Every state organizes its public records differently. Choose a state to see direct links to its official portals for property, court, business, vital, criminal, voter, sex-offender, and unclaimed-property records — all free government sources.
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California does not participate in MissingMoney.com — search the State Controller's site directly for unclaimed property.
Texas is a non-disclosure state for real-estate sale prices, so recorded deeds may not show the purchase amount.
Florida's broad open-records law means appraiser, court, and election data are unusually accessible online.
New York City maintains its own vital-records and property (ACRIS) systems separate from the state.
Pennsylvania's UJS Portal is a strong, free, statewide court-docket search — rare among large states.
Illinois has no unified statewide court portal — search the county circuit clerk where a case was filed.
Ohio county auditor sites offer some of the most detailed free property and sales data in the country.
Many Georgia counties publish property data through the free qPublic.net parcel viewer.
North Carolina allows public voter-record name searches — useful for verification research.
Michigan's OTIS offender tracking system is a free, well-maintained statewide inmate and parolee search.
New Jersey offers free statewide court case search through its NJ Courts portal.
Virginia business filings go through the State Corporation Commission, not the Secretary of State.
Washington's statewide court case-records search covers most courts in a single free portal.
Arizona business entities are filed with the Corporation Commission rather than the Secretary of State.
Tennessee's Comptroller hosts a free statewide property-assessment data viewer across counties.