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Civil Judgments Vs. Judgment Liens: What's The Difference?
April 17, 2014 - If you’re like me when I was first introduced to this industry, you might be a little confused about the difference between judgments and judgment liens. They are two separate animals, and it’s important to know the difference if you’re trying to determine which to search for when doing your due diligence. The easy definition is that a judgment is an official decision rendered by the court with regard to a civil matter. A judgment lien, sometimes referred to as an “abstract of judgment,” is an involuntary lien that is filed to give constructive notice and is to attach to the Judgment Debtor’s property and/or assets. When we’re talking about a judgment, it’s up to the winning party t...
Data Brokers Disciplined For Inaccurate Background Checks, Lack Of Privacy Measures
April 14, 2014 - It's tough enough landing a job these days. So imagine if that background check provided to your potential employer wrongly identified you...
Straightline Gets Acknowleged As Leader In Puerto Rico Background Searches
April 10, 2014 - Straightline International has been acknowledged as the leader in Puerto Rico public and criminal record retrieval according to an exclu...
Sacramento County, CA Revamps Public Records WebSite
April 08, 2014 - Sacramento judges introduced the first case search system in California built without outside consultants, saying it was constructed without extra...
Check Out Oakland, Calif. Police Misconduct Suits By Name
April 07, 2014 - A new WebSite has published over a thousand lawsuits filed in Oakland, CA for police misconduct. The lawsuits are researchable by name. www...
LexisNexis Database Helps Feds In Collecting Taxes
April 03, 2014 - Identity thieves are stealing billions of dollars a year through fraudulent tax refunds—and the IRS isn't the only target. The 43 states...
Federal Reserve's Chair Yellen's Real-Life Examples of Unemployed Omit Criminal Records
April 02, 2014 - In her first speech as Federal Reserve chair, Janet Yellen told the stories of three people who had trouble finding work to illustrate her concern...
Top Ten Background Check Trends for 2014 Released by Employment Screening Resources
March 26, 2014 - Employment Screening Resources® (ESR) has announced the release of the 7th Annual ‘ESR Top Ten Background Check Trends for 2014’ se...
Ohio Couple Volunteer To Organize Court Records
March 24, 2014 - The haphazardly stashed court records sitting in the Washington County Courthouse attic are getting put in order through a slow process of voluntee...
Peer References Require Special Tactics
March 20, 2014 - by Craig Caddell The Joint Commission defines a peer as someone from the same discipline with essentially equal qualifications. To be able to p...
Study Shows Record Number Of Criminal Exonerations
March 19, 2014 - The number of exonerations of people wrongfully convicted of a crime in the United States rose to a record 87 last year — that’s 87 peo...
Woman Forged Criminal Record Clearance Because She Was In A Hurry
March 17, 2014 - You've got to love this: Woman Forged Criminal Record Clearance Because She Was In A Hurry A Warwick woman today admitted she forged...
Providing Private Database-Only Criminal Records
March 11, 2014 - Providing Private Database-Only Criminal Records I’m telling you, every time I run across a CRA that is providing private database-onl...
Craig Caddell's Verification Tips
March 07, 2014 - Language! Language! Language! You know the old saying “Location! Location! Location!” as it applies to restaurant success or failur...
BRB Public Record Update
March 05, 2014 - San Luis Obispo Superior Court (CA) Cuts Criminal Record Services With severe cutbacks in the budget and loss of...
Les Rosen's Corner - California Law
March 04, 2014 - New California Law Significantly Impacts Use of Past Criminal Records A new law in California that took effect January 1, 2014 – Senate Bill...
Hiring People You Won't Have to Fire
February 28, 2014 - I should have fired my first employee long before I did. If there was one area where my inexperience really showed when I started running my ow...
Big Data Says You Should Hire Criminals
February 26, 2014 - Evolv, a leader in big data workforce optimization, has discovered that criminals can make better employees than anyone else. Evolv calculates...
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