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10 May

More tools to find criminal history in New Jersey

The New Jersey online inmate status service on the VINELink database has expanded from covering just county level facilities to Department of Corrections and the State Parole Board. A search at VINELink returns current and former inmates, the controlling agency...
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9 May

This week in Internet search: ND Courts, RI DOC, DormItem

Courts The North Dakota Supreme Court district court calendars and court case information can be searched by name, citation number, or case number. Municipal court case information is also available for Bismarck, Mandan, Dickinson, Williston, Minot, Devils Lake, Jamestown, Wahpeton,...
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9 May

Private Investigators in Oregon Might Become Part of Landmark Case

It appears that a case involving the hiring of an out of town private investigator on a death penalty case may have an impact on how the state pays court appointed investigators. It all started when a Hillsboro lawyer hired...
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Government, Legislation, Litigation, Oregon, PIs In the News, Public Records 6 Comments

8 May

This week in public records: Colorado – Virginia – New Jersey – Louisiana – Nevada

It doesn’t do researchers much good when we discover that personal information databases are taken off the Internet, as recently occurred with the Colorado Marriage and Divorce Index, reported at LegalDockets Online. Especially if there aren’t good alternatives. The Colorado...
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7 May

More California public records accessible through a Google search

The Google project to assist 4 state governments – Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia – in their indexing of public records is explored in Google Burrows into State Government Data, written by Barbara Quint. This project will daylight more state...
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California, Government, Public Records, States, Workers Comp 1 Comment

4 May

Iowa Sheriffs differ on online warrant databases

The Cerro Gordo County, Iowa Sheriff announced that he is removing the arrest warrants database from their Web site. The active arrest warrants list from 2006 is still available through Archive.org. Complaints lead to the Sheriff seeking a county attorney...
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4 May

Verify a teacher certification or credential

The Department of Education Web sites for Alaska, Indiana, Louisiana, Nebraska, New York, Tennessee...
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Alaska, California, Databases, Indiana, Louisiana, Nebraska, New York, Public Records, South Carolina, States, Tennessee, West Virginia 4 Comments

2 May

Find public records in the deep Web

The news that Google is assisting some states with indexing their online public records content has been repeated in the mainstream press, without shedding much light on the what or how. The Arizona Government Technology Agency does a better job,...
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29 Apr

State Roundup: Colorado state and county Web sites

The State of Colorado active local governments page is an alphabetical list of all 3000 Colorado counties, municipalities, special assessment districts, school districts and property tax entities. Bookmark the list of links to the home Web pages for Colorado counties...
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25 Apr

This week in public records: North Carolina – Montana – Alabama – Arizona

The North Carolina Sex Offender Registry has added email notification and mapping. Search by partial name, city, county, address or physical coordinates to retrieve a list of offenders. Select a profile, then click on the mapping symbol. Expand the view...
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Alabama, Criminal, Databases, Montana, North Carolina, Public Records, Real Property Leave a comment