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PublicRecords.com

A court aggregatorssite that exposes your name, address, phone, and relatives. Here's what they collect, how to opt out, and why it matters if you're on the job.

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What PublicRecords.com collects

  • Full name
  • Current and prior addresses
  • Phone numbers
  • Court records
  • Property records
  • Relatives and household members

How to opt out yourself

Direct opt-out: https://suppression.peopleconnect.us/login

  1. Open PeopleConnect's suppression center at https://suppression.peopleconnect.us/login.
  2. Enter your email address, agree to the terms, and continue.
  3. Click the verification link PeopleConnect emails you.
  4. Enter your date of birth to locate your record.
  5. Confirm your legal name and select your record from the results.
  6. Set the record's control to Suppressed and save.
  7. The site states a suppressed record drops within about 72 hours.

What PublicRecords.com knows about you

PublicRecords.com is a court-record aggregator, not a commercial people-search site. The data it sells comes from public files: courthouses, county recorder offices, and civil-suit dockets. That means your name, current and prior addresses, phone numbers, court filings, property records, and named relatives. These come from divorce filings, liens, property transfers, and other records that became public when they were filed.

The source matters. Commercial brokers buy marketing data and refresh it often. Court records update on the court's schedule, which is slower. Once PublicRecords.com suppresses your listing, it tends to stay down longer than a listing on a site like Spokeo or BeenVerified.

Why it matters if you're on the job

A court file is harder to suppress than a marketing list, because the underlying record stays public. If you bought a house, the deed is on file. If you went through a divorce, that filing is on file. PublicRecords.com packages those records for anyone who does not want to visit a courthouse in person.

The exposure is the same one that puts first responders at risk: your home address, your family members, and the line from your name to your front door. If your spouse owns the house, their name pulls your address too. An adult child with their own court record can show up as a linked relative, which points back to your household.

How to opt out

PublicRecords.com routes removals through PeopleConnect's suppression center. You enter an email address and verify it through a link. Then you confirm your identity with your date of birth. From there you select your record and set it to suppressed. The full steps are above. Confirm the current opt-out URL before you rely on it, because PeopleConnect changes the process periodically.

The site states that a suppressed record drops within about 72 hours.

How long until you're back

Court-derived data refreshes slowly, so relisting here tends to take longer than on a commercial broker. The trigger is a new public record: any new court filing or property transaction can put you back on the site. A home purchase, a refinance, or a small-claims case creates a fresh public record, and that record can pull you back in.

What we do that's faster

We submit the opt-out, complete the email and date-of-birth verification, and keep re-scanning PublicRecords.com on a recurring basis. A property closing or court filing is when relisting is most likely, so we keep checking and refile when you reappear. We run the same coverage across the other broker sites we monitor. We handle most of the process and tell you clearly when a site needs something from you.

Who owns it

PeopleConnect Holdings, Inc.acquired 2020

PublicRecords.com was part of the PubRec, LLC portfolio (alongside TruthFinder and Instant Checkmate) that merged with PeopleConnect Holdings in January 2020. Livingstone Partners advised the deal. After the merger, PubRec brands shared infrastructure and a corporate parent with the existing Intelius, Classmates, and ZabaSearch stack.

Lawsuits

  • Atlas Data Privacy Corp. v. PeopleConnect, Inc. (covers PublicRecords.com)
    NJ Superior Court, Monmouth County (MON-L-000484-24) · 2024 · active in state court; brief federal detour terminated Nov 2024

    Covered under the PeopleConnect master state docket MON-L-000484-24, part of Atlas Data Privacy Corp.'s Daniel's Law litigation against data brokers. PeopleConnect briefly moved the case to federal court in 2024; that federal action was terminated and the New Jersey state action is the operative forum.

Where the data comes from

  • Court recordsCivil-suit dockets, divorce filings, liens, small claims.
  • Criminal records
  • Property recordsCounty recorder offices.
  • PubRec / PeopleConnect data pipelineShared with TruthFinder, Instant Checkmate (pre-2020), and the rest of the PeopleConnect portfolio post-merger.

Named in incidents

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