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How to Search Online Public Records
Marcy Phelps
marcy@marcyphelps.com

Online Public Records:

Basics

What?
Where?

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merriam-webster.com:

Legal definition of public record
• a record required by law to be made and kept
• a record made by a public officer or a government agency in
the course of the performance of a duty

• a record filed in a public office
NOTE: Public records are subject to inspection, examination,
and copying by any member of the public.

That depends…

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