Trellis is a legal analytics platform focused primarily on state court records. While many court record databases lean heavily on federal data from PACER, Trellis has carved out a niche by indexing state-level cases that are often harder to find elsewhere. That focus is exactly what makes Trellis a problem for people whose state court records are showing up in Google. If you have been involved in a state court proceeding and Trellis has a page with your name on it, that page can rank prominently in search results.
What Trellis Does Differently
Trellis.law collects data from state trial courts across the United States. Their platform is built for attorneys and legal researchers who want to analyze judicial behavior, case outcomes, and litigation trends. But the public-facing pages they create are indexed by Google, and that is where the problem starts for everyday people.
Because Trellis focuses on state courts, it often surfaces records that other platforms miss. Family court cases, civil disputes, landlord-tenant matters, and local criminal cases that never made it into the federal system can all appear here. This means you might clear your name from CourtListener and Justia and still find a Trellis page showing up in search results.
How to Request Removal from Trellis
Step one: visit Trellis.law and search for your name. Identify all pages that reference you and save the full URLs.
Step two: go to Trellis's removal request page. This is the official channel for requesting that your records be taken down or de-indexed from their platform.
Step three: send a clear, written request that includes the specific URLs you want removed, your full legal name, and an explanation of why the listing is causing harm. If you have documentation showing that the case was dismissed, sealed, or expunged, include that. Court orders carry significant weight with Trellis.
Step four: allow two to three weeks for a response. Trellis is a smaller operation than some of the other legal data companies, and response times can vary. If you do not hear back, follow up with a second request that references your original submission.
Step five: once Trellis confirms removal or de-indexing, check Google search results over the following weeks. If the cached page persists, use Google Search Console or Google's URL removal tool to request that the cached version be cleared.
When the Request Does Not Work
If Trellis declines your request, you have options. Providing a court order for expungement or sealing is the strongest lever you have. Without one, you may need to work with an attorney to draft a formal legal demand. In parallel, you can submit a Google removal request for the specific Trellis URL and pursue suppression strategies that push the page off the first page of search results.
Do Not Stop at Trellis
State court records that appear on Trellis often appear on other platforms as well. Popular scraping sites include CourtListener, Justia, UniCourt, PacerMonitor, DocketBird, and Casemine. You need to address all of them. Our complete court record removal guide explains the full workflow so you can tackle everything systematically.
If you have tried these steps and are still stuck, or if you just do not have the time, we can help. Book a consultation or book court record removal services and we will take it from here.