EXHIBIT 3.1

                              ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
                        TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                             VISUAL DATA CORPORATION

         Pursuant to Section 607.1006 of the Business Corporation Act of the
State of Florida, the undersigned, being the President of Visual Data
Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the
Business Corporation Act of the State of Florida ("Corporation"), bearing
document number P93000035279, does hereby certify:

         FIRST: Article IV of the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation shall
be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

                            ARTICLE IV CAPITAL STOCK

         The maximum number of shares that this Corporation shall be authorized
to issue and have outstanding at any one time shall be (i) seventy five million
(75,000,000) shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per share, and (ii) five
million (5,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $.0001 per share.

         Classes and series of the Preferred Stock may be created and issued
from time to time, with such designations, preferences, conversion rights,
cumulative, relative, participating, optional or other rights, including voting
rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall be stated
and expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the creation and
issuance of such classes of Common Stock as adopted by the Board of Directors.

         SECOND: The foregoing amendment was adopted by written consent by the
Board of Directors on February 7, 2002, pursuant to Section 607.0821 of the
Florida Business Corporation Act.

         An annual meeting of shareholders of the Corporation was held on April
11, 2002 at which time the foregoing amendment was submitted to the
Corporation's shareholders and adopted by the holders of a majority of the
outstanding voting power of the Corporation pursuant to Section 607.0701 of the
Florida Business Corporation Act. Therefore, the number of votes cast for the
amendment to the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation was sufficient for
approval.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the President of this
Corporation, has executed these Articles of Amendment as of April 11, 2002.


                                       VISUAL DATA CORPORATION


                                       By: /s/ Randy S. Selman
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                                               Randy S. Selman, President





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