June 2015

 Federal Statutes including the  FDPCA and  Gramm Leach Bliley

 Persons: ◦ Name and/or Address for Service of Process ◦ Assets to enforce a judgment ◦ Information on clients, opposing parties, witnesses, experts  Criminal backgrounds  Civil cases  General information

 Owner identities  Agent for service  Financial stability/assets

 Government sites—Free, but some limits for online searching  Private sites—Limited information free—but largely fee-based ◦ Genealogy sites especially popular  Membership usually required

WestlawNext

 View Westlaw Directory

 Value of Property  Foreclosure Information  Ownership of Property/liens  Information sometimes needed for litigation ◦ Who do you sue ◦ Is it worth it to sue  Assessor’s Office (Tax records)  Recorder’s Office (ownership/liens)  Private sites (value)

 Search Systems (  Portico rs.html rs.html  SCCounty:

 SC County—Online searching  ◦ Official documents ◦ Need grantor/grantee or APN (get from tax assessor records)

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 Google (also images, groups, blogs)  Yahoo  Bing  Pipl.com  Dogpile (  Yippy (  DuckDuckGo (  BRB Publications ( pubrecsitesStates.aspx ) pubrecsitesStates.aspx

   For phone and address ◦ Anywho.com ◦ Whitepages.com

 Make sure they are still alive! ◦ Social Security Death Index (google) or   Telephone Number, address, reverse directory, and map to address  Address & Map

 California: ◦ ◦ (search for ebay) ◦ Miscellaneous licensing sites  Federal ◦ EDGAR (SEC)

 rms.aspx

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 Government Sites: ◦ Pacer.gov (federal court documents) ◦ State courts (California not centralized) ◦ Recorded documents (by county in California) ◦ Agency Sites  EDGAR (SEC)  Sec’y of State, CA  ◦ Various Licensing Agencies (Medical, Legal, Contractor etc.

 Need to register ◦ Free ◦ May need credit card ◦ Information from all the federal courts  Dockets  Documents  Case name search ◦ Let’s Search for Barry Bonds

 Courts.ca.gov—has link to all counties ◦ Under Courts on homepage ◦ Also information statewide on appellate/supreme court ◦ Santa Clara County—online information  Civil cases:  Other Counties: Domain Web (often a fee)