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Supplement Online Public Records With A Phone Call
Can one assume that an online government index is complete even within the inclusive dates? What can you get if you supplement that with a phone call to the agency? A database that aggregates criminal records indicated that my subject...
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New York Parolee Search
Not all government sites are created equal. How do you interpret the discrepancy between the New York Department of Corrections Inmate Information lookup and the New York Department of Corrections Parolee Search? The result from a name search on the...
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50 state guide to open records laws
[UPDATE: April 8, 2014] Find out which government records are available to the public in each state in the revised, Open Government Guide, produced by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. The access to public records for private...
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San Bernardino Court Index and ID Verification
A unified court system index in California is a futuristic dream but IF we had an index that provided date of birth for the defendant then we wouldn’t have to depend on the overworked clerks to search their computer record...
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San Luis Obispo Court restricts public records access
From BRB Publications newsletter: Per PRRN Member Judith Smith, the Executive Director of the San Luis Obispo Superior Court – Ms. Susan Matherly – has simply had enough. Ms. Matherly has had it with all the public record search firms...
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Sacramento Sheriff Inmate Release Notification
The Sacramento County, California Sheriff has developed its own inmate release notification – Sheriff’s Inmate Release Elective Notification System (SIRENS) – that replaces the multi-agency VINELink (Victim Information and Notification) Everyday) program. The SIRENS service, like VINELink, will alert registered...
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Public Records, Not Public Records and Private Investigators
Government agencies won’t put public records on the Internet but the former Santa Bernardino County Assessor found a technological runaround to making his emails a public record. A private investigator and the former supervisor of the Worthless Check Division in...
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Is It Legal for A Private Investigator To Lie On MySpace?
Next week the U. S. District Court of California will issue the sentence for Lori Drew, the MySpace “cyberbully” who was convicted of violating the MySpace terms of service when she created a false profile. [See my article, Think Twice...
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Mexico Court Record Index Online
Wouldn’t it be convenient and a boon to cross-border investigations to be able to search an online index of Mexico court records? An Internet search for a source for these directs you to Westlaw, a collection of legal research and...
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