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Category Archives: States

10 Apr

Law enforcement agent’s arrest leads to removal of police reports from all court files

The Nevada County, California District Attorney has ordered the county to keep all police reports out of court case files available to the public. Police reports generally are found in criminal court case files although an agency is not required...
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California, Criminal, Public Records, States 3 Comments

10 Apr

Database of the Day: Texas Athlete Agent

The Texas Secretary of State Athlete Agent search has been added to the other business activity registration database searches at the Texas SOS Web site. The other types of entities that can be searched by name or business name are:...
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6 Apr

Database of the day: Pennsylvania Lobbyists

Search the Pennsylvania Department of State Registration database of lobbyists and lobbying firms, and the organizations they represent. A full or partial name or firm name returns a detail of the lobbying disclosure form, required for those who lobby elected...
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5 Apr

Once again, the wealthy seek to alter court records

Corporate malefactors angle to “clean up” mentions of their names in court records. The powerful and the fearful each have their reasons… From AP: Residential Funding wants Heffernan’s claims about who stiffed employees and which name names, stricken from the...
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5 Apr

Florida court public records must be restored

Finally, the Florida Supreme Court has addressed the practice within some county trial courts of removing certain dockets and files from public view. From AP: The Florida Supreme Court issued emergency rules Thursday designed to stop the improper sealing of...
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5 Apr

The momentum to close online UCC filings

The privacy advocates are on the warpath to close access to online images of UCC filings, state by state. Last week the Arizona Secretary of State removed the Uniform Commercial Code filing documents from the Web site after a privacy...
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2 Apr

Silly laws: what to do with court records, sex offenders

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has instituted new rules that abolish fees for petitions to unseal cases. However, the rules require notification of the case parties by the person seeking to unseal the records. The court also ruled that financial...
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1 Apr

This week in public records: Colorado – Oregon – Vermont – Massachusetts

The Colorado Secretary of State has removed UCC document images from the Web site until such time as the Social Security numbers are redacted. The Secretary of State intends to issue new UCC forms that will not include the option...
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31 Mar

State Roundup: Iowa State and County Web sites

The Iowa County Recorders Association operates a unique statewide database of Recorded documents. Real property and all other documents filed with the Recorder offices in Iowa counties can be searched from one portal. Select the county and documents you want...
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23 Mar

A taste of state legislation affecting private investigators

The abundance of state legislation restricting access to public records is depressing for open government advocates. But the head in the sand approach won’t preserve access, so here are some of the Bills under consideration by state legislatures. New Hampshire...
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Arizona, California, Criminal, Legislation, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Public Records, States 16 Comments