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Criminal Records - Search Systems Premium | pay site
Description: Search the largest criminal record resource on the Internet, over 300 million records. Nationwide and statewide searches available.
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Description: Go here for links to criminal record resources in Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
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Description: Browse these lists of pardons and commutations granted by Presidents Bush and Clinton from 1989 to 2001.
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Description: Browse the Cornell University Legal Information Institute (lii) for US Circuit Courts of Appeals decisions. Search individual courts or all courts.
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U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons
Description: Search for Federal Bureau of Prisons inmates by Register Number, DCDC Number, FBI Number, INS Number, or by first and last name.
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Description: Search this service by state and county for offenders and inmates.
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U.S. PACER Federal Court Records | pay site
Description: This is one of our top picks for most useful sites. Search this database for all available PACER court indexes: Civil, criminal, bankruptcy, and appeals.
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Description: Use the United States Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Registry to search nationwide for registered sex offenders by name, county, city/town, and/or zip code.
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Description: Database of transient offenders and persons suspected or convicted of identity theft and related crimes, counterfeiters, escapees, scam artists, burglars and selected fugitives from Federal, state, or local law enforcement.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 1st Circuit
Description: Search this Emory School of Law listing of U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions by keyword.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 1st Circuit - PACER | pay site
Description: Search the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) fee-based database of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit by case number or keyword to view the court's online case and docket information. Requires PACER registration.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 2nd Circuit Decisions
Description: Use this U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit service to search for decisions by date posted, docket number, date, or party name.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 2nd Circuit - PACER | pay site
Description: Search the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) fee-based database of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by case number or keyword to view the court's online case and docket information. Requires PACER registration.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 3rd Circuit Opinions
Description: Browse this Villanova University School of Law database by year and month for Opinions by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 3rd Circuit - PACER | pay site
Description: Search the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) fee-based database of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit by case number or keyword to view the court's online case and docket information. Requires PACER registration.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 4th Circuit
Description: Search this Emory School of Law listing of U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions by keyword or browse by month of decision or name.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 4th Circuit - PACER | pay site
Description: Search the fee-based Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) database for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals by case number or keyword to view the courts online case and docket information. Requires PACER registration.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 5th Circuit - PACER | pay site
Description: Search the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) fee-based database of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by case number or keyword to view the court's online case and docket information. Requires PACER registration.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 6th Circuit - PACER | pay site
Description: Search the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) fee-based database of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by case number or keyword to view the court's online case and docket information. Requires PACER registration.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 7th Circuit
Description: Search the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by case number or name to view the court online case and docket information.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 8th Circuit - PACER | pay site
Description: Search the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) fee-based database of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit by case number or keyword to view the court's online case and docket information. Requires PACER registration.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - 9th Circuit - PACER | pay site
Description: Search the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) fee-based database of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by case number or keyword to view the court's online case and docket information. Requires PACER registration.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - Tenth Circuit
Description: Search for United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit Opinions by filing date, or by keyword.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - Tenth Circuit - PACER | pay site
Description: Search the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) fee-based database for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals by case number or keyword to view the court's online case and docket information. Requires PACER registration.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - Eleventh Circuit
Description: Search this Emory School of Law listing of U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions by keyword or browse by month of decision or name.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - Eleventh Circuit - PACER | pay site
Description: Search the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) fee-based database for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals by case number or keyword to view the court's online case and docket information. Requires PACER registration.
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U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
Description: Browse this Emory School of Law listing of U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Opinions by month of decision or name. The keyword search is a searchable index of information which can only be used from a forms-capable browser.
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U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims - Case Information
Description: Search the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for case dockets, decisions & opinions, and archived cases.
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U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims - Orders & Opinions
Description: Search the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims by keyword for stay orders, miscellaneous orders, opinions, and full court orders.
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U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims - Practitioners
Description: Search the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for practitioners. Search by location and type-- includes both attorneys and non-attorneys.
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Description: Provided by the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Search by VIN to see if your vehicle has been reported as a stolen vehicle, not recovered, or a salvage vehicle.
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Description: Use this Center for Public Integrity service to search for "cases in which charges of prosecutorial misconduct were reviewed by appellate court judges, by state, jurisdiction, prosecutor and defendant."
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