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Conduct your bankruptcy searches through the Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) online service. Registering is an easy process to access records from federal bankruptcy courts. Sign up with your name and contact information. Registration is free. The Judicial Conference of the United States has mandated a fee of 8 cents per page for access to information in PACER. Accounts are billed quarterly and are payable by credit card or check. This fee is current as of January 2011. You will be provided with a user name and password for your account. - 2
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Search the PACER Case Locator using the person's first and last name or the party name of a company or corporation. Searches can also be conducted using a social security number, or a tax identification number. You can also search using a case number. You can also search commercial bankruptcy using the company name. - 3
Thanks to the Internet, it is no longer necessary to visit government offices to conduct records searches.computer image by blaine stiger from Fotolia.com
Download the copy of your results and print them using the provided instructions. PACER recommends using the browsers Internet Explorer or Firefox. Prior to download, the site will provide the cost of your documents and you can determine whether to continue. You can save your results as a document or print them.
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