Our New Blog: Background Check Weblog : www.BackgroundNow.com

www.BackgroundNow.com launched a blog this week. Going forward you'll find my posts there.

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Wisconsin Circuit Court Access

This website (WCCA) provides access to certain public records of the circuit courts of Wisconsin. The information displayed is an exact copy of the case information entered into the Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) case management system by court staff in the counties where the case files are located. The court record summaries viewed here are all public records under Wisconsin open records law.

Includes criminal, traffic, forfeiture, family, probate, and civil cases.

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2. www.BackgroundNow.com provides The Background Checkepedia to anyone searching for free government background checks. You can search over 25,000 background check sources to find free background checks from the BackgroundNow.com home page.
3. www.BackgroundNow.com offers background checks to individuals through its consumer affiliate.

State of Florida, Department of State, Florida Division of Corporations’ Sunbiz™ Site

Sunbiz offers free online searches for all of the filing systems listed below. Included in the detail of the data record is the ability to display the actual document image that was submitted to the Division.

Corporations, Trademarks,
Limited Partnerships, &
Limited Liability Companies
Inquire by Name
Inquire by Officer/Registered Agent
Inquire by Registered Agent Name
Inquire by Trademark Name
Inquire by Trademark Owner Name
Inquire by FEI Number
Detail by Document Number

Fictitious Names
Inquire by Fictitious Name
Inquire by Owner Name
Inquire by Owner Charter Number
Inquire by Owner FEI Number
Inquire by County for Prior Week
Detail by Registration Number

Limited Liability &
General Partnerships
Inquire by Partnership Name
Inquire by Agent/Partner Name
Inquire by Partnership FEI Number
Partnership Detail by Document Number

Judgment Liens
Inquire by Debtor Name
Detail by Lien Document Number

Federal Lien Registrations
Inquire by FLR Debtor Name
Detail by FLR Document Number

Cable Franchises
Cable Franchise List

UCC Information

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2. www.BackgroundNow.com provides The Background Checkepedia to anyone searching for free government background checks. You can search over 25,000 background check sources to find free background checks from the BackgroundNow.com home page.
3. www.BackgroundNow.com offers background checks to individuals through its consumer affiliate.

The Oklahoma Court Information System (OSCN)

Use the system to search Oklahoma district and appellate court dockets to find specific cases.

You may enter a case number in option 1, put in information about a specific party in option 2, Lower court case number under option 3 for Appellate cases, or a traffic citation number in option 4.

All District Court searches are limited only to those counties currently served by the Oklahoma Court Information System.

OSCN navigation is via clickable links.

For a full list of the documents available on OSCN, click on the Legal Research button above on the black toolbar. To search the docket system click on the Court Dockets button on the black toolbar. To retrieve a document by citation, type the citation in the QuickCase box and click “Go.” To search the Legal Materials site, click on the Legal Research button on the black toolbar and then click on “Search” in the left-side navigation column.

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1. www.BackgroundNow.com provides complete background check services to businesses.
2. www.BackgroundNow.com provides The Background Checkepedia to anyone searching for free government background checks. You can search over 25,000 background check sources to find free background checks from the BackgroundNow.com home page.
3. www.BackgroundNow.com offers background checks to individuals through its consumer affiliate.

Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco

The San Francisco Superior Court offers online queries by case number, name search, and tentative rulings. You can find the Register of Actions and documents for cases in the following departments:
Civil, Family Law, Probate, and Small Claims.

Click on E-Court

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Help is always at hand:
1. www.BackgroundNow.com provides complete background check services to businesses.
2. www.BackgroundNow.com provides The Background Checkepedia to anyone searching for free government background checks. You can search over 25,000 background check sources to find free background checks from the BackgroundNow.com home page.
3. www.BackgroundNow.com offers background checks to individuals through its consumer affiliate.

Arkansas Crime Information Center

ACIC is the state agency responsible for providing information technology services to law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies in Arkansas.

The principal role of ACIC is the administration of a comprehensive data system that is accessible by criminal justice agencies in over 250 locations in Arkansas. This state system is interfaced with the FBI National Crime Information Center, as well as similar systems in the other 49 states. ACIC also collects and publishes statistics on crime, manages the crime victim notification system, and the state sex offender registry.

With the exception of crime statistics, access to most data maintained in the ACIC system is restricted to governmental criminal justice officials for criminal justice purposes, and is specifically exempted from the Freedom of Information Act.

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1. www.BackgroundNow.com provides complete background check services to businesses.
2. www.BackgroundNow.com provides The Background Checkepedia to anyone searching for free government background checks. You can search over 25,000 background check sources to find free background checks from the BackgroundNow.com home page.
3. www.BackgroundNow.com offers background checks to individuals through its consumer affiliate.

