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24 Jul

Free real property valuations integrated with census data

The Yahoo! Real Estate search tool locates addresses, streets or areas by zip code, providing integrated results with a map, real property valuations and census data. While the estimated property values and comparables may not be a sufficiently reliable figure...
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23 Jul

Legislative research reports: shortcuts to topical summaries of state laws

State legislative research offices answer legislators’ questions and provide bill analysis, generating topical reports. These reports can include summaries of state laws that otherwise would take a researcher hours to compile. In June 2006, the Connecticut Office of Legislative Research...
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California, Connecticut, Legislation, Privacy, Public Records, States Leave a comment

11 Jul

Free 50 state real property assessor search

Set up an account at CourthouseDirect, a real property index and document retrieval site, and conduct a free search for nationwide real property assets by name, address, city, state or Assessors Parcel Number (APN), or any combination of fields. The...
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7 Jul

This week in public records: Pennsylvania – New Mexico – Virgin Islands

Pennsylvania’s HB1746, which is now the law, makes law enforcement and criminal court records of a juvenile available to the public if the accused was over 14 years old at the time of the offense, and the crime would have...
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6 Jul

Gathering personal information is now a felony in Illinois

The most far reaching “identity theft” legislation, potentially criminalizing the act of information gathering, has been signed into law, codified in the Illinois criminal code as Public Act 094-1008. An exception is included for private investigators, who may still use...
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Criminal, Illinois, Legislation, Personal Data, States 1 Comment

5 Jul

Florida moves to next phase of implementing electronic court records

The Florida Supreme Court has issued an order in response to Report of the Committee on Privacy & Court Records, designating Manatee County for its pilot project assessing Internet access to court records. The court has also issued standards for...
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2 Jul

South Dakota and Oregon round out the 50 state sex offender registries online

South Dakota and Oregon have had county based sex offender lookups that are now integrated into their statewide sex offender registries. Each are online at their state sites and at the National Sex Offender Public Registry operated by DOJ. The...
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Criminal, Missouri, Oregon, Public Records, South Dakota, States Leave a comment

2 Jul

Can expunged records be reported in background screening?

It’s little surprise that Florida, which has had one of the most open and accessible public records of all the states, –long available to private data agreggators– has drawn fire for the appearance of expunged criminal records in commercial databases....
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Criminal, Florida, Public Records, States 5 Comments

28 Jun

Louisiana law gives law enforcement opt out on motor vehicle and driver license records

The Louisiana governor signed HB 1103, a motor vehicle and driver license personal information opt-out for law enforcement. The law, which goes into effect August 2006, offers the option to law enforcement, court officers, their family members and other adults...
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Louisiana, Public Records, States 4 Comments

27 Jun

Supreme Court paves the way for Kansas death penalty

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling reinstitutes the death penalty in Kansas. Read the Kansas attorney general’s press release and listen to his press conference. The United States Supreme Court today reversed a December 2004 decision by the Kansas Supreme Court...
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