Resources For Free Public Criminal Records

By Claire Dowell


California is a very populous state and it is very challenging for law enforcers to maintain the peace and order in the state. Despite their efforts, criminals still find ways to carry out their modus operandi. To increase the security of the people, the government allowed the public to access and view CA Criminal Records, which they can find at the Department of Justice.

If you breakdown a criminal document, you will find that it consists of several documents which includes traffic violations, arrest and police reports, in-mate records, and others. The various documents are originally created where the crime were committed. Once they are finished, they are then sent to the state's central storage of criminal documents which is, again, at the Department of Justice. More often than not, the documents are accessed by people with intentions of running a history check on certain individuals.

Every individual has the right to access criminal records because they are part of public records. An individual may request for his or her own records to check if there are any wrong information. If there are, the proper correction can be made by submitting an appeal to the appropriate office. The Department of Justice is quite strict when it comes to handling requests for records that is not the requestors own. Lawyers and law enforcers are usually the ones given the freedom to access them anytime. If you are neither, you have to have a valid reason why you want the records, just like employers and landlords who use the records to screen their job applicants and applying tenants.

To start your search, you should be able to provide at least the name of the person whose records you want to access. It is helpful if you can provide more information because it speeds up the search process. Also, it also increases the chance of finding the specific records, especially for people that have common names. You have to present a fingerprint card along with the request form. The fingerprint card costs $25 and can be obtained at the Local Live Scan site such as a local Police Department.

There online search tools that specialize in maintaining and supplying criminal documents to the public, but with the consent of the government and the court. There are a number of search tools that deal with such documents but not all of them are genuine. To avoid getting non-genuine information, do a little research about the search tool you are about to use. Also try to find some indicators if they have satisfied their clients with their services or not. And if you do not have a clue where to begin you search, look for a search tool that is capable of letting you perform a nationwide search.

Local Police Departments and County Sheriff's Offices are the ones responsible for creating and maintaining Police Arrest Records. Requests for the arrest documents are entertained at the respective offices as well. They create one every time an arrest executed, regardless of whether imprisonment is needed or not. If a person is acquitted of the offense he or she committed, the created files will be expunged from the general public.




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