Federal Court Records Search

The Process

While each person should be entitled to a certain level of privacy, the fact of the matter is that it is important to know who we and our loved ones are dealing with on a daily basis. In some cases, it can simply be fun to satisfy the curiosity of knowing the whereabouts of an old high school friend.

Whatever the purpose of finding court records may be, the CheckPeople service can help you find exactly what you are looking for.

Using our advanced background check is a very simple process, and an entire, detailed report is available in as little as five minutes.

Simply visit the home page, fill out the person's information (first name, last name, and location) and allow the prompts to guide you through the rest of the process. After several minutes of pulling court records and other information from a variety of different sources, the report is ready to be viewed.

The Exclusions

Some documents are not ordinarily available to the public. As noted in Privacy Policy for Electronic Case Files these include unexecuted summonses or warrants; pretrial bail and presentence reports; juvenile records; documents containing information about jurors; and various filings, such as expenditure records, that might reveal the defense strategies of court-appointed lawyers.

In certain circumstances, judges have the authority to seal additional documents or to close hearings that ordinarily would be public. Reasons can include protecting victims and cooperating informants and avoiding the release of information that might compromise an ongoing criminal investigation or a defendant's due process rights.

Some examples:

• Courts sometimes seal documents that contain sensitive material, such as classified information affecting national security or information involving trade secrets.
• Criminal case documents and hearing transcripts are sometimes sealed to protect cooperating witnesses from retaliation.
• The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide for protective orders during discovery to protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense.
• Bankruptcy court records are public, but under the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, the court may withhold certain commercial information, any "scandalous or defamatory matter," or information that may create an undue risk of identity theft or other injuries.

When to Search For Federal Court Records

Our service and other advanced background check services were designed to look up old friends, learn more about potential threats in the neighborhood or find out if a dating partner is hiding important personal information, but it is not to be used to discriminate against others, stalk people or as an aid in identity theft.

Here are some of the times when searching for court records is acceptable and can be incredibly beneficial in learning more about a person:

• Look up a lost love
• Find family members
• Scope out online date
• Locate addresses
• Research yourself
• Search neighbors
• Find court records

Of course, the honest, acceptable reasons for using an advanced background check are not limited to this list, and there are many other practical, moral reasons to use the service.

However, there are those who unfortunately may try and abuse the service for unethical means. Due to this, various guidelines have been put in place to keep individuals safe and free from unlawful discrimination. Here are the times when using an advanced background check is not acceptable:

• Tenant screening
• Educational screening
• Employment screening
• Insurance programs
• Determine credit eligibility
• Stalking people
• Identity theft

As long as CheckPeople is used in a responsible, respectful manner it can be incredibly useful in finding court records and insightful information about others, which helps users live their lives in a safer, more trusting manner and allows them to connect with long lost friends and family members.

You may visit CheckPeople to uncover court documents, but you will quickly realize that there is so much more to discover. CheckPeople has insightful information readily available to you literally at the click of a button, you don't even have to leave the comfort of your own home. There have been over 33 million searches and counting by the second conducted with CheckPeople this year. What are you waiting for? All you need is basic details and sit back, relax, and let CheckPeople do the rest of the work.