Resource and Flowchart: How to Access Court Eviction Data

Despite being the primary source of information on evictions, court records are often difficult to access and can be incomplete, inaccurate, or inconsistent. For that reason, researchers, advocates, and other users of eviction data often have to pursue multiple strategies and pathways to access court eviction data.

This How to Access Court Eviction Data resource lays out various pathways for accessing court eviction data in your jurisdiction, including a flowchart to guide you through approaching your local court with a data request.

The video below walks through the resource and flowchart.

For more resources and information from the Eviction Data Response Network (EDRN), visit the EDRN project page here.