Thursday, February 20, 2014

California Arrest Records Free Information Online

By Ben Kingsley


Criminal Records California is maintained by the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General. Crime-related records of each county in California are forwarded to the department. Every citizen has the right to access the records because they are deemed as part of the public domain. The department is obliged to entertain requests as long as the proper procedures are followed.

California is a very big state and even though police enforcers are scatter all over, it is still quite difficult to maintain the peace and order because it has the largest population in all of the United States. Allowing the public to have access to criminal records gives them vital pieces of information that could save them from criminals.

There are many useful details you can obtain from a criminal file and they are highly valuable if you want to check the background of certain individuals. There are two kinds of application form for obtaining the files and they can be obtained from the online database that the Department of Justice maintains; one is called the California Background Check Request Form and the other is called a Live Scan Form. There are several particulars that need to be supplied by the requestor before submitting the selected request form. If the form chosen is a Live Scan Form, the requestor can head to a local police department or a sheriff's office that performs a live scan. There is a charge of $25 for a copy of criminal files, plus another charge for getting the live scan. The charge for the live scan depends on which county it is performed.

A person may request his or her own personal files so that the details included in it can be checked. If there are any errors in any of the information included, the owner can have them corrected by obtaining a Claim of Alleged Inaccuracy or Incompleteness and submitting it back to the files' custodian. Requesting the files of other individuals can also be done but the consent of the Department of Justice or the files' custodian is required. The requestor should say his or her reason for requesting the files of another individual and if the court is convinced that the reason is valid, the requestor will be given access to the requested. However, only the basics of a file such as the name of the criminal, the crime/s, and the place and date where the crime/s took place are included. The physical features, place of residence, job description, amongst others are also revealed. Files that are being used in the investigation of a certain case cannot be accessed by the general public.

You can also get the files from online search tools that specialized in in storing and providing criminal files to the people. Such search tools either provide you the files for free or they render a small amount of fee. Free search tools can give you the basic details of a criminal file while those that render fees can provide you with an extensive set of information. However, prior to deciding which search tool to use, make sure that you know its background, particularly its reliability as a provider of criminal files.

If you have decided which service provider to use, make sure that you know the full name of the owner of the Criminal Record that you want to obtain. If the name is too common, provide additional information so you can filter the results and have a better chance of finding the exact record.




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