At A Glance News & Business and Public Records

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Personal Property Locator—Motor vehicle registrations for Note: Use of driver’s license data and motor vehicle registrations is subject to applicable law, 32 states and the District of Columbia, boat registrations including but not limited to, The Driver’s Privacy Protection Act. Researchers must choose a for 36 states, and F.A.A. aircraft registrations for the entire legally permitted use before access to the data will be permitted. United States Bankruptcy Filings—Personal and business bankruptcy petitions Segment Searching in News & Business (all Chapters) from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Public Records Puerto Rico and Guam. LexisNexis recognizes a segment as a logical division or section Uniform Commercial Code Filings—Filings from all 50 states, of a document and lets you search for documents with terms only the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands in the segments you specify in your search request. Judgments and Liens—Filings and tax liens from 49 states and the District of Columbia (except West Virginia) News documents may include these segments: Licenses—Professional, driver’s, liquor, gaming, and marriage Byline—Person identified as the author/reporter licenses for selected states, nationwide licenses such as F.C.C. Date—The date of publication and D.E.A., registrations for lottery agents and tax practitioners, Dateline—Geographic location of the story or where it was filed and the F.A.A. Pilots Directory Headline—Headline or title of a document Highlight—A brief summary of the story Civil & Criminal Courts Filings—Federal civil and criminal Hlead—Group segment of Lead, Highlight, and Headline docket summaries from U.S. District Courts in 48 states, the Lead—The first portion of the body of the article District of Columbia and Puerto Rico; state civil filings from 19 states, and criminal filings from 11 states Public Records documents contain different segments depending Jury Verdicts & Experts—Jury verdict reporters that include on the document type. personal injury jury verdicts and settlements from state and Document type Key segments regional reporters Bankruptcy filings Attorney, Name, Number, Petitioner, Status, Type Confirm “Doing Business As” (DBA) information on a company’s Corporate filings Address, DBA-name, Name, Number, Regis-agent, correct business name. Regis-office, Status, Type 1. Select a source, e.g., Public Records tab > People, Business Civil and criminal Address, Attorneys, Date, Name, Number & Asset Locators > Business Locator > Combined Fictitious court filings—federal Business Name Information Civil and criminal Date, Name, Number 2. Make sure the Terms and Connectors radio button is selected. court filings—state 3. Type your search request, e.g., crime /2 scene /2 clean! or Judgments and liens Address, Amount, Creditor, Debtor, Name, Number cleanup or clean up Jury verdicts Counsel, County, Court, Experts, Injury, Judge, Result, and settlements State, Topic Determine the holders of a professional license and verify active status. Licenses Address, Date, Name 1. Select a source, e.g., Public Records tab > People, Business Person locators Name, Address, Number & Asset Locators > License Locator > Professional Licenses > Real property records Address, Date, Name, Property-address Combined Professional Licenses – Selected States Tax assessor, deed Name, Address, Number 2. Make sure the Terms and Connectors radio button is selected. transfer, and mortgage records

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