The Arizona Judicial Branch Offers Public Access to Court Case Information

The Arizona Judicial Branch offers Public Access to Court Case Information, a valuable online service providing a resource for information about court cases from 153 out of 180 courts in Arizona. Access information includes:

* detailed case information, i.e., case type, charges, filing and disposition dates
* the parties in the case, not including victims and witnesses
* the court mailing address and location

NEW! MARICOPA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT VICTIM/CASE NOTIFICATION

This web site is provided to the citizens of Arizona as a resource for information on historical and current court cases. This site should only be used to gain a general understanding of a listed case's status. The information displayed is not the official record of the court, and not all cases from a participating court or all charges in a particular case may be included. The Arizona judiciary, including its courts, divisions, officers, and employees, is not responsible or liable for any loss, consequence, or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this information. If you want to find out more about a case, or feel information is in error and should be corrected, please contact the local court where the case is filed.
Click here for our Public Access to Court Information

To see which courts have case information in the Public Access to Court Information site view the two links :
List of Courts Included & List of Courts Not Yet Included.

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1. www.BackgroundNow.com provides complete background check services to businesses.
2. www.BackgroundNow.com provides The Background Checkepedia to anyone searching for free government background checks. You can search over 25,000 background check sources to find free background checks from the BackgroundNow.com home page.
3. www.BackgroundNow.com offers background checks to individuals through its consumer affiliate.

Vanessa Dennis Interviews Background Check Company CEO

Vanessa Dennis interviews Lee Hill for Cheezhead.com

http://www.cheezhead.com/2008/07/09/ved-backgroundnow-ceo-releases-secrets-to-public/

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Popularity Of www.BackgroundNow.com Suddenly Soars By 4 Million

2008-07-07 08:18:27 - www.BackgroundNow.com has been around since 2003, why has the website's traffic suddenly boomed?

HOUSTON, TEXAS, July 7, 2008

www.BackgroundNow.com has been around since 2003, providing background check services exclusively to businesses. In the beginning, its marketing centered around pay per click advertising. Also, it contracted a Search Engine Optimization firm to cultivate relevant organic rankings in Google, Yahoo! and other search engines. And it maintained email campaigns.

In 2004, www.BackgroundNow.com released the SEO firm because it failed to meet objectives. In 2006 it discontinued pay per click, feeling the prices for key terms had risen out of reach, then increased commitments to email marketing and began social networking efforts at LinkedIn.com during 2007.

It's business continued to grow with a cadre of loyal customers that consistently sent referrals to www.BackgroundNow.com and new business from LinkedIn relationships. The marketing produced steady sales, but not much website traffic. Early in 2008 Alexa ranked www.BackgroundNow.com just better than number 5-million in the world.

Then a change in philosophy took place. The site began transforming its closed facade, which emphasized security, exclusivity and protection of proprietary knowledge. It began publishing background check expertise and free background checks that anyone could use and introduced a special Google search tool customized to locate free background check information and related resources. Now anyone, including www.BackgroundNow.com customers could access background check sources, guides, and free advise.

Now over 950,000 pages are indexed by the search tool and keyword search refinements are shown above search results to help users search with more precision and locate the source they need. For example, a search for Fresno County Court followed by a click on "Criminal Records" will refine the search to locate references and links to the Fresno's online public access to their criminal records at www.BackgroundNow.com. It's easy to use and rich in useful content.

Opening the doors to free background checks and free guidance from government and professional sources changed the face of the website. Traffic to www.BackgroundNow.com is booming. Alexa ranks its traffic within the top 1-million sites in the world and top 500,000 in the United States. And INC, the entrepreneur's magazine, headlined www.BackgroundNow.com at its website Inc.com.

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Background Checks From Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County’s (Clerk’s Office) Website

The Clerk of the Circuit Court now offers on-line access to cases in the Civil, Law, Chancery, Probate and Domestic Relations. The on-line access enables users to search for case information in several ways. The Electronic Case Docket Search allows users to view the full electronic docket or record of case activity.

• Full Case Electronic Docket Search
• Probate Case Search
• Probate Wills Case Search
• Traffic Ticket Search (Beta-Preview)
• County Case Search (Beta-Preview)
• Case Snapshots Search
• Court Call Search
• Black Line Pool Trial Call Search
• Child Support Unclaimed Checks Search
  

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Harris County ( Houston) District Clerk Criminal Intake, Criminal Courts & Criminal Records

In Harris County, the District Clerk serves the twenty-two (22) felony Criminal District Courts, and the fifteen (15) misdemeanor Harris County Criminal Courts at Law.

