Civil Court Records

Civil Court searches return information regarding the date of filing, case type, case number or file record, jurisdiction and; if available, identity of parties involved. This search helps discover whether your applicant has sued former employers or has been sued for reasons that are relevant to employment. An employer should use this information where it is relevant to job performance. It is advisable to have standard policies and procedures for use.

Civil Court Lower
A search of the county or city jurisdiction that lists civil cases for an individual as plaintiff or defendant. These are usually small claims filings and are often governed by a dollar limit. Information returned is the same as Civil Upper.

Civil Court Upper
A search of the county jurisdiction's civil index that includes issues of state civil litigation. The information returned may include: Case number, plaintiff(s), defendant(s), type of case (if on the index), disposition (if on the index), disposition date (if on the index) and judgment (if on the index).

Federal Civil Court
Court search retrieves current information about current federal cases. There are 189 district courts, 136 bankruptcy courts, and 13 circuit courts of appeals. There are only 6 district courts, 15 bankruptcy courts, and 5 circuit court of appeals not indexed. This system provides lists of cases, searched by name or filing date, as well as electronic case summaries and dockets. The United States district courts are the trial courts of the federal court system. Within limits set by Congress and the Constitution, the district courts have jurisdiction to hear nearly all categories of federal cases, including both civil and criminal matters. This search is done by jurisdiction; each hit produced from a search will give party name, the court where the case was filed, the case number, and the filing date. The actual record will give all party names, date of birth on a criminal record, case number, date case filed, attorney names, docket entries and verdict information.