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Westlaw has several databases containing adverse filings to persons or
businesses including bankruptcy records, lawsuit records, liens, judgments and
UCC filings. Some of the databases are a combination of individual databases
and all of the databases can be searched for nationwide information or by
individual states.
The most comprehensive database is ADVERSE-ALL that combines the
following databases: Bankruptcy Filings, Combined Liens & Civil Judgments,
Lawsuit Filings, and Uniform Commercial Code Records. To search by state, use
the database identifier XX-ADVERSE where XX is the state's
abbreviation (i.e. AZ-ADVERSE for Arizona). Please note that not all filing
types are available for every state. You can check the Scope page (green "i"
circle) of ADVERSE-ALL for a summary of each database or go directly to the
individual database Scope page for more detailed information. The following
individual databases are the ones combined to make up ADVERSE-ALL:
- Bankruptcy Filings, BKR-ALL, allows you to search for
basic information on a particular bankruptcy filing, including judge, attorney,
secured or unsecured claims, asset and liability figures, and case status. When
you access BKR-ALL, a template is displayed. You can search by debtor name,
case number or Social Security number (SSN). Use BKR-XX where XX represents the
state code to search individual states.
- Lawsuit Filings, LS-ALL, allows you to search for civil
lawsuit records (most states are civil business filings, but some include civil
personal filings) from approximately 500 counties in 44 states, plus the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Information varies by geographical region
and court, but the filings typically include plaintiff, defendant, case number,
judges and other filing data. To search individual states, use LS-XX.
- Combined Liens & Civil Judgments, LJ-ALL, allows
you to search for liens and civil judgments relating to businesses and
individuals for selected courts in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, and Guam. Lien records may include tax (state & federal), mechanics,
personal property, chattel mortgage, attachment, judgment, agricultural and
others. Civil Judgment records may include judgment, judgment note, default
judgment, summary judgment, judgment confession, declaratory judgment, consent
judgment, foreign judgment, small claims judgment, and others. Records include
debtor name, lienholder or creditor name, and lien amount or amount owed. Other
information that is typically included is the filing location, filing type,
filing date and filing number. To search individual states, use the same format
as above (LJ-XX).
- Uniform Commercial Code Records, UCC-ALL, allows you to
search UCC filings from state and county agencies for all 50 states including
the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands. Coverage varies by state, but
information in the records generally includes the debtor names and addresses,
instrument numbers, date of filing, secured parties and assignees, status and
filing location. Some records also contain collateral information, filing
history and tax liens. To search individual states, use UCC-XX.
- Combined UCC, Lien & Civil Judgment Records,
ULJ-ALL or ULJ-XX (for individual states), combines the two
previous databases. Use this database when you need to locate liens, civil
judgments, dollar amounts owed to a particular party, dollar amounts that a
party still owes or has paid, number of creditors an individual or company may
have, outstanding indebtedness of parties, and to identify financial
relationships or to locate collateral used to secure any indebtedness.
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