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KnowX (http://www.knowx.com/)
is the first public records vendor to ome to the Internet in a committed and credible way. It is a service of Information America (http://www.infoam.com/), a company that has been selling online access to public records since 1982. This immediately puts KnowX in a category apart from many of the other offerings that one finds on the Internet. For further credibility, Information America is owned by West Publishing (http://www. westpub.com/), one of the industry's leading providers of legal information. With all of that said, does this mean that KnowX is all that one could hope for in a public records vendor? No, but they're getting there.
WHO IT IS FOR KnowX started out with the small business customer in mind. Reaching out from their subscription base of large companies and law firms, Information America created KnowX as an affordable alternative for small businesses with less frequent needs for public records. It provides these companies with a pay-as-you-go plan, with no sign-up fees, subscriptions, or commitments.
Like their traditional offerings on Information America, KnowX's databases can assist a business in obtaining preliminary information on companies and individuals, verifying financial status and availability of assets, the credit-worthiness of a business, detecting patterns of irregularities or adverse behavior, and locating people, such as debtors. They do not, however, intend for their databases to be used for pre-employment screening, as they are not a credit agency. Consumers have also discovered the world of public records through KnowX, and are using these databases to locate their own public records, as well as check on others and find their old friends.
Since both consumers and small businesses can include public record novices, KnowX is addressing the need to educate their users through online documentation, search tips, and an email newsletter. They have also grouped many of their database searches by subject into Quick & Easy Searches such as The Ultimate People Finder and Background Check in order to help a new customer select the databases that will best meet their search requirements.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
KnowX offers a variety of U.S. public record databases, with county, state, and national coverage, depending upon the type of record. Aircraft ownership and Airmen are both searchable nationally (from the Federal Aviation...