Accessibility Statement
Our commitment to readable, mobile-friendly court-record guidance with accessible structure, plain language and useful visual support.
Accessibility goal
Public court-record searches are often stressful. A user may be on a phone outside a courthouse, trying to find a ticket, looking for a hearing date, helping a family member, or trying to understand a confusing official portal. We design our pages to be readable, scannable and mobile-fit.
What we build for
Short paragraphs, strong headings, plain English and clear action notes.
Responsive tables show labels on small screens and avoid wasted side space.
Visual guidance should be accompanied by text so users are not forced to rely only on images.
Legal, privacy, FCRA and official-source reminders are placed in visible boxes.
Pages use semantic HTML-style sections and simple components that work better with WordPress themes.
Accessibility issues can trigger editorial or design updates.
Report accessibility issues
If a page is hard to read, a table does not fit, a screenshot is unclear, colour contrast is poor, link text is confusing or a screen reader has trouble, contact the editorial team with the page URL, device/browser and issue description.
Continuous improvement
Accessibility is an ongoing process. As we add more court guides, screenshots, maps and official-source boxes, we will continue improving readability, mobile behaviour and page structure.
Site-wide trust note
publiccourtrecords.org/ is built for educational and informational use. Our guides are written to help users understand court-record systems, official portals, clerk routes, case-number searches, courthouse contact paths, screenshots and public-record limits. We are not a court, clerk, attorney, government agency, consumer reporting agency, background-check company or official record issuer.
When a guide contains links, phone numbers, addresses, maps, screenshots or resource notes, our content process is to manually review those details before publication or update. Court systems still control final access, fees, restrictions, filings, sealed records, certified copies and official case status.