Public Records Meta sites

• BRB Public Records links
• State and Local Government
• Public Record Finder
• PublicRecordsInfo
• Black Book
• Portico
• Zabasearch

Professional & Corporate Licenses

National (using medical as example – there are others)

• AIM(Administrators in Medicine)
• American Medical Association DocFinder
• American Board of Medical Specialties
• NIH Directories Links

National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS)

Links for Secretaries of State for Corporate Information (from Coordinated Legal Technologies)

Professional Licenses - Check Individual State

Use the Public Records meta sites for Other States

Oregon - State License Directory

Washington State - Use the following:

• Secretary of State - Corporations
• Department of Labor & Industries – Contractors
• Department of Licensing – Professionals
• Washington State Department of Licensing - List of Licenses
• Department of Health – Health Care Providers
• Department of Revenue – Business Owners
• Public Disclosure Commission - Contributions
• WSBA Lawyer Directory - Attorneys
• Better Business Bureau - (BBB)
• State salaries - WA and other states (from St. Cloud Times)

Professional Information Sources - Web-based

• ZoomInfo
• LinkedIn
• Spoke
• Xing

Criminal and Court Records

Inmate Locators

• Federal Bureau of Prisons
• Corrections Connection (For state level)
• Vinelink (state and local)
• Washington State Department of Corrections:
• Local at:
• King County Jail Inmate Look Up
• Pierce County Jail Inmate
• Snohomish County Jail Register
• Kitsap County Jail Inmate Roster

Criminal Records

• Washington State Patrol
• Criminal Searches (Nationwide, limited)
• Criminal Search (Nationwide, paid)
• Sex Offender Search
• Sex Offenders - Nationwide
• Links for Other States
• BRBPubs
• Virtualchase

Court Records

• Federal Courts - PACER
• Federal District Courts – via Justia from January, 2004 to present
• Free Federal Court dockets - must know docket # to search
• State Courts Links at Meta sites such as BRB Pubs, StateLocalGov.net, Virtual Chase, LLRX
• Washington Courts
• City of Seattle

Vital Statistics

• Birth, Death, Marriage & Divorce - From Washington Department of Health – Center for Health Statistics
• Birthdate
• King County Birth and Death – Department of Health
• King County Recorder's Office - Marriage Licenses
• SSN Validator
• Social Security Death Records - Available via Rootsweb
• Other Death Indexes

Real/Personal Property Records

• Unclaimed Property - Washington
• Unclaimed Property - Oregon
• Other States – Portico, Zabasearch, BRB Pubs
• Washington – By County – Example: Map Portal – King County
• King County Recorder’s Office

Locating Persons and Finding Background Information

Directories – Phone, Address & Criss-Cross Directories

• Yellowpages.com
• Switchboard.com
• 411.com
• Superpages.com
• Infobel.com
• Fonefinder.net
• Phonevalidator.com
• Dexknows.com
• Internet Public Library Telephone & Address Links
• PO Box Locator
• Seattle Public Library Directory Reference
  • Reference USA (Library Subscriber Only)
• Washington Voter Registration
  • Soundpolitics

Information Data Brokers

• Accurint
• ChoicePoint
• LocatePlus
• Merlindata
• KnowX
• Intelius
• USSearch
• USA People Search

Search for Web Presence - Including Social Search

Search Engines and Social Search Engines

• Google
• Altavista
• Ask
• Clusty
• Cuil
• Bing
• Mooter
• IxQuick
• Yahoo
• Pipl (Deep web search engine for people)
• 123People (Similar to pipl)
• iSearch
• Yoname
• Flickr (Photos)
• Picasa (Photos)
• Spock
• Twitter Search
• Youtube (Videos)
• Whostalkin (blogs and more)
• Wink
• Taggylicio (Tagged items)