| With the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, | | | | The third option is to gather your Clermont County |
| most court records except those involving children | | | | Court records online. This is far the easiest and most |
| and other certain crimes are a matter of public | | | | convenient. No need to worry about standing in long |
| record. This means that you, or anyone else, has the | | | | lines or waiting on hold forever to get the information |
| right to request these records and view them at any | | | | you want. With a couple of clicks of the mouse, you |
| time. So what are the ways that you can do this? | | | | can find out all the information you need to know. |
| The first involves going to the Clermont County | | | | Paying a reputable third party will also help you gather |
| Court in person. You stand in line, and let the clerk | | | | information in other states and counties as well. |
| know what it is you need. A small fee is sometimes | | | | You can conduct your own free Clermont County |
| involved, but with electronic databases, these records | | | | Court Records search, but these can be extremely |
| are now available immediately. The disadvantages of | | | | time consuming. You have to know all the places a |
| this are that you will sometimes need a few hours of | | | | person has lived, and other info such as their date of |
| free time in order to get this done, as lines can be | | | | birth and/or social security number. You then can go |
| lengthy. In addition, you will need to visit different | | | | online to search records, but you usually must do it |
| courts depending on the information you are looking | | | | by county and if it is a civil or criminal charge. There |
| for. And if it is not in that county, you will have to go | | | | are also federal records, and all kinds of other things |
| to the other places the person has lived, assuming | | | | to look at. If you have a person that has lived in |
| you know them. | | | | multiple states and counties, this could take forever. |
| The second is requesting records by phone. A clerk | | | | In addition, you might need to know aliases if they |
| will answer the phone and mail you the information | | | | have used more than one name in their lifetime. |
| you request. This takes longer than going down to | | | | By using a reputable website that charges an annual |
| the Clermont County Court and you will have to pay | | | | membership fee, you will be able to look up multiple |
| higher fees for having the information copied or | | | | people at the same cost. However, if this is just a |
| printed and mailed to you. You may also need a | | | | one-time thing than you should use a website that |
| substantial block of time depending on the average | | | | has both options. |
| hold time on the phone. | | | | |