PublicData.com began operations nearly 30 years ago and was an early player in the functional use of the internet. As such, PublicData.com helped set many standards on how to make the internet more valuable than just the 'brochure net' that was popular at the time. However, since that time standards for userids/usernames have moved away from the use of personal information such as pre-existing account numbers, driver's licenses, social security numbers, etc. Instead, for privacy and ease of use, usernames are more and more often being defined by the customer and PublicData.com has decided to adopt this standard.
Effective March 08, 2016 PublicData.com will convert to using only a username and password for login. Unless contacted by PublicData.com directly, the Driver's License number or account name you currently use for logging in, along with your password, will be all you need to log in. In addition, once logged on, you may use the 'My Account' screen (under the 'Account Services' pull down) to set your username to one of your choosing.
The Discover card is being added to our existing lineup of MasterCard, Visa and American Express credit cards currently accepted by PublicData.com. Thank you for choosing PublicData.com.
Welcome to PublicData.com's new look. We have updated our site in order to not only improve our overall appearance but to also be more efficient and user friendly. We hope you like it as much as we do. Thanks again for choosing PublicData.com.
Publicdata.com is committed to providing the best possible service at the most affordable pricing in the industry. While we have been able to avoid price increases since the company's inception (almost 20 years), the continuing increase in the cost of doing business has now made this unavoidable. Many of our older priced plans are no longer available on PublicData.com and Effective January 1, 2015 some existing plans will be migrated to new pricing (our current plans).
As we continue our commitment to provide the best possible value to our subscribers, your cost per look up will remain the same or improve. Many plans will not see a change in their pricing. Most plans affected will increase by less than $5 and in a few cases up to $10.
We appreciate each and every one of our subscribers and thank you all for using PublicData.com.
It's finally here!! Have you ever had trouble finding a certain individual or business name on PublicData.com because you didn't know the exact format used? Have you ever needed to search on multiple criteria, like NAME and ADDRESS? Advanced Search was created to provide these capabilities (and much more). Enter as much information as you know, and records that match the most information will be at the top of the search results list. Advanced Search allows PublicData.com capabilities similar to popular search engines (i.e. Google, Yahoo, etc).
It will take us some time to convert the thousands of databases available on PublicData.com to the new format, but we have started with Texas Property, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles1, Texas Driver's License1, Sex Offenders, Wanted and Warrants, and Crime Stoppers data. We will be adding Advanced Search to more databases as rapidly as possible.
Click Here to see more detail.
1Remember that these databases are protected by DPPA.
PublicData.com will be performing scheduled maintenance and upgrades to it's systems on Tuesday March 10, 2015 at 7:00pm CST thru Wednesday morning at 7:00am CST. During this time, we anticipate customers will continue to have access to PublicData.com. However the upgrades may interfere with some functions such as upgrading your account or retrieving your password.
For those corporate customers who pay by check, PublicData.com is updating our mailing address. Please update all accounting software and databases retaining our mailing address to:
PublicData.com has upgraded the look of our search and details pages. This new look does not change any of the features you currently use, but enables some exciting new search features that are coming soon. Besides, we just think it looks better.
PublicData.com will soon be switching to Paperless billing for all our customers who have been receiving paper invoices (an option available to corporate customers only).
For those corporate accounts that still need a postal delivery of the billing statement, PublicData.com will now charge a $5.00 fee for each statement.
If you require a Paper Statement, you will need to configure your account for Postal Delivery, confirming your acceptance of the $5.00 fee for each Billing Statement. To choose the Postal Paper Billing option, simply log on and go to the 'My Account' link in the tool bar and update the Billing Method option (this is only available to corporate accounts and will be under the 'Credit Card' section on that screen).
PLEASE NOTE: Credit card accounts, if your credit card fails multiple times (we notify you by email of each failure), we will use postal delivery to send you a billing statement and charge your account a fee of $5.00.
For more information, please see our info on Billing Options or our latest Terms and Conditions
For those corporate accounts that still need a billing statement, PublicData.com now offers paperless billing. This option is only available to our corporate accounts (those accounts where the stateID is CORP). Customers who choose this option will still be required to pay by check. When your account is renewed, PublicData.com will automatically create a Billing Statement, attach it to your account, and send you an email containing a link to the statement. You will be able to access your statement through this email for up to 30 days or at any time by logging onto your account and clicking on the Account History link.
