public records

Public records are government documents open to public inspection.  It is a popular tag because private and official U.S. government web sites will search for records pertaining to a particular individual or entity (as in most other countries).

While not all public records are available online, official U.S. government sites normally provide free access to those that are.  Private sites usually charge for searching records but often use broader databases.

The type of information available in U.S. public records is wide-ranging. For businesses it  includes SEC filings, names of officers and directors, and annual reports. For individuals the information may contain the value of a person's home, a list of their political contributions,  criminal and civil court filings and death records.  Whether a record and the information in it is public is determined by the laws of the federal government or the state keeping the record.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “public records”

• Grassroots morning show: v.5 – public records

  
  Esrati — Authority: 133
  Anyone can find out everything about your divorce or your prostitution arrest- but, finding out who bought which politician is a lot harder. Coincidence?  Watch and tell us what you think. Click here to view the embedded video. It’s short. So enjoy.
  6 hours ago

• How To Retrieve Criminal Records Online

  
  Your Online Security Authority Blog — Authority: 513
  Since its induction, the Freedom of Information Act has made it possible for people everywhere to obtain copies of their public records. However, much like anything else it was not made to be an easy task to accomplish. While it may have been developed based on the concept of one’s “right to know”, you still ...
  10 hours ago

• IRS files $79,000 tax lien against Schwarzenegger [Updated]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 174
  The Internal Revenue Service has filed a federal tax lien against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for nearly $80,000, public records show. The lien was filed May 11 at the Los Angeles County recorders office for $79,064, according to a record in an electronic database that includes lien filings. The record does not ...
  10 hours ago

• Able To Get Death Records Using Public Death Records

  
  Web Design TB — Authority: 157
  People are searching for public death records for some reasons. Technically, death records are important records of the general public, along with divorce, birth and marriage. They often contain pieces of information like death notices and certificates, obituaries, burials, cemeteries and funeral details. ...
  13 hours ago

• Tracking Someone Down Without Shelling Out Big Bucks

  
  Lex Impression — Authority: 132
  Every now and then we will have the need to investigate somebodys info. It is possible that you may have lost a former acquaintance and the only ties you have to them is an old cellular phone number. Maybe you are just curious concerning irritating phone calls that you have been receiving. Either one of these ...
  14 hours ago

• Free Death Records Found Online Death Searching Online

  
  The Shopping Girl — Authority: 147
  Public Death records are just one of the vital records being documented for the benefit of those who are searching for such information these days. Individuals have different purposes why they pursue in gathering these relevant public records. Death records usually include death notices and certificates, obituaries, ...
  2 days ago

• City of Portland Uniform Records Request Form

  
  PortlandOnline — Authority: 167
  Please use this form for information requests.
  3 days ago

• Archive offers drug industry documents online

  
  Covering Health — Authority: 477
  In correspondence earlier this month, Kim Klausner, of the University of California, San Francisco Library and Center for Knowledge Management, suggested that reporters should be aware of the Drug Industry Document Archive. Klausner, the industry documents digital library manager, sent a complete guide to what’s ...
  3 days ago

• View Official Government Death Records Through Online Death Records

  
  Naked News — Authority: 175
  Government death records are updated and maintained to provide the public with pertinent information in regards to those who had passed away. The archiving of these official public documents is mandated by law and is compulsory for the benefit of the general public. This useful source of information can be accessed ...
  4 days ago

• Able To Get Death Records Using Public Death Records

  
  Shudogg Dot Com - Make Money Online Blogging — Authority: 439
  People are searching for public death records for some reasons. Technically, death records are important records of the general public, along with divorce, birth and marriage. They often contain pieces of information like death notices and certificates, obituaries, burials, cemeteries and funeral details. ...
  5 days ago

• Able To Have Death Records Search

  
  MySweetLife.Net — Authority: 155
  Public Death records are just one of the vital records being documented for the benefit of those who are searching for such information these days. Individuals have different purposes why they pursue in gathering these relevant public records. Death records usually include death notices and certificates, obituaries, ...
  5 days ago

• How To Find An Old Flame Without Shelling Out Enormous Currency

  
  Market Challenges — Authority: 141
  Everybody at one time or another has the need to trace someone. It is likely that you may want to find a lost love or you are looking for the tenant that skipped out without paying for costs to your house.
  5 days ago

• How To Trace People Without Paying Enormous Currency To Someone Else

  
  Technology News — Authority: 130
  Everybody at one time or another has the need to locate somebody. It is possible that you may want to locate a lost love or you are searching for the paying guest that skipped out without paying for damages to your home. Before the age of the online, the only way to locate someone included hiring a professional spy ...
  5 days ago

• How To Search Public Records

  
  Computing Success Secrets — Authority: 133
  Is it truly doable to get public records and just how simple is it? This piece of writing provides a detailed portrait on how you can browse through public records. Thanks to the freedom of information act it is now possible to find out information about people by searching public records. By following the correct ...
  6 days ago

• How To Investigate People Without Paying Big Currency To Someone Else

  
  Spray Paint Car Blog — Authority: 154
  Each person at one time or another has the need to locate somebody. It is possible that you may want to locate a lost love or you are looking for the renter that skipped out without paying for costs to your house. Before the age of the internet, the only way to locate someone included appointing a professional spy or ...
  6 days ago

• Things To Remember When Writing an Offer

  
  The Hammond Report — Authority: 107
  When the economy is booming, people are generally happier with their work and overall purchasing power.  They go out to buy things, they dine out and they make big investments such as buying real estate properties.  Similarly, when the economy experiences setbacks like the recession we are experiencing today, people ...
  1 week ago

• NMI to present IPRA seminar Dec. 1

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 548
  So you’re looking for some information that can only be found the public records of a government agency or office–but when you request those records, you hit a brick wall. What do you do? The New Mexico Independent is teaming up with the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government and KNME-TV to present a free ...
  1 week ago

• Tech company aggregates, digitizes H1N1 info

  
  Covering Health — Authority: 477
  Ebrary, a Silicon Valley outfit that specializes in digitizing and aggregating documents, then making them searchable, has put together a robust collection of H1N1-related documents . Photo by nacaseven via Flickr. Ebrary says it put the free database together because of employees’ personal frustrations ...
  1 week ago

• Best Way to Search Alabama Marriage Records is to Search Nationally

  
  Pam Ponders — Authority: 146
  Do you need to check someone’s marriage records? It’s surprisingly easy to check Alabama marriage records online. However, you may be better off doing things a different way. This is what you need to know about the situation. Lots of people find good reasons to check Alabama marriage public records. You’re not ...
  1 week ago

• State and Federal Case Law Now On Google

  
  Private Investigator Public Records Internet Search Privacy Reporting - PI Buzz — Authority: 92
  Google Scholar is indexing the case law in all 50 states - Court of Appeals and Supreme Court - and the federal courts. As with the other Google search engines, Google Scholar makes use of its own advanced search operators . Search by keywords, personal names, inclusive dates, and specify one or more states in a ...
  1 week ago

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