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Instant Search For Public Criminal Records

By Claire Dowell


It is the task of the Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General to safeguard California Criminal Records. The documents are made available to the general public because of the Freedom of Information Act. Criminal documents usually reveal a full name of an offender, the crime committed against the law, and the time and place where it was committed. Although the documents are considered a part of the public domain, they are kept from the public if the criminal is proven not guilty as charged.

Any member of the general public is allowed to place a request for criminal documents for the purpose of checking the information included in their documents. If there are any incorrect pieces of information found in the document, the owner may request to have it reviewed and appropriately changed. A Claim of Alleged Inaccuracy or Incompleteness form is available at the Department of Justice. Supply all the necessary details and send it back to the department. Also send back the acquired copy of a criminal file.

To start a search, head to the Department of Justice and secure the Live Scan form. Supply all the necessary information about the record you want to obtain and your own contact details. Next, get your fingerprint scanned at the nearest authorized live scan operator you can find. You will be given a fingerprint card, which you will need to present to the department along with the completed request form, a government-issued ID, and the appropriate fees when you submit your request. There is a separate fee for getting your fingerprint scanned and for requesting the records. You may also request the records at the office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or directly at the arresting agency where they are originally filed.

Acquiring the files of other individuals is possible. However, this right can only be exercised by a few parties. Arresting officers are given this right, all the more when it is for a current case investigation. Employers are given this right so they can carefully select from the applicants those who are law-abiding citizens. Landlords also share this right so they can appropriately screen potential tenants. Individuals who conduct background check can get access to other people's files but will only be given the basic details.

The records can also be obtained from online service providers that specialized in providing them to the public. There are several of such providers that are authorized by the government but there are also some that are bogus ones. To make sure that you are getting authentic information, conduct a background check on them first. Try to see if other users are satisfied with the kind of information that they were provided with.

There are websites that ask for a certain amount of fee for the documents while there are some that provide Criminal Records Free To Public. Websites that require fees are capable of providing an extensive amount of information regarding criminal documents. On the other hand, free websites will usually give only the basic facts of a document. It is prohibited by law to use the documents against other people such as in defaming, harassing, embarrassing, or blackmailing. Anyone caught not observing this will be penalized accordingly.




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