Court research is a process by which Active Legal Services visits the local courts and retrieve requested legal documents.

Some counties offer certain documents online, however, we can visit the local courthouse to get the public records you need for your convenience. 

Law Firms and companies need different information for different reasons, it’s not always the same type of records. Whether you are an attorney, a company, a small business or an individual, we can visit the courthouses in the San Diego city area or surrounding areas to retrieve documents from public records.

Some examples that can be retrieved are:

• A land deed
• Marriage license
• Judgment or foreclosure documents 

We can retrieve other personal information like for example names, addresses, last known employers and case numbers. 

How do you search for the records?

This may depend on the courthouse. Some courthouses keep records in large, heavy books while others may have everything on the computer. Other courthouses may have their records in both places.

There is nothing to keep you from searching through the records since it is public information. If you don’t know where they are, you should, of course, ask someone at the courthouse. After you’ve done the work for a while, you’ll know where to go and things won’t seem so intimidating.

If you are a Law Firm and need a court researcher who can work at great speed we are the perfect match for you. We have many years of experience and are well versatile in finding the most efficient ways to search for records.

Do you visit different courthouses?

The Active Legal court researchers visit courthouses in San Diego County but also in surrounding counties. We try to make our work as useful as possible for our clients. When we have to travel a long distance, there may be some additional fees for travel expenses for mileage and gas; however, our prices are very competitive and upfront.

The Active Legal is a leading Attorney Services provider in Southern California with extensive expertise in the industry. Having over two decades of experience in the business, we provide a superior legal support service to all our clients. Our continued commitment to providing superior legal support has helped to assist thousands of simple and complex cases to completion. Therefore is a testimonial of our outstanding success in the legal service field.

You can count on us for legal support services in the following areas;

Court Research Services: We provide court research services on a case by case basis. Our legal support staff will conduct online searches, retrievals, act as case monitors (follow all filings, orders, memoranda/opinions and decisions within a case), and in the event you need information for a closed case, we will conduct archive retrieval for all courts nationwide and the Federal Records Center.

Court Services: We offer attorney court services which include court filings, pick-ups and general administrative representation on a retainer. Our expert representative will cross-check all pick-ups and documents related to assignments to ensure that all is well with the package, conduct routine checks, looking out for possible problems such as missing signature, etc. Our in-house supervisor will also double-check for any possible defects that can cause delays in your assignment.

Non-Retainer Court Filings: The Active Legal support services team continues to provide excellent court filing service among other attorney services and support our growing list of clients. The Active Legal has the experience and knowledge to expedite even the most complex and demanding requests. We provide an experienced, dependable and cost-effective service to the San Diego area and across the country.

Fax Filings: Fax filings is at the heart of what we do. We offer fast and accountable service customized to each client’s specific needs.

Out of County Filings: Our services are nationwide. Although we operate from San Diego County, we are able to offer court filing, e-filing, process serving, document retrieval, and skip tracing or notary services for clients outside San Diego.

Courier Services: We offer a fast, accountable and customized miscellaneous deliveries/messenger services for clients within and outside San Diego. Our service is efficient and reliable with our messenger service personnel always on call, ready to come to your aid at any time.

Service of Process: The Service of process is nothing more than a competent professional that will be responsible to deliver legal documents to the respondent in a divorce or any other legal case. In many states like in California, the petitioner applying for the divorce, cannot deliver the documents by themselves.

Although, by law, any person older than 18 years who is not involved in the action can deliver the documents, some states require court approval if the person is not a process server.

All these formalities, are validated by affidavit of service or proof of service, which must be notarized and delivered to the person or company that required the submission of documents.

The work of the Service of process is very important because it ensures respect for due process in the United States, but also, if the service is performed incorrectly, the case cannot continue and will have to start again. The use of a processes server may avoid mistakes of inexperienced persons.

Our local, process servers are always on call and are ready to come to your aid any time you need them.

Investigation: We offer Private Investigator services to our clients who need it. We have licenced investigators with over 20 years of experience, armed with the right tools in finding people who are difficult to find and many not wanting to be found.

Small Claims: We make small claims easy. The Active Legal small claims court services will help you prepare the forms, fight the lines at court, file your case, serve your papers and file your Proof of Service!

At Active Legal Attorney Services, we pride ourselves in keeping a professional relationship with our clients, as we always strive to make their lives better by providing them with expedient and reliable services.

Our firm promise is to provide efficient services for every job we undertake.