No. A will doesn't need to be recorded or filed with any government agency. Just keep your will in a safe, accessible place and be sure the person in charge of winding up your affairs (your executor) knows where it is. Yes. By law, if both parents of a child die while the child is still a minor another adult (a guardian) must be appointed to care for the child. You and the child's other parent can use your wills to nominate someone to fill this position.

You do not have to file your will with a court or any other government authority immediately after you sign it. Upon probate, however, the will must be filed with the court, and at that time it becomes public record.

Yes, court records are available for public inspections from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

A pro se filer (filing without the assistance of an attorney) need only provide the original petition. Please provide a copy if you want one for your records. Copy requirements do not apply to papers filed via the Court's Electronic Case Filing (ECF) system. Refer to Local Rule 5005-2 for any additional information.

NARA only has records of Federal courts. We do not have records from state or county courts. Federal court records are kept in the Regional Records Services Facility that covers records from that state. The one exception is the District of Columbia. These court records are in the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. Please contact us if you have questions.

The term "public records" is an extremely broad concept. It "includes, but is not limited to, any writing containing information relating to the conduct or administration of the public's business prepared owned, used or retained by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or characteristics." Materials might be typewritten or hand-written but could also be pictures, maps, tapes, magnetic or punched cards, and computer discs.

Answer. All electronic case filings are accessed through PACER. In order to review a case filing, you must be registered on PACER.

MediConnect retrieves copies of original records, and passes the copies along to the requestor just as we received them (after scanning the records). If the court will accept photocopies of the original records, then the records we retrieve are admissible. We also offer the service of certified records, using our affidavit or one you send us with the authorization.

Court records are a series of case filings subject, but not limited to divorce, child custody, property divisions, adoptions, estates, land issues, commitments, and appeals.

A complaint can be registered with the Council from its web site, or by phone (Toll Free: 1-866-850-0511). It must be reduced to writing on a form available from the Council.

Only those portions of the file that the judge has ordered sealed. In the event of a partial sealing, certain information in the court file will continue to be available for public inspection. Materials ordered sealed by the court are disclosable once the sealing order expires. News professionals or members of the public should make note of the date when the sealing order will expire. Please be aware that, in many cases, the information may not be disclosable at any point in the future.

The court requires an original and two copies for a new chapter 7 and chapter 12 case; an original and one copy for chapter 13, and an original and four copies for a chapter 9 and chapter 11. Please provide an additional copy if you want one for your records. Local Rule 1002 governs requirements for filing papers with the court.

A public record may consist of any medium that contains information, such as a computer tape or disc or video or cassette recording. Every record made or received by the City is presumed to be a public record, unless it is subject to an exemption. Exempt records are those that federal, state or local law prohibits the City from disclosing or permits the City to decline to disclose.