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More States Step Up Fight Against Diploma Mills

Posted on March 25, 2011
On March 24, 2011, Idaho's "Anti-Diploma Mill" bill was unanimously passed by the Idaho State Senate. To read a recent article about this and efforts by other states, visit the Accredibase Reports web page at www.accredibase.com/report.

MA Register of Deeds Tries to Halt Non-Recording of Mortgage Assignments

Posted on March 10, 2011
According to an article in the Salem News, written by Julie Manganis, an entity known as the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems or MERS has bypassed thousands of mortgage records. When a property is sold, financed or refinanced, there must be...

West Virginia Bill Would Increase Motor Vehicle Record Fees

Posted on March 09, 2011
Senate Bill 608, introduced February 23, 2011, calls for significant increases for many West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicle fees. These increases include record access fees and cost pertaining to the the issuance of driver licenses and vehicle registrations, among...

Changes on Hold to Electronic Access of NC Criminal Court Records

Posted on March 08, 2011
Pending a court ruling in Wake County, NC, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts (NCAOC) voluntarily postponed their planned March 1 mandate which would have altered the way millions of criminal records are accessed in North Carolina...

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Accredibase Report for 2011 Reveals 48% Increase in Fake Universities

Posted on March 08, 2011
The 2011 Annual Accredibase Report of diploma and accreditation mill activity has revealed an astounding 48% increase worldwide in the number of known diploma and accreditation mills in the past year alone. As the Internet is the primary home for...

Latest on Electronic Access of NC Criminal Court Records

Posted on March 04, 2011
A hearing was held late this week (March 4) on a preliminary injunction to halt the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts' (NCAOC) from the modifying the manner in which criminal record data is released. Last week several consumer...

Federal Courts at Northern District Illinois to Move

Posted on February 23, 2011
In the Northern District of Illinois, both the US District Court and US Bankruptcy Court Western Divisions located in Rockford, IL will move into a new facility sometime in the Spring of 2011. The new address will be 327 S....

Missouri Highway Patrol Opens New Criminal Record Access Site

Posted on February 22, 2011
The Missouri State Highway Patrol, Criminal Record & Identification Division, recently instituted a new program for the online access and retrieval of criminal records. The data includes felonies, misdemeanors, and selected municipal ordinance violations...

Alabama Disables Vehicle Record Access Site

Posted on February 21, 2011
Three months ago, the Alabama Motor Vehicle Division launched two searches for Vehicle Title and Registration records. However, this past week the MVD temporarily disabled these two searches at www.revenue.alabama.gov/motorvehicle/mvinfo.html. The reason for this stoppage is that the access program...

Fulton County IL Recording Fees

Posted on January 14, 2011
Effective January 1, 2011, a $5.00 increase on document recording will take place at the Fulton County Recorder's Office in Lewiston Illinois. For example, the minimum fee for a 4-page document will now be $56.00 plus $1.00 for each additional...

Nassau County NY Recording Fees Increased

Posted on January 13, 2011
The document recording fees for Nassau County, NY increased significantly on December 1st, 2010. For example, the block index recording fee has been increased from $10.00 to $75.00 "for each block under which such instrument is required to be indexed...

Ann Arbor Michigan District Court Relocating

Posted on January 12, 2011
The 15th District Court of Washtenaw County MI is moving in mid-January 2011. The court will close its location at 101 E Huron St. on January 14th and re-open at the new loctaion at 301 E Huron St. on Wednesday...

CSA 2010 and Motor Carriers

Posted on January 11, 2011
This month, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) launched its new Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) 2010 program. The program assigns safety ratings to motor carriers. This new program is significant because the Safety Measurement System (SMS) calculation of the...

Connecticut and Vermont Reducing and Re-Districting Probate Courts

Posted on January 11, 2011
Connecticut An extensive reduction in the number of probate courts in Connecticut will officially take place on January 5, 2011. The number of probate courts will be reduced from 117 to 54 locations. There are two excellent resources available that...

Canton U.S. Bankruptcy Court Relocating

Posted on June 23, 2010
Effective June 1, 2010, the Canton Division of the Northern District of Ohio U.S. Bankruptcy Court is moving to a new physical address. The court will relocate to the Ralph Regula Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse located at 401 McKinley...

