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I need to research records for records of land owned by Jesse Washington in DeKalb, Texas in the year of 2001?

April 23rd, 2010 3 comments

Bowie county in Texas , city of DeKalb, Texas for the year of 2001. This was my uncle who raised me from the age of 2 years old until I left school and the city. I,m wanting to know what became of his holdings after his death!

You can go on-line to Bowie County Clerk of Court and search the public records. Then once you obtain that information go on-line to the Property Appraisers and see what land he owned. You can get alot of information just by going to the Clerk of Courts website for that county. I’ll check that information for you if you would like me to. If the records are available I can trace it forward and backwards for you and get back to you.

Are death records public?? And if so, is there a website where you can find them?

February 20th, 2010 3 comments


I have spent a lot of time researching how to obtain public records on people and discovered there are essentially two ways to do it.

The Free Way –

You will first need some basic information on the person such as their full name and different counties they have lived in. Once you get this data, check out a list of the court houses in the areas the person has lived. The court houses will never give you any information on the phone so you need to go down and request the information in person.

Hopefully you have selected the correct court house which is storing the records you would like to view (sometimes this can be a crapshoot). Some places will only let you look at the records at the court while others will make a copy for free or for a minor fee.

The Other Way –

For folks who do not have the time to act like a private investigator, for a small fee you can access an online data base of public records which stores information on all citizens in all 50 states. While it’s not free, for the amount of time it can actually save you the service is quite a bargain.

The results can be obtained within minutes. The service also offers a full 60 day guarantee, so if you are unhappy you have two months to get a refund.

The service I have used with the most success is Spyspace – http://spyspace.org/

Simply enter their first and last name and get a free instant preview of the results.

Access Court Records for In-depth Information

January 14th, 2010 No comments

Thanks to the Internet, it’s more than possible for anyone who wants to get their hands on court records to do so. Whether they’re proceedings within the state a person resides in or from one a thousand miles a way, online tools make getting court proceedings records very simple.

There are even programs out there that can aid in the process of finding, requesting and obtaining court records from a number of different jurisdictions. These programs can help anyone with the right information get their hands on documents they need to make important decisions about hiring, credit or even dating.

Anyone who is looking into getting their hands on court records does need to know some documents might just not be open to public scrutiny and others will be more difficult to get online depending on the state involved.

In general, these types of court activity records are available through online services:

– Criminal records: Records for criminal proceedings are almost always available for public viewing once a case is closed. This can include everything from findings and sentencing reports to transcripts of the actual hearings themselves.

The only time these records will not be open is in the case of juveniles or for those who have had special proceedings. Also, in the case of rape proceedings, victims’ names might be withheld in documents released by the courts.

– Bankruptcy records: Whether these are for corporations or private residents, these records typically are open. The actual findings and creditors will be listed, but personal information such as Social Security numbers will generally not be available.

– Divorce proceedings: Here and again personal information, especially about minors, might not be fully open to the public, but findings generally will be.

– Civil proceedings: Almost without exception these records and their transcripts will be available for people to pull and see when the cases are closed by the courts. Whether it’s a wrongful death suit or a suit against a company, records can generally be had online.

– Grand jury proceedings: These records are very often closed and transcripts are not even available until such time as the court deems it acceptable to release information. The records of actual findings and rulings might be more readily accessible.

Getting court records online with the help of programs that are designed to speed up the inquiry process is more than doable. These records typically are considered public knowledge and are available for anyone to look at and digest.

Obtaining public records and court records will vary from state to state in the ease that they can be pulled. This is where these programs can come in handy by ensuring the proper requests are filed for documentation.

Legal proceedings records can be very valuable tools in helping people make major decisions about such things as hiring, dating and extending credit. The records that are attainable will, however, vary on the state and the disposition of the case. Thanks to the Internet the process of getting these records is much more easy to traverse.

Ray La Foy
http://www.articlesbase.com/law-articles/access-court-records-for-indepth-information-139382.html