Court Express: Public Records Systems software
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Court Express is a court document retrieval and due diligence service from Thomson Reuters. It retrieves legal documents not available online from courts, agencies, and public entities across the United States, Canada, and U.S. territories. Professional researchers perform on-site retrieval and due diligence searches, returning results in PDF format for legal professionals and investigators.
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What Court Express does
Beyond standard court document retrieval—covering complaints, briefs, motions, opinions, transcripts, and expert witness testimony—Court Express handles non-court records such as Secretary of State filings, FOIA/FOIL requests, apostilles, and insurance commission records. Due diligence services include on-site investigations of individuals and companies with 10–20-year searches across bankruptcy, civil, criminal, lien, and property matters. The service offers order tracking, coverage at most U.S. courts within hours, and dedicated Canadian research capabilities. It was recognized as Corporate Counsel Best of 2017 for court document retrieval.
What it does
Court Express core capabilities
Speed
Researchers at most U.S. courts within hours
Status
Efficient order tracking with continual progress updates
Coverage
United States, Canada, and U.S. territories
Court documents
Complaints, briefs, motions, opinions, transcripts, answers
Non-court documents
Secretary of State, FOIAs, apostilles, insurance commissions
Due Diligence
On-site investigations with 10–20-year search scope
Technical specifications
- On-site researcher network across U.S. and Canada
- Results delivered in PDF format
- Order tracking system
- Phone support: 1-877-362-7387
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Court Express retrieves court documents not available online—including complaints, briefs, motions, opinions, transcripts, answers, and expert witness testimony. It also handles non-court records such as Secretary of State filings, FOIA and FOIL requests, apostilles, authentications, insurance commission records, and article retrieval. Researchers can access most U.S. courts, agencies, and public entities within hours, and provide on-site retrieval at Canadian courts.
Court Express covers the United States, Canada, and U.S. territories. Independent researchers can be at most U.S. courts, agencies, and other public entities within hours. For Canada, experienced researchers are sent on-site to any Canadian court to retrieve specified documents, with results returned in an easy-to-read PDF format tailored to the requesting jurisdiction or province.
Due diligence solutions include on-site investigations of individuals and companies with state and federal court coverage. Searches can span 10 to 20 years or follow a custom scope. Available search types cover bankruptcy, civil, criminal, felony, liens and judgments, litigation, misdemeanor, property, and traffic matters. Results are compiled according to the client's specifications and delivered in PDF format.
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