup enables simultaneous search of a handful of disciplines. It’s limited and you can’t tell which...
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