Public Records Search Sites

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Public records search sites have become increasingly common online today. The popularity is largely due to the demand of people to find information by searching public records. Traditionally, people find records by searching files at the county courthouse, county library, revenue office, and other government offices and agencies. These are all viable options for a public information search, but the Internet allows you to access the information you are looking for and have it instantly available to you on your computer.

You can find several different reports through public records search sites. Some examples of reports that you will have access to include comprehensive background reports, court records reports, criminal records, sex offender searches, bankruptcies, judgments, liens, federal records, case number searches, reverse cell and landline searches, cell search by name, cell search by address, birth records, marriage and divorce records, death records, people search, business search, property reports, employment history, and vessel/watercraft search. All of these records are public information that has been organized in online search databases.

There are many public records search sites to choose from on the Internet. Some of the more common sites are Intelius, NetDetective, Gov-Resources, CourtRecords, Red Archive, and Records-Access. Basically speaking, they all offer the same type of service with very similar information.

There are usually slight differences from site to site. You will encounter differences in price, customer support options, and records search option. Typically, each search site offers multiple packages with different price levels. If you want access to public information for a day, year, or lifetime, you can find a site that will accommodate your request. Sometimes, you can gain access to just one report at a time for as little as $2 or $3, but it depends on what records you are looking for. For anyone that needs to find public information more than twice a year, a lifetime membership with a one time fee will be the best option. There has been some confusion about how an individual can get lifetime searches for a one-time fee, so I wanted to explain it clearly.

How a Public Records Search Site Lifetime Membership Works

Oftentimes, a lifetime membership will cost $50 or less. The amount you pay for the membership, $50 in this case, will be your credit balance once you begin your public records search through the site. You will be able to access all the reports you want, some may cost $5, others may be $20, until you have used your credit balance. If you want to access more reports after you have used your balance, you simply add funds to your account to keep searching.

Searching records online seems to be by far the most economical way of finding public information, and the increasing number of public records search sites online should keep the membership fees at reasonable rates. If you need to find records that are public and would prefer them delivered instantly to your computer, an online search should be considered.


You can compare public records search sites at FindPublicRecordsNow.com.

If you are new to searching public records, get started the right way with How to Search Public Records.