Using this parameter will search for cases where at least one plaintiff's social security number matches the provided search string, and furthermore will search for all other contacts whose social security number matches the provided search string.

What qualifies as a match?

For basic searches (i.e. complete social security numbers), the search will return all plaintiffs and other contacts whose social security number exactly matches the provided search string. The field for entering social security numbers provides you with the structure of a social security number. If any of these nine digits is left blank, it is automatically treated as an underscore wildcard character, which means it will match any digit. It is not possible to use the percent wildcard character when searching social security numbers. You may leave as many digits blank as you wish, in any positions, except that you may not leave the entire social security number blank. This can be helpful if you aren't sure of an individual digit, or only know the last four digits.

Handling the Results

The search results will include all instances where a plaintiff's social security number matches the provided search string, but also all other contacts whose social security number matches the string. The results for plaintiffs will include all relevant case information, particularly a case number if there is one. The results for other contacts will only include the social security number and the name of the contact.