Investigative Playbook
Where to look for this subject — curated, jurisdiction-aware. The analyst visits these by hand (human = the permissible-use actor). Nothing here is auto-scraped.
⚠ FCRA-restricted people-search aggregators shown — manual use only, ToS forbids automated access, and never for an FCRA-covered (eligibility) purpose.
Courts & Legal · 7
MiCOURT Case Search
US-MImanual · form
case_namedocket_numberperson_name
Statewide MI trial-court case search.
Michigan One Court of Justice
US-MImanual · form
case_namedocket_number
MI Supreme Court + Court of Appeals opinions/dockets.
Michigan Court of Appeals docket
US-MImanual · form
case_namedocket_number
Genesee County 7th Circuit Court
US-MImanual · form
case_namedocket_numberperson_name
Genesee County (Flint) circuit court.
CourtListener / RECAP
US-federalAPI
case_namedocket_numbercourt_idfiling_dateperson_name
Free v4 API — ALREADY a governed collector (SP2).
PACER (federal courts)
US-federalmanual · form
case_namedocket_number
Authoritative federal dockets; per-document fees.
Trellis state trial-court records
US-federalmanual · form
case_namedocket_numberperson_name
Aggregated state trial-court records (subscription).
Incarceration & Victim · 4
VINELink
globalmanual · form
person_name
Custody status + victim notification.
Michigan OTIS (Offender Tracking)
US-MImanual · form
person_namedob
MI Dept of Corrections offender search.
NSOPW (Nat'l Sex Offender)
US-federalmanual · form
person_nameaddress
National sex-offender public registry.
Property & Assessor · 2
BS&A Online (MI assessing/tax)
US-MImanual · form
addressperson_name
Parcel/owner/tax across many MI municipalities.
Genesee County Register of Deeds
US-MImanual
addressperson_name
Deeds / property records.
Licensing & Professional · 2
Michigan LARA license lookup
US-MImanual · form
person_name
Professional + occupational license verification (incl. Professional Investigators).
Michigan Secretary of State
US-MImanual
person_name
Notary, dealer, and related registrations.
Business & Corporate · 1
Michigan Corporations (LARA COFS)
US-MImanual · form
person_nameaddress
Business entity + registered-agent search.
Campaign Finance · 2
FEC individual contributions
US-federalAPI
person_nameaddress
Open API (api.open.fec.gov) — Tier-2 collector candidate.
Michigan campaign finance (MERTS)
US-MImanual · form
person_nameaddress
Government Records · 5
Michigan State Police ICHAT
US-MImanual · form
person_namedob
MI criminal-history lookup (paid; mind permissible-use).
FAA Airmen / aircraft registry
US-federalmanual · form
person_nameaddress
Pilot certs + aircraft ownership.
LoC Chronicling America (historic news)
US-federalmanual · form
person_name
Historic newspaper archive.
Vital Records · 1
OSINT Tools · 2
IntelTechniques tools (Bazzell)
globaltool
navigation aid
Curated OSINT search tooling + workflows.
MD5/hash lookup (md5decrypt)
globaltool
navigation aid
Hash reversal for credential-leak triage.
People-Search (restricted) · 3
TruePeopleSearch
globalmanual · formFCRA-restricted
person_nameaddressphone
CRA-adjacent; ToS forbids automated use; NEVER for FCRA-covered purposes.
FamilyTreeNow
globalmanual · formFCRA-restricted
person_nameaddress
Genealogy/people aggregator; manual, non-FCRA only.
Whitepages
globalmanual · formFCRA-restricted
person_nameaddressphone
Contact aggregator; manual, non-FCRA only.