Hi George,

I am not sure how NJ is going to fully implement Daniel's Law.  I hope it all shakes out okay.  I have done searches in Los Angeles County on celebrities and law enforcement. Back in the 80s, an up and coming actress, Rebecca Schaeffer, was gunned down at her front door by a crazy person. He had paid a PI to look up her DMV records.  This stirred celebrities to start using attorneys/agents to get any of their public records into false names or some sort of corporation or trust name.  I know legally there is a way to do this but I am not an expert.  These people are exempt from disclosure in the CA public records Act.  And there are forms you fill out in order to be approved for non-disclosure. For the celebrities and law enforcement people I searched, the title company who contacted me, first got my agreement to be screened and background checked, then I went through a series of phone calls, answering questions about me and the work I do and how long in business, etc...  Then I signed waivers and I was mailed a hard copy document signed by the person or his attorney which stated I had permission to look at their records AND make copies. I was given the full name, social security number, address, any akas, corporation names, trusts, etc.  The search definitely had to be done at the Recorder's office and the court house.  I had to show the hard copy documents to a clerk and then was led to a computer that had all docs for anyone housed on it.  I do remember checking at least one real name on a general public computer nothing came up. So, they did not even have redacted records available to the general public, like you would not find docs that had big black banners across names and addresses on the general access computers. Also, the docs are not digitally sent to the BIG title plants owned by First Am, Fidelity, etc.  I tried looking up one of the names on a title plant and found nothing.  All of that being said, I am willing to go through this type of thing in order to protect law enforcement and anyone else who fits into the exemption of disclosure.  Maybe the project in these NJ counties is to get people who fit into the definition of exemption of disclosure to file the proper forms, if approved, a clerk has a button to press that makes any documents for that person hidden.  But it probably won't be that simple...