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Guides to Public Records
Print Guides and Directories
- The Librarian's Guide to Public Records (HA38.A214 L53
GOVPUB REF)
- MVR Book Motor Services Guide (HE5614.2 .M86 GOVPUB
REF)
- Public
Records Online
- Sourcebook of County Asset/Lien Records (JS344.P77 S68
1995 GOVPUB REF)
- Sourcebook of County Court Records (CS44 .S67 1995
GOVPUB REF)
- Sourcebook of Federal Courts, U.S. District and Bankruptcy
: the definitive guide to searching for case information at the
local level within the federal court system (KF8700.A19 S65
1996 GOVPUB REF)
- Sourcebook of Local Court and County Record Retrievers :
the national guide to information retrievers who pull files and
documents from US, state, and local courts and from county
agencies (KF8733 .S68 1995 GOVPUB REF)
- Sourcebook of Online Public Record Experts ( JK468.P76
E76 1996 GOVPUB REF)
- Sourcebook of State Public Records (JK468.P76 S73 1995
GOVPUB REF)
Online Information
- Finding Aids for State, Local, and County Websites
- Finding Aids for Place Names
- Directories of Online Public Records
- Business
Filings Databases--annotated links to business filings by
state.
- Free
Internet Access to Government Public Records a listing
compiled by BRB Publications.
- Internet
Prospector includes links to the State Charities Database by state.
- SearchSystems.net A directory of public records databases. The
directory links state, county, and national resources such as
property databases, occupational licenses, birth and death
records, sex offender registries, inmate, incorporations, and
other record types. Availability varies by state and
county.
- Portico--a
collection of links from the University of Virginia's
Advancement Office. The Personal
Property section of the site provides links to online
property, aircraft registration, and other personal asset
databases. If you don't find a link for a county in Colorado,
try the State
of Colorado's links to County Governments. Links
to county websites are also available from other
sources.
- Public Record
Finder A directory of online public records. Access by
record type or state.
- Links to Secretary of State
- Virtual
Gumshoe A collection of links to organizations,
courthouses, locator databases, public records, state licensing
agencies, telephone and e-mail directories, unclaimed property,
and state parole boards.
- Guides to Public Records
- How
Public Are Public Records? "Written in plain English, by
Internet For Lawyers President Carole Levitt, MLS, JD, this
pathfinder offers lay people and legal professionals alike
practical, step-by-step information on researching and locating
public records at all levels."
- Investigators'
Guide to Sources of Information is "published as a service
to the investigative community by GAO's Office of Special
Investigations. It is intended to be a useful investigative
tool for identifying sources of information about people,
property, business, and finance. To make the guide useful in an
increasingly electronic environment, we have added Internet
addresses wherever possible and a chapter on how to use the
Internet to gather information valuable to the investigative
process."
- Navigating
the Maze of Criminal Records an overview from LLRX
(Law Library Resource Exchange.)
- Tapping
Officials' Secrets a comprehensive guide to public records
and open meetings laws by state. Includes citations to state
statutes and case law. Prepared by the Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the Press.
- Bureau of Land
Management General Land Office Records "This site provides
live database and image access to more than two million Federal
land title records for the Eastern Public Land States, issued
between 1820 and 1908."
- Campaign
Finance (Federal)
- Colorado
- Business Database a searchable database of the business records
maintained at the Colorado Secretary of State's Office. Includes images of filings.
- Colorado
Fair Campaign Practices Act (FCPA)online search by
contributor name, candidate name, committee name, and
contributions and expenditures. Includes data beginning with the 1994 election cycle.
Images of manual filings are also available.
- Colorado
Division of Registrations Automated Licensure Information
System Online "This online search, a public service of the
Division of Registrations, allows you to obtain information
about individuals and companies licensed by the Division." The
division regulates licensing in the fields of Accountancy,
Acupuncture, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling, Architecture,
Barbering, Cosmetology, Chiropractic, Dental, Electrical,
Engineering/Land Surveying, Mental Health Grievance, Hearing
and Audiology, Midwives, Marriage and Family Therapy, Medical
Examiner, Nursing and Nurses Aides, Nursing Home
Administration, Optometry, Outfitting, Passenger Tramway
Safety, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Plumbing, Podiatry,
Professional Counseling, Psychology, Social Work, and
Veterinary Medicine.
- Colorado
Marriage and Divorce Records Includes Statewide Marriage and Divorce
Index 1975-2002.
- Property
- Tradenames--Colorado
- Tradenames--businesses
registered as single owner or general partnership register
their trade names with the Colorado Department of
Revenue.
- Business Database a searchable database of the business records
maintained at the Colorado Secretary of State's Office. Includes images of filings. Use this database to search for
tradenames of Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Limited Liability Partnerships, Limited Partnerships and
Limited Liability Limited Partnerships, whether foreign or domestic, that may register a trade name with the Colorado
Secretary of State.
- Environmental Working Group
Farm Subsidy Database includes information about the farm
bill, farm subsidies, and a browsable and searchable database of
farm subsidy payments issued from 1996 through 2000. Browse or
search by state, county, city, zipcode, congressional district,
and name.
- freeERISA.com
"The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) requires U.S.
employers to file annual reports on their employee pension plans
and health/welfare plans with the Department of Labor and the
Internal Revenue Service." Use this service to find and view 5500
filings, 11k filings, public pension funds and terminating pension
plans. The site also provides access to a list of collective
bargaining agreements, a register of labor unions, and other
information. This free service requires registration for use.
- GuideStar includes a
searchable database of charitable organizations which file 990 or
990EZ reports with the IRS. "Financial data are taken from the IRS
Business Master File and/or the Form 990, a public report filed
with the IRS by all 501(c)(3) "public charities" with revenues
exceeding $25,000. The descriptive information is derived from the
Form 990 as well as from answers to questions provided directly by
the organization to Philanthropic Research, Inc., publisher of
GuideStar."
- KnowX A fee-based vendor
of public records. Selected searches are free, records available
for a fee. Requires registration for use.
- Political
Organizations Section 527 Search Under a new law (PL 106-230),
political organizations must file an initial notice with the IRS,
periodic reports on contributors and expenditures, and modified
annual returns. The site provides basic information about the
organization and, in some cases, copies of filings.
- Privacy
Act Issuances "The Privacy Act Issuances, 1995 Compilation
Online Database contains descriptions of Federal agency systems of
records maintained on individuals and rules agencies follow to
assist individuals who request information about their
records."
- Social
Security Death Index Includes name, date of birth, death,
state of residence, date of last benefit, SSN, state in which
issued, and date of issue.
- United States Vital
Records Information "This page contains information about
where to obtain vital records from each state, territory and
county of the United States."
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