From the very beginning in the life of a criminal case file, Criminal Intake clerks receive charging instruments from the District Attorney’s Office, generate a criminal case in the Countywide Justice Information Management System (JIMS) database and assemble the physical case file folder including the initial charging document within. This case file is routed to the respective criminal court, and the file, including incoming filings and case documents, is maintained by Criminal Court Clerks until it is scheduled for review.

The Court Clerk makes and maintains an accurate, permanent record of all proceedings, and issues all processes emanating from the court.

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Free, Online Background Checks From The Harris County (Houston) Texas Clerk

In Harris County, the County Clerk wears three hats.

The clerk maintains the records of Commissioners' Court, County Probate Courts, and County Civil Courts at Law. As a recorder, the clerk is responsible for real property records including state and federal tax liens; vital statistics records such as marriage licenses; assumed names; and uniform commercial code records. As chief election official for the third largest county in the country, the clerk administers county and state elections and also contracts for election services for political parties and smaller jurisdictions such as the City of Houston.

• Real Property
• Assumed Names
• Uniform Commercial Code
• Marriages Licenses
• Informal Marriages
• County Civil Court Dockets
• Probate Court Dockets
• Miscellaneous Personal Records
• Vital Statistics
• County Civil Settings Inquiry
• Conflicts of Interest

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Free Background Checks From The Orange County Superior Court

Public Access to Criminal and Traffic Cases

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Technorati Profile

The Trend Toward Free Background Checks - Federal, State & Local Governments Open Access to Records

The Center For Democracy & Technology conducts surveys of the practices of federal, state and local courts in making information public via the Internet. It finds a wide variety of practices and policies, and an important, nearly singular trend. Courts and other government background check services are making their records available to anyone via the Internet, often for free.

Free background checks are being offered by many government sources. Are background checks becoming an "open source" service?

Governments are making records available that span statewide background check services to many instances of single jurisdictions, such as county-level courts, providing Internet access to their records. Some governments provide access to both criminal and civil records while others restrict users' access to records that may contain sensitive background check information. And while some governments offer free comprehensive access to their background check services, many others charge users a range of fees for Internet access.

On the one hand, moving to post background check services to the Internet represents a hushed upheaval in transparency and accountability for both individuals and government, part of a rapidly shifting social reality. Public access to electronic court background check services provides a convenient way for the public to broaden government checks and balances and ensure the fairness and equality of its operations.

Concurrent to the trend towards background check transparency, governments are struggling to find balance, such as balancing privacy and accountability. What information should be available Internet? Many governments make judicial opinions at the appellate levels freely available Internet but do not offer Internet access to trial court proceedings, which generally contain more detailed and sensitive evidence. Others offer access to trial court dockets and a variety of other information at the trial level. Should a distinction be drawn between civil cases and criminal background check access? Another set of issues concern cost. Is it appropriate to charge for Internet access? Does a subscription or fee-based system unfairly discriminate against those who cannot afford fees for background check services? Do fees exclude everyday citizens? Questions like these pose a significant challenge to governments attempting to design background check services.

In addition to exclusions that may be caused by background check fees, there's a knowledge gap. Very few citizens are aware that the information is available to them, much less what type or how to find it. Yet, for example, the entire Federal Court System is open to all. A search can lead to the federal government's registry for all federal criminal, civil, bankruptcy and tax cases, for example. The federal registry charges 8-cents per search.

County courthouse websites can be located, many of which offer free searches of criminal, civil and traffic court cases. Also, Secretary Of State records can be accessed, giving users free background check information on business ownership and transactions.

In addition the web offers articles on important issues and laws, such as those surrounding privacy rights. Guideline for conducting background checks can also be found.

It provides anyone with the ability to search and locate individuals and businesses, criminal and civil court records, property records, bankruptcies, liens, judgments, tax cases, business records, employment histories, federal government exclusion lists, OFAC records, FDA debarment records, healthcare sanctions records -- in short, information to conduct a thorough background background check.

There remains quite a bit of secrecy and misunderstanding surrounding background checks. In part because it was long the domain of private investigators who kept the tricks of the trade to themselves, such as the mythology "nationwide criminal records databases" that report criminal records from every jurisdiction in the United States. No such background check exists.

Many commercial background check companies offer database searches that cover many jurisdictions in the majority of states, but they are all incomplete. Commercial nationwide criminal records databases can cover a lot of ground and inexpensively. So, they are worthwhile. However, they may not include the jurisdiction needed. The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division manages the National Crime Information Center, a database of nationwide criminal records. It is the most complete source of records, yet even it is not perfect. Most misdemeanors are not included in the database and many county and state records never make their way to the FBI. En route to the FBI from counties and states there are breakdowns in the process.

All this to say, you can do your own, free background checks. However, it's not always straightforward, you may need to do some homework to do it right.

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