Fresno County Superior Court Closes Fowler Branch

Posted on June 22, 2010
Effective April 30, 2010, the Fresno County Superior Court closed the Fowler branch courthouse. The Fowler branch heard civil, small claims and traffic cases. All current cases and recent case files were moved to the branch court in Selma. Case...

U.S. Bankrupcty Court's McVCIS Adds Northern Ohio District

Posted on June 21, 2010
The new Multi-Court Voice Case Information System (McVCIS) is officially adding the Northern District of Ohio Bankruptcy Court to its list of users on June 1, 2010. McVCIS is slowly replacing VCIS as the means to obtain bankruptcy case information...

Obtaining Crash Reports in Louisiana

Posted on June 18, 2010
The Louisiana State Police, Traffic Records Unit recently launched a new web service that enables one to purchase a copy of a crash report. The request requires first and last name, date of crash, and parish location of crash. The...

MN Closes Vessel Records to Permissible Users

Posted on June 17, 2010
As a result of recent legislation, records related to the ownership and registration of watercraft, snowmobiles, off-highway vehicles, and off-highway motorcycles vehicle records held by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) may no longer be accessed by the private...

Vessel Title and Lien Records in Louisiana

Posted on June 16, 2010
Public Record Search Tip... Vessel Title and Lien Records in Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, PO 14796, Baton Rouge 70898, 225-765-2898 www.wlf.louisiana.gov/boating. All motorized boats and all sail boats over 12 ft must be registered. Effective August 25, 2009,...

PRRN Releases Model Public Record Researcher Agreement

Posted on May 19, 2010
On Monday April 26th, the Public Record Retriever Network (PRRN, www.prrn.us) announced the release of a model template of a Public Record Researcher Agreement to be used by public record researchers and Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRAs). The Agreement represents a...

Reminder - Online AZ Driving Record to Increase May 1

Posted on May 18, 2010
A $1.75 portal fee increase for the electronic access of a driving record from the Arizona Motor Vehicle Division is scheduled to take place effective May 1, 2010. The new fee structure increases the total for both interactive and batch...

West Virginia Circuit Courts - Copy Fee Increase

Posted on May 17, 2010
Effective July 1, 2010, the fee for a copy of documents at all West Virginia Circuit Courts will increase from $.50 to $.75 per page. This fee increase is per state legislation - Senate Bill 471. The original version of...

Maryland Probate Records Now Online

Posted on May 14, 2010
A new, free statewide or single county docket search of Maryland Register of Wills records is offered at http://jportal.mdcourts.gov/willsandtrusts/index.jsf. One may search by search by Decedent, Guardian, Interested Party, Minor, or Personal Representative...

About State Registries of Sex Offenders

Posted on May 13, 2010
Public Record Search Tip... According to a recent U.S. Department of Justice report: 47 participating states reported a total number of 647,700 registered sex offenders. However in the same states, only 472,000 (73%) of these registered sex offenders were on...

Requesting FBI Records

Posted on April 14, 2010
Only the subject of the identification record can request a copy of his/her own FBI Identification Record. The request must be accompanied by satisfactory proof of identity (consisting of name, date and place of birth, and a set of roll-inked...

Online Access to Texas Vehicle Record Information

Posted on March 28, 2010
The Technology Support Branch of the Vehicle Titles and Registration Division offers a web inquiry system for immediate VIN and plate look ups. This requires a $200.00 deposit, $23.00 fee per month, and a $ .12 fee per look up....

PRRN Preparing a Standardized Agreement for Hiring On-site Record Researchers

Posted on March 13, 2010
A committee of nine members from the Public Record Retriever Network (PRRN) has been formed to create a model agreement that can be used by localized public record researchers when hired by employment screening firms or public record vendor firms....

Recent Increases for California Real Estate Recording Fees

Posted on March 11, 2010
Several pieces of recent legislation have led to a number of California counties increasing the fee to record real estate documents, effective February 1, 2010 and March 1, 2010. Passage of Senate Bill 676 (SB676) enabled county recorders to increase...

Arizona Courts - Document Retrieval Fee Inconsistencies at JP Level

Posted on March 11, 2010
A huge inconsistency exists for fees charged by Arizona's limited jurisdiction Justice Courts. In Arizona there is a mandated fee of $24.00 that Justice Courts are required to charge the public when asked to do a name search. But there...

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