Westlaw has several databases containing adverse filings to persons or businesses including bankruptcy records, lawsuit records, liens, judgments and UCC filings. Some of the databases are a combination of individual databases and all of the databases can be searched for nationwide information or by individual states.

The most comprehensive database is ADVERSE-ALL that combines the following databases: Bankruptcy Filings, Combined Liens & Civil Judgments, Lawsuit Filings, and Uniform Commercial Code Records. To search by state, use the database identifier XX-ADVERSE where XX is the state's abbreviation (i.e. AZ-ADVERSE for Arizona). Please note that not all filing types are available for every state. You can check the Scope page (green "i" circle) of ADVERSE-ALL for a summary of each database or go directly to the individual database Scope page for more detailed information. The following individual databases are the ones combined to make up ADVERSE-ALL:

• Bankruptcy Filings, BKR-ALL, allows you to search for basic information on a particular bankruptcy filing, including judge, attorney, secured or unsecured claims, asset and liability figures, and case status. When you access BKR-ALL, a template is displayed. You can search by debtor name, case number or Social Security number (SSN). Use BKR-XX where XX represents the state code to search individual states.

• Lawsuit Filings, LS-ALL, allows you to search for civil lawsuit records (most states are civil business filings, but some include civil personal filings) from approximately 500 counties in 44 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Information varies by geographical region and court, but the filings typically include plaintiff, defendant, case number, judges and other filing data. To search individual states, use LS-XX.

• Combined Liens & Civil Judgments, LJ-ALL, allows you to search for liens and civil judgments relating to businesses and individuals for selected courts in 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Lien records may include tax (state & federal), mechanics, personal property, chattel mortgage, attachment, judgment, agricultural and others. Civil Judgment records may include judgment, judgment note, default judgment, summary judgment, judgment confession, declaratory judgment, consent judgment, foreign judgment, small claims judgment, and others. Records include debtor name, lienholder or creditor name, and lien amount or amount owed. Other information that is typically included is the filing location, filing type, filing date and filing number. To search individual states, use the same format as above (LJ-XX).

• Uniform Commercial Code Records, UCC-ALL, allows you to search UCC filings from state and county agencies for all 50 states including the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands. Coverage varies by state, but information in the records generally includes the debtor names and addresses, instrument numbers, date of filing, secured parties and assignees, status and filing location. Some records also contain collateral information, filing history and tax liens. To search individual states, use UCC-XX.

• Combined UCC, Lien & Civil Judgment Records, ULJ-ALL or ULJ-XX (for individual states), combines the two previous databases. Use this database when you need to locate liens, civil judgments, dollar amounts owed to a particular party, dollar amounts that a party still owes or has paid, number of creditors an individual or company may have, outstanding indebtedness of parties, and to identify financial relationships or to locate collateral used to secure any indebtedness.