Doxpop - Tools for Attorneys and Public Information Researchers: July 2009

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Doxpop Cited in Interesting Article

The Doxpop service is cited in an interesting comment thread on Masson's Blog. Please visit the following link to learn more. http://tinyurl.com/lbxmd2. Be sure to leave your thoughts in the comments.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Vermillion County Records Now On Doxpop

Doxpop is pleased to announce the addition of the Vermillion County Courts as the newest local government information providers in the Doxpop community. With the addition of Vermillion County, Doxpop now provides access to Court information in 47 Indiana Counties.

The court information available for Vermillion County includes all court cases filed beginning in July of 1994. Lis Pendens and Tax Warrant cases are not available.

Vermillion and the many other counties working with Doxpop help serve the public interest by making information available via the web at no cost to the county. Doxpop provides a range of tools designed to facilitate timely and efficient communication between county agencies and those who use county data.

Doxpop has been providing public access to Indiana court records since 2002 and Indiana recorded documents since 2005. Vermillion County is the 47th court system to join the Doxpop network, which currently provides access to over 10.2 million court case records and over 2.9 million recorded documents.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

How to Use "My Calendar"

Doxpop provides a calendar feature that can help organize your saved cases and any cases associated with your State Bar ID. Enabling email notifications allows you to be quickly notified whenever a change has been made to a calendar event you are associated with.

To set up your calendar:

1) From the "My Doxpop" screen, click "My Bar IDs", then click "Add New ID"
2) For "ID Type", select "State Bar Id"
3) Select the state your bar ID license is assigned.
4) Enter your Bar ID number exactly as written, including a dash or space, into the "ID number" field
5) If you wish to receive email notifications when hearings are scheduled or cancelled, select the box that says "Upcoming hearings will available in the calendar and also will be emailed to you as they are scheduled". Otherwise, select "View events in calendar only".
6) Click the "Done" button
7) You can now view your calendar by selecting the "My Calendar" link at the "My Doxpop" screen. Viewing case details from your calendar screen does not cost you a search.