Monday 19 November 2012

Easy Way to Access Arrest Records Online

By Claire Dowell


Arrest records public files are one of the public documents that the local residents of a state can access. It is the record generated once an individual is arrested. This document contains information about the arrest of an individual.

As the name implies, arrest records would contain information about the arrest of an individual. One can find the place and date when an individual was arrested. The manner of how the arrest was carried out can also be found on the file along with the names of the officers who conducted the arrest and their notes on the arrest incident. The information that can be found on the file is enough to conduct a background check on an individual. People would check out the records of those they interact with.

The notes that can be found on the arrest records are used as basis whenever the arrested individual would dispute the sentence and charges given to him. The notes on the document would serve as evidence that the individual was arrested in a proper way. Several agencies would also refer to the file to check pending arrest and updates other agencies once the individual has been caught.

Arrest files as we all know are public documents. However, there are some arrest files that cannot be viewed by the general public. These are the expunged records of certain individuals. To expunge a record means to keep the files hidden. Only a few states allow this method of expunging files. In addition to that, arrest records of minors are also kept away from the public in accordance to the national law.

Retrieval of an arrest record can be different on each state. Some state only allows the request to be done at the office of the Department of Justice itself. Other methods may not be allowed in some state. The fee for the retrieval of an arrest record is not the same for all state. One can only request for their personal arrest files. Authorized individuals such as employers can also request for the record as long as they would be able to provide an authorization request letter. One has to spend time in order to file the request for the retrieval of the document. It would also take 14 days to get the requested file. Such wait time has been reduced to a great deal of amount.

The development of the Internet has allowed the retrieval of an arrest record easier. One can also conduct an arrest records search for free however; the results may not be as accurate as compared to the result of the paid search. Even paid search may not be able to guarantee accurate results but they ensure that the retrieval is done thoroughly. Using the Internet to get the record is, by far, the fastest and the most convenient method there is because it can be done even at the comforts of one's home.




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