Eviction cases in the Ohio's Paulding County are being heard by the Paulding County Court, whose territorial jurisdiction covers the whole territory of the Paulding county. Eviction cases are being handled by the county's court civil division, which also hears complaints provided the plaintiff declares damage that doesn't exceed $15,000, as well as small claims up to $3,000.

So, the court's website is exactly the very first place where you should go should you wish to perform your online search for eviction records, which there can be searched for using the court's proprietary data retrieval system. The system allows search by all or any of the following criteria: case number, individual's or company name, file date, hearing date, or ticket number. This should be the most reliable online recourse within the terms of accuracy of the public records information the citizens have right to access to, and very fit for the purpose of running a background check [http://www.allsleuths.com/] on a new applicant for tenancy. With the only exception of very fresh or current cases, when a natural delay between judicial action and posting of court records data on the site of at least 24 hours. And, of course, like with every computer driven search/storing data system, discrepancies and mistakes are possible. Therefore the search for eviction records may be useful for a look up rather than decision making purpose. Never hurry therefore with your conclusion and have the verification done before actually taking action. Once put on alert, you may need verification of the information on the public records, and this can be done either by writing a request to the Paulding County Court, or when visiting the courthouse in person. To the best of my knowledge the Paulding county courthouse's current address is: 201 E. Caroline Street Suite 2, Paulding, OH 45879.

A less reliable search for the Paulding county eviction records can be done through number of commercial databases. Never meaning to recommend any one of such specific public records search web sites, I will just mention that with commercial information brokers a search in fact can be done quickly and on the state level or even nationwide, normally costing something between $20 - $40 per search for one record - either criminal or eviction. Many landlords do use this option for screening the backgrounds of their applicants or even existing tenants, but never forget that normally those databases are updated once per half a year, or at best once a month.

This brief review would certainly lack something important, should it not be mentioned here that in different counties of Ohio not all landlord/tenant disputes are assigned for handling in county courts. In some jurisdictions certain lawsuits could also be heard in court of common pleas and mayor's court who too maintain their own court records databases that offer public access - either free of charge, or for a small nominal fee.