1. June 2015

2.  Federal Statutes including the  FDPCA and  Gramm Leach Bliley

3.  Persons: ◦ Name and/or Address for Service of Process ◦ Assets to enforce a judgment ◦ Information on clients, opposing parties, witnesses, experts  Criminal backgrounds  Civil cases  General information

4.  Owner identities  Agent for service  Financial stability/assets

5.  Government sites—Free, but some limits for online searching  Private sites—Limited information free—but largely fee-based ◦ Genealogy sites especially popular  Membership usually required

6. WestlawNext

7.  View Westlaw Directory

8.  Value of Property  Foreclosure Information  Ownership of Property/liens  Information sometimes needed for litigation ◦ Who do you sue ◦ Is it worth it to sue  Assessor’s Office (Tax records)  Recorder’s Office (ownership/liens)  Private sites (value)

9.  Search Systems (http://www.searchsystems.net)http://www.searchsystems.net  Portico http://indorgs.virginia.edu/portico/assesso rs.html http://indorgs.virginia.edu/portico/assesso rs.html  SCCounty: https://www.sccassessor.orghttps://www.sccassessor.org

10.  SC County—Online searching  http://www.clerkrecordersearch.org/ http://www.clerkrecordersearch.org/ ◦ Official documents ◦ Need grantor/grantee or APN (get from tax assessor records)

11.  http://www.zillow.com/ http://www.zillow.com/  http://www.trulia.com/

12.  www.unclaimed.org www.unclaimed.org  www.Missingmoney.com www.Missingmoney.com  http://www.uspto.gov/ (Patents, trademarks) http://www.uspto.gov/

13.  Google (also images, groups, blogs)  Yahoo  Bing  Pipl.com  Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com/http://www.dogpile.com/  Yippy (http://www.yippy.com/)http://www.yippy.com/  DuckDuckGo (https://duckduckgo.com/)https://duckduckgo.com/  BRB Publications ( http://brbpublications.com/freeresources/ pubrecsitesStates.aspx ) http://brbpublications.com/freeresources/ pubrecsitesStates.aspx

14.  www.rootsweb.ancestry.com www.rootsweb.ancestry.com  www.blackbookonline.info www.blackbookonline.info  For phone and address ◦ Anywho.com ◦ Whitepages.com

15.  Make sure they are still alive! ◦ Social Security Death Index (google) or https://familysearch.org/search  www.birthdatabase.com www.birthdatabase.com  www.whitepages.com Telephone Number, address, reverse directory, and map to address  www.zabasearch.com Address & Map

16.  California: ◦ http://kepler.sos.ca.gov http://kepler.sos.ca.gov ◦ www.ptsearch.sos.ca.gov (search for ebay) www.ptsearch.sos.ca.gov ◦ Miscellaneous licensing sites  Federal ◦ EDGAR (SEC)

17.  http://www.brbpublications.com/prs/searchfi rms.aspx

18.  www.uspto.gov www.uspto.gov  www.copyright.gov www.copyright.gov  www.sec.gov www.sec.gov  www.hhs.gov www.hhs.gov

19.  Government Sites: ◦ Pacer.gov (federal court documents) ◦ State courts (California not centralized) ◦ Recorded documents (by county in California) ◦ Agency Sites  EDGAR (SEC)  Sec’y of State, CA http://www.sos.ca.gov/  http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/ http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/ ◦ Various Licensing Agencies (Medical, Legal, Contractor etc.

20.  Need to register ◦ Free ◦ May need credit card ◦ Information from all the federal courts  Dockets  Documents  Case name search ◦ Let’s Search for Barry Bonds

21.  Courts.ca.gov—has link to all counties ◦ Under Courts on homepage ◦ Also information statewide on appellate/supreme court ◦ Santa Clara County—online information  Civil cases: http://www.sccaseinfo.org/http://www.sccaseinfo.org/  Other Counties: Domain Web (often a fee)