Court Records & Deadlines · Listed — scope confirmed during implementation · Updated 2026-07-20
ClaireAI × PACER
PACER access is a controlled federal-court research activity, not a live intake shortcut for confirming a caller's case, representation, hearing, or legal status.
What is the ClaireAI × PACER integration?
PACER provides electronic access to federal court records. Its PACER Case Locator is a nationwide index for federal district, bankruptcy, and appellate cases, while the underlying courts maintain their own case information. The public Case Locator API can programmatically search federal cases or associated parties, but access requires a PACER account and searches or records can incur fees. ClaireAI's review identifies the exact research purpose, account and client-code owner, approved query types, fee ceiling, allowed federal-court scope, output handling, and licensed attorney or staff member who verifies any result against the appropriate court record. The Case Locator is typically updated nightly, so it is not a representation of a court's moment-to-moment docket state. This page does not promise a search during a call, a complete result, a hearing date, case identity, conflict clearance, or legal conclusion. A controlled, non-client test verifies authorization, billing treatment, audit logging, and human review before any workflow is considered.
Integration availability, setup, data flow, and implementation scope are confirmed with your firm during the sales and implementation process. Implementation work varies by firm.
Implementation review
What needs to be confirmed for PACER?
Evaluation path
How does ClaireAI evaluate a PACER workflow?
01
Limit the question before searching
The firm identifies a permitted research purpose and a narrow query; no caller statement becomes a PACER lookup by default.
02
Control access and spend
An account owner approves credentials, cost attribution, fee limits, and the handling of searches that return no match or too many matches.
03
Require legal verification
A qualified human verifies an appropriate court source and makes any legal or operational decision outside the automated intake path.
Setup
How does PACER implementation start?
The implementation review confirms the vendor path, firm-approved data, and a controlled test before launch.
- 01
Document the approved PACER research purpose, federal-court scope, account owner, client-code or cost policy, and attorney reviewer.
- 02
Confirm credentials, query limits, fee controls, output retention, logging, and the escalation rule for ambiguous or sensitive results.
- 03
Run a controlled non-client search and billing review, then obtain firm approval before enabling any workflow.
FAQ
PACER integration questions, answered.
Can PACER confirm a caller's identity, representation, or conflict status?
No. PACER results are not a substitute for the firm's own identity, conflict, and representation checks.
Does PACER cover state court cases?
No. PACER is for U.S. federal court records. The firm must define the appropriate source for any other jurisdiction.
Are PACER searches free?
PACER account access and query costs are governed by its current rules. The firm sets cost controls and reviews billing before any use.
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