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22 Jul

This week in public records: Massachusetts – Pennsylvania – New Mexico

The Massachusetts Supreme Court is proposing new procedures that, if adopted, would curtail the available personal information in all court files. The court is accepting public comments on its Interim Guidelines for the Protection of Personal Identifying Data in Publicly...
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12 Jul

This week in public records: Jurors, Courts and Sex Offenders

Juror names and jury questionnaires are public records and subject to disclosure even if a trial judge has made promises to the contrary. At least in North Dakota. A ruling by that state’s Supreme Court, cited by the Associated Press,...
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Alaska, California, Criminal, Databases, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Public Records, Tennessee 2 Comments

7 Jul

How To Find the New Web Page

I don’t regularly check the currency of the links in prior postings, but you may have realized that many links on the Internet are good one day and dead the next. One way to find the new page is to...
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Criminal, Public Records, Web tools 2 Comments

6 Jul

Database of the Day: National Motorcycle Accident Reports

Search the Motorcycle Accident Reports Database by state and county for all 50 states, covering 2002-2006. The Gannett News Service pooled government and proprietary data to create the reports.The accident reports don’t identify the parties to the accident, but they...
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3 Jul

This week in public records: California – Pennsylvania – North Dakota – Arizona

Government agencies in California can’t assign control of records that would otherwise be public records to a private entity. SB 1696 enrolled. New Law Allows Greater Access to Government Contracts, PolitickerCA.com, Adam Keigwin. A Pennsylvania open records blog reports that...
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Arizona, California, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Public Records, States 1 Comment

15 Jun

Student Directories for People Finder Searches

Private investigators and Internet researchers may have to look beyond public records and personal information databases to develop profiles of students. Student directories, which can list a student’s full name, email, field of study, address and year of graduation, confirm...
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Education, Public Records 1 Comment

3 Jun

Database of the Day: Idaho Pending and Closed Court Cases

Idaho court records index for all 44 counties is online at the Idaho State Judiciary, Supreme Court Data Repository. Search by partial name for records from 1995 forward (some older cases may be available, according to the court Web site)....
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Idaho, Public Records, States 2 Comments

30 May

Fee Increase for Recording Documents in West Virginia

(Special contribution by Michael Sankey of BRB Publications, Inc.) Effective June 8, 2008, the recording fee for each document recorded in West Virginia recording offices will increase by $5.00. There is no fee increase for document searches, copies or certifications....
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30 May

Changes to Criminal Records Access in Vermont

(Special contribution by Michael Sankey of BRB Publications, Inc.) Effective July 1, 2008, significant changes are scheduled to take place in Vermont regarding criminal record access at the courts, from the Vermont Criminal Information Center (VCIC), and what will be...
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29 May

California AG Interprets Public Records Act to Allow Real Property Addresses On the Internet

A little noticed but potentially significant (for public records researchers) California Attorney General opinion was released a week ago. The opinion upends the almost universal interpretation of the Public Records Act by county Assessors pertaining to disseminating property addresses on...
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California, Government, Public Records, Real Property, States 1 Comment