Document retrieval is a services provided by logistics companies and smaller courier companies, the service involves going to a court or file library to pick up a copy of the required documents. The documents may be one single paper up to cartons and boxes of files. The copies are then mailed or electronically sent to the customer who was in need of the service.

Retrieval of documents is a service used by many large companies and attorney offices for cases they may be working on. Some examples of the types of work which is demand for logistics business are local and nationwide services, rush services, docket sheets, daily bankruptcy, district and chancery, calendars, court opinions, bankruptcy new petition alerts, District and chancery new case alerts, case monitoring, litigation searches,
electronic filing. Each of these has its own demand and each is provided at a price quote depending on the job.

The addition of document retrieval for a growing courier company who is looking to move towards becoming a full services logistics company may become a very profitable decision. The addition of services by a courier company increases new customer base which will use other services offered in the future. By already providing same day delivery to a region, with the addition of a copy service and document retrieval the business will be able to drive to the court house and pick up the files, bring them back and print the desired product, then drive the documents to the desired location. Providing a great all in one service to large companies and gaining new solid accounts for some small additions to the overall company.

Document retrieval does not require any overhead or out of pocket costs to a courier company, the service is a simple addition which many business are in demand of. Law offices and large corporations supply most of the demand for their own research which they are working on. The document libraries will not provide the files any other way but for a personal pick up, a company in California will be in need of a Delaware courier service if the documents are in a Delaware court library. The demands around the nation with some solid marketing and advertising nationwide can easily gain great new customers from any State which will slowly move the small courier business into a large full scale logistics company with the ability to handle and job requirement around the nation and possibly beyond.