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What are Judgement Records?
Judgment records contain detailed information about a court decision and how
it was rendered. They also include transcripts of everything that has been said
by all the parties in court, except those that has been ordered by the judge to
be stricken off. While these records are readily available through the clerks of
the different courts, they can also be conveniently obtained online.
Judgement records are essentially, documentation about a court case’s verdict
and these are accessible through various means. A court proceeding would
normally have its transcripts taken down by the court reporter (whether employed
on a regular basis by the courts or acting on a freelance capacity). Recent
technology, however, allows transcription to be documented based on audio or
video recordings of the proceedings.
Court reporters (sometimes referred to as stenographers) who take down
everything that is mentioned in court use steno machines to “record” the
statements made. Any statements indicated by the judge to be “stricken off the
record” are duly omitted from such transcription because these statements are
deemed inadmissible (for a variety of possible reasons). Since the machines make
use of phonetic representations of the statements, these still need to be
translated into “real” words.
Now the judgement or verdict, in itself, has its own set of documentation.
Whether or not it is a trial by jury or a decision passed down by the judge, the
judgement record is, in effect, a statement that contains the decision (of the
judge or jury) and the bases for such decision. Decisions are based on the
admissible facts of the case presented in court.
Retrieving Judgement Records
Judgement records, just like court case transcripts, can be requested from the
court clerk (also sometimes referred to as “clerk of the court”). It is part of
this court employee’s function to act as the custodian of all such court-related
records (and also incidentally, the court seal which is used to ensure the
validity of a court document). This is in addition to other supporting roles
like swearing in witnesses and members of the jury or being in charge of
collecting fees paid to the court. In understaffed courts, the judge himself or
herself may act as the court clerk.
Another way to retrieve such information is through the online service of U.S.
courts called PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records). Inquiries about
how to retrieve any type of court record are generally free but actual requests
online require corresponding fees. Furthermore, PACER also allows for the free
transmission of basic information, but only through the phone system.
Finally, judgement records are also available through other Internet Web sites
that provide such services. Again, there are corresponding fees in order to
avail of these services. There are usually various search parameters available
for each of these sites. Records are usually categorized according to the state
where they are lodged. To find these websites, you can simply enter the type of
record you want to retrieve into any of the available search engines on the net
(like yahoo, ask, msn, etc.)
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