Paperless billing allows you to receive you billing statement up to two weeks earlier than waiting for a paper bill. It also makes it easier to share with your accounting department and others. In short, paperless billing saves resources, money and time.
To choose Paperless Billing, simply log on and go to 'My Account' and update the Billing Method option (corporate accounts will see this option under 'Credit Card' section of this screen).
In our continuing effort to evaluate our services and the needs of our customers, PublicData.com has decided to remove the beta interface due to limited interest and demand. The link to the beta will be removed shortly.
(the beta interface was removed as of 3/26/2012)
In our Continuing effort to add value to our services, PublicData.com has decided to provide our "AutoSearch" email feature free of charge (reduced from 85 cents). AutoSearch is a convenient place to store your favorite searches. AutoSeach can also be setup to automatically perform a search and email you the search results. The email will present the search results in the standard PublicData.com format. In addition, you will have the ability to view the detail records from these emails just as you do when signed on.
The information provided by each AutoSearch email will only be available for a limited time, but it can be forwarded and shared with friends and family. Not only will lookups performed from these emails not count against your usage total, but links within the email allow your friends and family to sign up with PublicData.com under our bonus plan. This earns you and them free bonus searches.
In addition to the email feature, AutoSearch can be used as a Favorites list for searches you repeat. Simply save a search to the 'AutoSearch' list and optionally set the email to be inactive. Anytime you want to repeat that search, simply go to the AutoSearch screen and click on that search.
For more information about 'AutoSearch', please see our Frequently Asked Questions.
We are excited to announce the Mobile Phone version of PublicData.com. The site has been optimized for a touchscreen phone, and we are happy to share it with you. Simply navigate to PublicData.com from your phone's browser, and try it out.
Note: This site has been design specifically for touchscreen devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch, HTC Evo, Droid, other Android Phones, and many more.
PublicData.com is always looking for ways to add value to our services. Our latest feature is called "AutoSearch". AutoSearch automatically performs a search and emails customers (using the email address configured with your account) the search results. The content of the emails is the PublicData.com search results you are currently familiar with. In addition, you will have the ability to view the detail records from these emails just as you do when signed on.
The information provided by each AutoSearch email will only be available for a limited time, but it can be forwarded and shared with friends and family. Not only will there be no charges for lookups done from these emails, but links within the email allow your friends and family to sign up with PublicData.com under our bonus plan. This earns you and them free bonus searches.
THE EXISTING 'OFFENDER AUTOSEARCH' EMAIL REMAINS COMPLETELY FREE. PublicData.com will automatically configure its customers to receive a 'Free Offender AutoSearch' email. Your free search will be based on the zip code we have on file, and will be sent to you monthly. To turn this facility off, simply select 'Autosearch' from our tool bar and set your free report to be 'inactive'.
All customer created AutoSearches will result in a charge of 85 cents per email (that's only $10.20 a year for monthly reports going straight to your inbasket).
PublicData.com is always looking for ways to add value to our services. Our latest feature is called "AutoSearch". AutoSearch automatically performs a search and emails customers the search results. The content of the emails is the PublicData.com search results you are currently familiar with. In addition, you will have the ability to view the detail records from these emails just as you do when signed on.
THIS SERVICE IS COMPLETELY FREE. The AutoSearches are not counted against your allocated look-ups. Likewise, you will not be charged to view the details from this email. Likewise, this email can be forwarded and viewed by others without concern that this will count against your look-up totals.
The information provided by each AutoSearch email will only be available for a limited time, but it can be forwarded and shared with friends and family. Not only will there be no charges for lookups done from these emails, but links within the email allow your friends and family to sign up with PublicData.com under our bonus plan. This earns you and them free bonus searches.
Over the next few weeks PublicData.com will be automatically configuring its customers to receive a 'Free Sex Offender AutoSearch' email. Your free search will be based on the zip code we have on file, and will be sent to you monthly. To turn this facility off, simply select 'Autosearch' from our tool bar and set your free report to be 'inactive'.
PublicData.com is always looking for ways to improve and simplify our services. We are currently evaluating a new interface that provides some usability enhancements on top of an interface that should be familiar to PublicData users. Simply select to 'Try Beta' off of the home page and be sure to let us know what you think.
As of Jan 1, 2009, PublicData.com is adjusting how Look-ups are calculated. Look-ups will be charged as the sum of your search and detail Look-Ups (instead of the greater of the two). This will allow for greater flexibility to use Look-ups however you want and simplifies our plans.
