If I’ll be given a dollar for every lawsuit that is filed in the country, I would already be in a Caribbean island by now basking in the sun. People seem to have a penchant to bring every pain and problem they have in court. Lawyers are only too happy to oblige to this insatiable craving for judicial intervention.
This gluttony for legal remedies has bloated court dockets. If you’re a legal researcher, or just an ordinary person who wants to look for a particular case, then you’ll be in for an unpleasant surprise.
In order to save yourself from having to dig through tons of documents in courts, or from endlessly pounding your keyboard for cases, you must first know a few details about the suit that you’re looking for.
You’ll have the court record that you want in no time if you know the case number, but having the title alone may not be sufficient enough. For example, if you type “People vs. Johnson” in your favorite search engine, it will probably give you a few hundred cases that have the same title.
Before conducting your search for a particular court record, try to find out first when it was promulgated. It doesn’t have to be the exact date. Even the year will do. This would greatly narrow down your search and save you time from having to go through hundreds or thousands of cases that bear the same caption.
If you're pressed for time, I suggest using a reputable court records search service provider. They may charge you a small fee for using the service but at least you don't end up tearing at your hair out of frustration!
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