Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Performing a Criminal Records Search

By Nazari Ballarno

Criminal records searches detail a person's record in the court system in their home state. These searches are used by many people to find out about a person's criminal past. They can check fairly easily if the person has had any misconduct in the past. People such as landlords, financial advisors, employers and even people that you date can check on your criminal activity.

You will get different details on your subject (as far as criminal records go) depending on where you start your search on the person. If you do a state search, and depending on the state, you may just get charges that they have been convicted of. If you go to the county level, then you could possibly get details such as the arrest record, charges pending and anything that they have been acquitted of. You need to decide where you start your search and the level of detail you need.

Any charges, such as traffic offenses, will show up on the record as long as they were not taken off or expunged. Speeding and drunk driving will show for differnt lenghts of time depending on where the person lives.

The criminal check will include the date of arrest, whether the person recieved probation or not, the exact citation that they recieved, and what the prosecuting attorney decided to do with the case, drop or pursue it. It will appear on the person's record as an offense if they paid a fine. It will also appear as a conviction on their record.

Criminal records show more than just felony offenses, sexual offenses, misdemenours, and citations show up on the report. Also, twenty years of other information such as telephone numbers, addresses and even marriage records will show up in the report. Court warrants, tax liens (federal and state), any kind of judgements, bankruptcies, and even things such as tatoos that were noticed when the person was incarcerated. The report will also include the person's relatives, any names they have used in the past and even people that they worked for. - 20767

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