Hello,
This message answers a question about legally obtaining bank
account/financial information. I could not determine an email address from
the message so I am responsding to the list. In any case, I thought this
information might be of interest to many of us! I had to research this
problem recently in preparation for a class.
A good place to obtain financial information about an individual is the tax
court. If this individual has disputed a tax claim chances are a lot of
his/her financial information will be disclosed in the case record. More
often than not bank account information is included. From what I understand
you can call the tax court and have copies made for you. Also, if you run
across tax liens in your public records search, you should check the
regional tax center in your area to see if a claim was settled by the IRS.
If the IRS settles a claim for less than what was due to them, a form
7249-M must be filed and kept on record (I am not sure if they are kept on
record for a certain amount of time or till the end of time). I have never
seen a completed form but it is meant to include a detailed summary of an
individual's finances including assets and liabilities. It might have bank
account information in it.
One other thought -- if your person is divorced and your jurisdiction
allows access to divorce records, a lot of financial information is
disclosed during a property settlement.
Hope this was useful or at least interesting to all.
Vicki Szymczak
Reference Librarian
Brooklyn Law School Library
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
vszymc.brooklaw@pcm.brooklaw.edu
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