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Category Archives: California

12 Dec

Attorney General Opinions

Attorney General opinions are the state’s chief law enforcement officer’s analysis of many issues, some of which have bearing on the work of journalists and private investigators. Last year, I wrote on the California Attorney General’s interpretation of the Public...
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8 Dec

Finding public conservators and guardians

The National Guardianship Association is a voluntary organization of court appointed guardians and conservators. A guardian is: An individual or organization named by order of the court to exercise any or all powers and rights over the person and/or the...
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6 Dec

San Joaquin County California inmates search

The San Joaquin County Sheriff inmate information database of in-custody prisoners can be searched by partial first or last name or bookings within the last 24 hours. Search results include inmate’s allias’, date of birth, arresting agency, type of arrest,...
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30 Nov

This Week In Public Records – California – Virginia

Search real property profiles and current and historical building permits by parcel number or address for unincorporated Sonoma County, California. Virginia has expanded its listings of incarcerations at the VineLink site, with plans to add all local jails. This is...
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26 Nov

Free Real Property Multiple Listing Service address searches and maps

San Francisco real property sales from the Multiple Listing Service are searchable by address, address range, neighborhood, property profile, real estate agent or agency. Property profiles show a street view and interior photographs. Select the agent link to view all...
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23 Nov

More crime maps – free real property ownership – real property maps and demographics

A new player in the very active online real estate listings competition is PropertyShark, which, unlike Zillow, provides the current owner at an address, and also customizes demographic maps for the geographical region of an address. At the Zillow site...
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20 Nov

Online criminal records search techniques – Ventura County California Inmates now online

The Ventura County Sheriff detention database can be accessed online and searched by a partial name. Select the inmate’s booking number from the search result list to link to further details about the arrest, bail, jail housing, upcoming court dates...
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17 Nov

California consumers can’t “freeze” their credit reports

The California 2nd District Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court which ruled that consumers could not restrict the release of the portion of their credit reports that were drawn from public records. Information on tax liens, bankruptcies, court...
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7 Nov

Resources at the State Bar – New Jersey – California

The New Jersey Judiciary Web site posts a list of “attorneys who have not complied with the mandatory IOLTA program” and are therefore ineligible to practice law. According to this notice issued by the New Jersey Supreme Court lawyers remain...
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7 Nov

This week in public records – Florida – Texas – California

Rules proposed to reduce court secrecy The Florida Bar is recommending statewide rules that would make it harder to seal court records and bar judges from hiding the existence of entire court cases, a process known as super-sealing. The proposed...
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