Wendell Ostrowski
Wendell was a deputy clerk in a Midwestern county office and later a paralegal handling records requests. He explains public records from the counter side: what courts, recorders and election offices keep, who can see it and how to ask for corrections.
Briefings by Wendell
Public Records ExplainedData Privacy
Voter files: who gets your registration record, and how to limit it
What your voter registration record contains, who can get a copy in your state, what you can keep off it, and the one trade-off you cannot avoid if you vote.
Read the briefing »Court records online: what anyone can see, and what stays sealed
What federal and state court records show online, which cases stay sealed, how errors reach background checks and brokers, and how to get a record fixed.
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Why your home address is public record, and what you can do about it
Deeds, mortgages and tax rolls put your home address in the public record. A former county clerk explains why, how it reaches brokers, and what you can do.
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