Courthouse
Most
courthouses maintain an "Index to Records" that will give you information about
both the plaintiff and the defendant. This Index will also reveal the outcome of each
action. The Index to Records should indicate where complete records are kept concerning
civil, criminal, and probate actions, IRS tax disputes, UCC filings, liens, assumed names,
and final judgments.
The
county courthouse contains several "records" departments:
The
Bureau of Vital Statistics keeps records pertaining to births, marriages, divorces, and
deaths.
Court
records are kept at the courthouse, including records of circuit, county, civil and
criminal litigation.
The
Department of Licensing maintains a variety of records including occupational and fishing.
You may
find it necessary to search seemingly unrelated records in order to obtain certain facts
that will lead you to pertinent information.
County
records will help you with pre-relationship, child custody, pre-employment, tenant,
business background, and asset investigations.
County
records are often forwarded to the state capital in summary form for permanent storage, so
if you need to see the entire record, first ask at the local county courthouse about where
everything is stored.
The
County Courthouse Book contains useful data about records available in over 3,300
American courthouses.
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