When do you think about a bankruptcy database? The one that is used by the federal courts is known as PACER which can be accessed through the Internet only after paying a fee for such access. This database is especially important to attorneys since they need it to file their client's bankruptcy cases online.
You see quite often when courts find themselves overrun with a lot of bankruptcy filings to process they will allow attorneys dealing with their clients bankruptcies to make use of online means in order to complete their clients bankruptcy filing.
The Pacer database cannot be accessed by the general public. Anyone seeking to access information held within it must first go through their attorney.
Nevertheless the public can make use of the bankruptcy databases that other companies have assembled. The general public can use these databases to help with their bankruptcy filings and to do research on businesses and more.
Searching bankruptcy databases
Bankruptcy databases give you tools that allow you to make queries to their database. You will find that you can search by state, city and even using the first few digits of zip codes.
Another way of searching for data that is normally presented to you is by date, this can include the filing date, data of first meeting, the dismissal date and of course the discharge date.
Then of course you may want to try a search by the type of bankruptcy filed. So you can easily search for bankruptcies that were filed under chapter-, 11 and or 7. In addition you may want to even try a combination.
Remember here that chapter eleven deals only with businesses while chapter thirteen is meant for individuals only, and even the majority of chapter seven's are for individuals as well.
Some of the more complete bankruptcy databases will also include details such as the amount relating to assets and liabilities for each case.
You can also expect to find house addresses, apartment numbers, PO boxes etc. You should also be able to filter through this information.
Thus, as you can see, each different bankruptcy database has a lot of information that it contains and which can be accessed entirely or according to specific needs and it will prove to be very helpful under different situations. - 31380
You see quite often when courts find themselves overrun with a lot of bankruptcy filings to process they will allow attorneys dealing with their clients bankruptcies to make use of online means in order to complete their clients bankruptcy filing.
The Pacer database cannot be accessed by the general public. Anyone seeking to access information held within it must first go through their attorney.
Nevertheless the public can make use of the bankruptcy databases that other companies have assembled. The general public can use these databases to help with their bankruptcy filings and to do research on businesses and more.
Searching bankruptcy databases
Bankruptcy databases give you tools that allow you to make queries to their database. You will find that you can search by state, city and even using the first few digits of zip codes.
Another way of searching for data that is normally presented to you is by date, this can include the filing date, data of first meeting, the dismissal date and of course the discharge date.
Then of course you may want to try a search by the type of bankruptcy filed. So you can easily search for bankruptcies that were filed under chapter-, 11 and or 7. In addition you may want to even try a combination.
Remember here that chapter eleven deals only with businesses while chapter thirteen is meant for individuals only, and even the majority of chapter seven's are for individuals as well.
Some of the more complete bankruptcy databases will also include details such as the amount relating to assets and liabilities for each case.
You can also expect to find house addresses, apartment numbers, PO boxes etc. You should also be able to filter through this information.
Thus, as you can see, each different bankruptcy database has a lot of information that it contains and which can be accessed entirely or according to specific needs and it will prove to be very helpful under different situations. - 31380
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