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13 Aug

Lake County California Recorder index is now online

The Lake County, California Recorder index is searchable at the county Web site. A search by name or date range returns filing parties, date of filing and document number. No document images are available. The database appears to cover records...
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12 Aug

The private investigator archives: Transportation

I’m reaching into the archives of postings I’ve done over the past 2 years, aggregating some of them by theme. All of these can be retrieved searching by keyword, using the “search” box in the upper right corner of the...
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4 Aug

This week in public records – Texas – Arizona

Public reaction to inmate data posted by a Texas county has lead the agency to remove it. Less than three weeks after information about Tarrant County Jail inmates became available online, county officials agreed Tuesday to cut back on the...
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30 Jul

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

Pennsylvania district judges were upbraided by the administrator for the state courts for redacting court files without any legal authority. The North Dakota Attorney General ruled against a county Sheriff for rejecting a public records request without citing any legal...
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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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18 Jul

California Supreme Court slams out of state telephone recordings

The California Supreme Court has sided with plaintiffs in their complaint against a bank that recorded telephone conversations that originated in Georgia but terminated in California. Georgia allows one-party consent to audio recording of telephone calls but California requires 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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