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Public Criminal Records Free Online

By Claire Dowell


Background checking is an important part for the sorting out of applicants for immigration, identification, security clearance, issuance of professional licenses and adoption. The primary goal of such scrutiny is to gauge the applicant's dependability, and if he or she is the right person for that particular position or job. Potent tools that can provide an overview of a person's past dealings can be found in public arrest records.

The reasoning behind the reliability of criminal records in background checks is that these documents are a comprehensive presentation of a person's previous dealings with the Law. They usually contain any concurrent charges for minor infractions to serious felonies, and will also include sentences and dispositions, including civil offenses recorded in a particular place.

Policies concerning the distribution, archiving, and maintenance of these records vary from state to state. In the State of Texas, this task falls upon the able hands of the State Department of Public Safety, specifically in the Criminal History Records Office. All requests for arrest records across the state are catered in the said office. Persons who were put under arrest in the state are allowed to access and procure a copy of their own arrest record and can appoint an authorized proxy to do so in their behalf. Criminal history information is not open to the public, save for adjudication and conviction records. This is in observance of Section 522.023 of the Texas Government Code.

In order to get a hold of Texas criminal records, one must refer to the Department of Public Safety for the apropos procedures. There are two approaches as to how to obtain a copy of your own arrest record. First, you can register an account in the Criminal Records Section page in the official website of the Department of Public Safety. Basic information is required for this search, such as a complete name of a person along with the middle name, birth date, and the date of arrest, along with other information. You will be charged $3.00 per name searched. Such approach is a good medium for searching for criminal records for persons other than you.

The second approach uses fingerprints to yield more precise results. To do this, you must first set an appointment online in the website of the company directly tapped by the Department of Public Safety to take requesting parties' fingerprints. Then file a request declaring your intentions towards obtaining a copy of your own arrest record. Have your fingerprints taken electronically; pay the obligatory $15.00 processing fee imposed by the said department, plus $9.95 for the fingerprinting services and send these requisites to the Department of Public Safety. Alternatively, you can obtain a fingerprint card duly approved by the abovementioned department and use it to inscribe a full set of fingerprints. You will only pay the required processing fee for this scheme. Requests are normally processed within ten business days, but are still solely dependent upon the volume of requests the department is accepting.

An important value implanted in our nature as humans is to persistently seek out ways and means to improve life. A good portion of this need has been satiated in the 21st century by current advancements in technology, spearheaded by the Internet. Such needs have been partially subdued because the Internet has continuously provided man with information and almost all services. This has inspired government repositories, like the ones discussed above, and several private entities to put up online databases for public records. The goal for such actions is to allow requesting parties to obtain the records that they are seeking at the shortest amount of time possible, just after entering a few bits of information. In recent years, such endeavors have become the most popular search activity done over the Internet.




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