Served 123 LLC retrieves court records and certified copies from local, state, and federal courts nationwide — online dockets and in-person clerk pulls alike — and delivers them filing-ready. Below are the questions counsel, paralegals, and title teams ask most, with answers on certification, turnaround, and court fees.
Request a free, no-obligation quote by email or phone. Send the case details and we'll confirm availability, certification, and turnaround.
Records from every court level, online or in person.
Court document retrieval is the process of obtaining copies of court records and filings from local, state, and federal courts. We locate the record, pull and copy it, obtain certification where needed, and deliver it in the format your matter requires — typically a PDF, with certified physical copies where the court or your use requires them.
We retrieve a full range of records, including:
Common requests include divorce decrees, probate records, criminal histories, judgment records, and complete case files for appeal or post-judgment matters.
Attorneys, paralegals, corporate legal departments, title and escrow companies, insurance carriers, investigators, judgment-recovery professionals, and self-represented parties use retrieval to obtain records for litigation, due diligence, appeals, and post-judgment work.
We retrieve from local, state, and federal courts across all 50 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, through a vetted network of field agents familiar with each court's records process — both online dockets and physical clerk's offices.
Yes. We retrieve and deliver certified copies, exemplified copies, and triple-certified (apostille-ready) copies based on your downstream use. The court's per-page certification fees are passed through at cost. Specify the certification level needed at intake — exemplified copies are typically required for use in another court, while triple-certified copies are required for international apostille processing.
We obtain the level your downstream use requires — tell us where the record is going and we'll match it.
Sealed records are accessible only with appropriate authorization — a court order, party-status credentials, or counsel-of-record verification. We can advise on the correct procedure and submit an unsealing motion package where appropriate, but the underlying access decision rests with the court. Restricted records that require party verification are retrieved upon submission of the appropriate credentials.
Yes — federal district courts, bankruptcy courts, and circuit courts of appeals nationwide. Federal records run through PACER and CM-ECF for electronic retrieval, while physical clerk visits are handled by field agents in the relevant district. Federal pass-through fees, such as PACER charges and certified copy fees, are billed at cost.
For courts with online dockets and digital records, retrieval is typically same-day or next-day. For courts requiring physical clerk visits or off-site archive retrieval, turnaround is usually 3–7 business days depending on the court's processing time. Rush retrieval is available where the court can accommodate it, and specific timing is included in your quote.
We dispatch a field agent to the courthouse to pull, copy, and certify records on site. This is common for older cases not yet digitized, sealed records requiring clerk supervision, and microfilm or off-site archive matters. Travel time and clerk-window wait time are factored into the quote so there are no surprises.
Yes. We retrieve older cases that have not been digitized, records held in off-site archives, and microfilm records, by dispatching a field agent to the courthouse or archive facility. These matters generally take longer than online retrievals, and the additional time is reflected in your quote.
Yes, where the court can accommodate it. Records available through online dockets can often be returned same-day, and we expedite clerk-window pulls where the court's processing allows. Rush handling is disclosed in your quote before work begins.
Retrieval is quoted as a service fee based on the court, record type, and whether an in-person clerk visit is required, plus court-assessed copy and certification fees passed through at cost with no markup. All foreseeable charges are disclosed in a written quote in the form of a no-obligation invoice before any work begins.
Court-assessed copy and certification fees are separate from our service fee and passed through at cost, with no markup. They vary by court, document type, and certification level. All foreseeable court fees are disclosed in your written quote and require your authorization before we advance payment to the court.
For the fastest, most accurate pull, provide:
If you don't have the case number, give us what you have — party names and approximate filing dates — and we'll locate the record.
You receive the retrieved records as a PDF by default, with certified physical copies mailed where the court or your use requires them. Apostille-ready triple-certified copies are available on request. Delivery method and certification level are confirmed at intake.
Three options:
We reply with a written quote in the form of a no-obligation invoice; work begins once you approve and pay it.
Yes. We coordinate multi-court and multi-jurisdiction retrieval under a single matter, with consolidated reporting and one point of contact — useful for due diligence, appeals, and post-judgment work spanning several courts or states.
Yes. We retrieve triple-certified, apostille-ready copies of court records for use abroad and can coordinate the apostille or authentication itself, so the document is ready for the destination country under the Hague Apostille Convention or alternate legalization channels.
From online dockets to in-person clerk pulls — the right record, at the right certification level, ready to file.
