How To Access Free Public Court Records

• Property records
• Deeds
• Mortgages
• Unclaimed property
• Business details
• Corporate filing
• Civil and criminal court proceedings
• Jail records
• Probation records
• Professional licenses

Much of this information can be found online for a small fee. If you are willing to do the legwork yourself, you can eliminate this cost mostly. Much of the information in the free public court records is in detail and sometimes of great amounts.

What You Will Need

When you are looking into the background of any person there are certain pieces of information you will need to get the most use out of the free public court records. This would include the following:

• First name
• Family names
• Residence
• Social security number
• Nicknames, aliases or maiden names

How To Go About It

Walking into the courthouse with a professional appearance and confident manner will allow you to move freely through the building. This will also gain more support and aid from the employees to get information from the free public court records.

Proceed to the information area and ask the person there about the following to gain direction on accessing the free public court records you seek:

• How the court records and files are stored for public access
• Where the criminal/traffic computers are located
• Where the Juvenile records are kept
• Where the Civil record computers are located
• The cost of copies or document printing

Once you have this information it will be easy to plan your route.

A Note About Juvenile Records

When you are seeking information from public court records, not everything is free access. Some of the information will be restricted such as the following:

• Sealed records per court order
• Custody rights and proceedings
• Child support payment information

When it comes to restricted information, only a lawyer will be able to gain free access to these public court records. If you ask nicely, you may find enough information to conduct your background check.