To ensure that everyone can only benefit from this change, PublicData.com is doubling available lookups for EVERY plan. As part of the change to the new system, on Jan 1, 2009 PublicData.com will double your searches available and searches used.
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It has been recently pointed out that PublicData.com was displaying Social Security Numbers (SSN). The fact of the matter is that we had no idea that this State used SSNs as Drivers License Numbers. It has been the policy of PublicData.com to not display SSNs, with the exception of those in the Social Security Death Master File.
Because we are commited to not displaying the SSNs and realize that sometimes we don't recognize numbers as SSNs, PublicData.com will pay $100.00 to the first Customer who points out that a SSN is being displayed from one of our databases. The Social Security Death Master File is the only exception to this offer.
States are becoming more aggressive in their resistance to comply with Sunshine Laws or their Open Records Laws. They are using the cover of more recently passed laws, such as the DPPA, to justify their actions and deny access to the Public Record. Currently, all DPPA restricted databases will require users to select an exemption prior to each search. We feel the need to keep you informed, as a PublicData.com Customer, to the status of this situation since access to certain databases may change or may be more limited in the future.
PublicData.com remains committed to the idea that open government is good government.
PublicData.com will be down from 10:00pm CDT Wednesday, October 28, 2009 until 3:00am CDT Thursday, October 29, 2009 for scheduled maintanence. You will not be able to logon to our site during this outage.
PublicData.com will be down from 12:00am CST Thursday, April 9, 2009 until 5:00am CST Thursday, April 9, 2009 for scheduled maintanence. You will not be able to logon to our site during this outage.
Click here for PublicData.com's response to the Missouri Attorney General.
PublicData.com will be down from 10:00pm CST Tuesday, February 26, 2008 until 3:00am CST Wednesday, February 27, 2008 for scheduled maintanence. You will not be able to logon to our site during this outage.
On Thursday, November 22, 2007, the PublicData.com web site will be down for maintenance from 0900 until 2100 CST. You will not be able to logon to our site during this outage.
On Thursday, December 28, 2006, the PublicData.com web site will be down for maintenance from 1900 until 2100 CST.
On Tuesday, July 4th, 2006, the PublicData.com web site will be down for maintenance from 0600 until 2300 CT.
If your organization is exempt from State of Texas sales tax, please click here to fill out the appropriate exemption form online.
As of January 1st 2005, PublicData.com began charging State of Texas sales tax. View current, past, and future sales tax rates.
If your organization is in need of a W9 form from PublicData.com, it may be viewed and printed here. These forms require Adobe Acrobat Reader.
PublicData.com has recently shipped over a thousand new database as well as continuing to refresh our existing databases. With all the new data, we found it necessary to enhance our interface to improve access to the data. At the same time, we have provided the ability to search combination's of databases that were never before available.
For a short period of time the classic interface will be made available, however it will not be upgraded to support the new function or provide access to the new databases.
PublicData.com has implemented a Terms and Conditions (T&C) system to better support our customers. Many agencies providing public data place limits or requirements on who may access the data. An example of this is that most of the "Department of Motor Vehicles" databases are restricted to those terms covered by the "Driver Privacy Protection Act" (DPPA). Very little will change in how you use PublicData.com, but you will see some differences. To see how this will change the way you use PublicData.com, you can click here to read more about it.
PublicData.com is now giving away more FREE searches than ever before. In the past, PublicData.com gave free "look-ups" or searches to members who provide a credit card for billing. We now give 100 FREE SEARCHES to members every time their credit card is billed by PublicData.com and the charge is approved. Those who have usage plans which bill monthly have only been able to receive the credit card bonus when you sign up for the plan. Now they will receive 100 bonus searches each month when their credit card is approved.
This means you can earn up to 1200 bonus searches per year — automatically — for simply letting PublicData.com bill your credit card. If you don't currently have a credit card number on file, please let us start billing your card and start earning bonus searches for your account today.
If you have an annually billed plan, you will continue to earn 100 bonus searches when you initially start and renew your account with a credit card approval. All other bonus earning methods remain unchanged.
Those accounts which are more than 60 days delinquent on payment will be closed. You will always be able to reactivate your account with a valid credit card. You will not be able to reactivate your account using our invoice system until your account balance is paid in full.
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