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--- diy:osint [2024/09/24 07:30] – Humphrey Boa-Gart
+++ diy:osint [2024/12/07 03:34] (current) – [Legal Records] Humphrey Boa-Gart
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-====== So You Want to OSINT? ======
+====== OSINT 101 ======
-//So you have decided to put your detective skills to use online and use Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) to research, verify and validate information but don’t know where to begin?//
+== So You Want to OSINT? ==
+So you have decided to put your detective skills to use online and use **Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)** to research, verify and validate information, but don’t know where to begin?
 **You’ve come to the right place!**
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   * Court Records
   * Online Activities
-  * //And Far More!//
+  * //...And Far More!//
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-===== Common Basic OSINT Tools =====
+===== Some Basic OSINT Tools =====
 ==== Cheat Sheets ====
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-==== Basic General Search Tools to Get You Started ====
+==== General Search Tools ====
   * [[tactics:google dorking|Google Dorks]] - To search effectively. [[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EdbKbdP3Tfkj1zBQ4NICLwnvzcM-bX9g/view?usp=sharing|External link, merge eventually]]
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   * [[https://www.linkedin.com/|LinkedIn]] - To find out about work and location history.
   * [[https://www.social-searcher.com/|Social Searcher]] - To crawl multiple social media sites for names and handle.
   * [[https://www.familysearch.org/en/united-states/|Family Search]] - To search public records.
-==== Basic Reverse Image Search Tools ====
+==== Reverse Image Search Tools ====
   * [[https://tineye.com/|Tin Eye]]
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   * [[https://lens.google/|Google Lens]]
   * [[https://yandex.com/|Yandex]]
+==== Legal Records ====
+There are many sites you can go to for copies of legal records, and oftentimes they are in PDF format. Lots of these sites cost money, but the following ones are free, or offer free trials:
+  * [[https://casetext.com/search/|Casetext]] - Case and judgement summaries
+  * [[https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/|CourtListener's RECAP Archive]] - Largest repository of free PACER records. Mostly for federal cases and bankruptcies.
+  * [[https://lp.findlaw.com/|FindLaw]] and FindLaw's [[https://caselaw.findlaw.com/|Case Law]] subsite
+  * [[https://www.govinfo.gov/|GovInfo]] - Bills, statutes and the like.
+  * [[https://www.judyrecords.com/|judyrecords]] - Free public records search.
+  * [[https://trellis.law/|Trellis]] - More case records and 14 day free trials. Caveat: Requires valid card, so use depleted prepaid cards for signup.
+  * [[https://www.scribd.com/|Scribd]] - A pain in the ass to search, but a surprising amount of court filings & police reports find their way here.
+Some news sites and blogs also specialize in coverage of legal cases, which can be great for digging up leads:
+  * [[https://www.courthousenews.com/?s|Courthouse News Service]]
+Many municipalities and district courts //(cities, counties, states, etc)// let you access these records directly. You will have to do some searching to find their official websites, but you can find all sorts of records that way. Many of these localities will publish dockets and schedules, and some of them even stream their proceedings online so you can watch them live remotely. Make sure to [[diy:archival#audio-video|save copies of the recordings]] if you are able to tune in!
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+{{tag>Tutorials Recon}}

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