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P R E F A C E

‰Because LexisNexis offers the most extensive collection of public records information available. Drawn from 1,100 sources-nearly 1.5 billion individual and business records- and growing continually, LexisNexis public records include: •person locators •business locators •real property records •personal property records •business and corporation information •judgments and liens •civil and criminal court filings •verdicts and settlements •licenses ‰Because LexisNexis public records information is current. For example, our property information is, on average, 120 days more current than our competitors. Also, we provide important details about our public records information- such as coverage, currentness, and frequency or update in our source descriptions. ‰Because the LexisNexis services are fast and reliable. Our efficient online system returns your search results very quickly-an average response time of 10 seconds or less- and you can count on the availability of the LexisNexis services more than 99% of the time.‰Because you can use it in a host of applications.

Here are just a few examples:

•simplify due diligence •locate elusive parties, witnesses, defendants, judgment debtors, child support obligors, pension beneficiaries, heirs, and others •track ownership of assets •find bankruptcy history •verify facts such as license status and history, a company"s exact name, and so on •trace an individual"s business affiliations •review Secretary of State filings •gather competitive intelligence ‰Because LexisNexis features enhance the value of the information available. For example, you can: •narrow or expand your search results •use special characters, connectors, and search commands to find just the information you need •save searches for automatic updates •keep search results for additional review later in the day •save or print your search results

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Page SEARCH TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Special Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Basic Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Advanced Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Advanced Search Techniques. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Cost-Effective Searching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

U.S. PUBLIC RECORDS INFORMATION

ON THE LEXISNEXIS SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-38 Bankruptcy Filings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Business Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Corporate Filings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Civil and Criminal Court Filings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Judgments and Liens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Jury Verdicts and Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Person Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Personal Property Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Real Property Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Public Records Information by State or Type . . . . . . . . . . 36

LexisNexis™

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Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Page

NON-U.S. PUBLIC RECORDS INFORMATION

ON THE LEXISNEXIS SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-44

Aircraft Registrations, Business Locators,

Real Property Locators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 RELATED MATERIALS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-60 Dun & Bradstreet Materials - Business Reports . . . . . . . 46

Dun & Bradstreet Materials -

Other Company Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Experian®

Business Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Expert Witness Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Additional Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S S EARCH T IPS

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1 www.lexis.com 2 3 Search for word variations by using exclamation points and asterisks. (Keep in mind that the

LexisNexis

services will find standard pluralizations and possessives automatically.) stands in for any number of characters at the end of a root word, for example: greenf! would find references to "greenfield", "greenfeld", "greenfeldt" testi! would find references to "testify", "testified", "testifies", "testimony", "testimonial" stands in for any single character within or at the end of a word (you can use more than one, anywhere in a word except as the first letter), for example: anders*n would find references to "andersen" or "anderson" w**nst**n would find references to "weinstein" or its variants or misspellings proct*r gamb** would find references even when "Procter & Gamble" is misspelled indicates that the words or letters enclosed must appear as a contiguous phrase, for example: "sink or swim inc" would view or as part of the search phrase, rather than as a connector (refer to the Basic Connectors section) "at t" would view the ampersand as part of the search term, rather than as an alternate for the AND connector (refer to the Basic Connectors section) S EARCH T IPS! S P E C I A L C H A R A C T E R S S

PECIAL

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HARACTERS

B ASIC C

ONNECTORS

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4 OR B A S I C C O N N E C T O R S S EARCH T IPS would find references to any of the specified variations of a name

*Examples are fictitious and used for illustrative purposes only.Connectors such as OR, AND, and W/n define relationships between your search words:

searches for alternate words or phrases, for example:thomas OR thom

OR tom

diane OR dianne

OR dyan

OR dyann

car OR auto OR would find references to any of the specified alternate terms

automobile OR vehiclesearches for required words or phrases within a specified proximity to one another (can be any number

up to 255, but will not connect words or phrases that appear in different segments), for example:stev! /3 smith*

would find documents that mention "Steve" or "Steven" within three words of "Smith" (works well for searching peoples" names, which may appear with the last name first and with or without a middle name or initial) (david /3 jones)* would find documents that mention any of the names specified OR (john /3 doe)* OR (jane /3 dough)* expert! /25 carpal would find documents that mention experts on carpal tunnel tunnel syndrome, regardless of the order of the terms /n, W/n 5 AND S

PECIAL

C

HARACTERS

A

DVANCED

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ONNECTORS

A

DVANCED

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EARCHING

B ASIC C

ONNECTORS

searches for required words or phrases within the same sentence or paragraphmcdonalds /S coffee would find documents that mention "mcdonald"s" and "coffee" within the same sentence; useful when you want your search words to have a close relationship to one another without specifying an exact proximity insurance /P fraud would find documents that mention "insurance" and "fraud" within the same paragraph; useful when you want your search words to have a general relationship to one another searches for multiple required words anywhere within a document and joins together other search requirements, for example: discharge AND would find documents that mention both "discharge" AND property settlement "property settlement" date is 1998 AND discharge AND property settlement date aft 5/10/1998 would find documents that meet the date requirement

AND date bef

and mention both required words

8/21/1998 AND

discharge AND property settlement /S, W/S and /P, W/P 6 These connectors can help you define relationships between your search words in more precise ways: PRE/n searches for required words within a specified proximity to one milbrook PRE/2 productions another, within the same segment, and in the order specified /SEG, W/SEG searches for required words or phrases on either side of the agency W/SEG collection connector appearing within the same segment

NOT /n, NOT W/n

searches for the first word; the second word may also appear, cosmetic NOT W/3 surgery but not within the specified number of words of the first (there must be at least one example of the first word appearing more than the specified number of words of the second)

NOT /S, NOT W/S

searches for required words or phrases on either side of the clinton NOT W/S hillary connector, but not appearing in the same sentence (there must be at least one example of the first word not appearing within the same sentence as the second) S EARCH T IPS

A D V A N C E D C

O N N E C T O R S 7 S

PECIAL

C

HARACTERS

B ASIC C

ONNECTORS

A

DVANCED

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C

ONNECTORS

NOT /P, NOT W/P

searches for required words or phrases on either side of the stock exchange connector, but not appearing in the same paragraph

NOT W/P trading

(there must be at least one example of the first word not appearing within the same paragraph as the second)

NOT /SEG, NOT W/SEG

searches for required words or phrases on either side of investigator the connector, but not appearing in the same segment

NOT W/SEG fee

(there must be at least one example of the first word not appearing within the same segment as the second)

AND NOT

searches for required words or phrases preceding the connector albany AND NOT ga and requiring that words or phrases following the connector

OR georgia

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