subject: Search For Public Records: Public Arrest Records [print this page] Search For Public Records: Public Arrest Records
When you are performing a search for public records to try and determine whether someone has been arrested, or you are performing a fairly simple background check, you need to be able to go to those databases that that list those people arrested by the various Government agencies.
The records that you need to be searching for belong to the public domain. Your search for public records will take you to several different agencies, depending on where and what you are looking for. These records could be located at:
National Bureau of Investigation
City, County or State police departments
& any courthouse that issues warrants
One of the ways that you can go about these searches is to do it the way you kinda had to do it years ago: You would go to one of these agencies, submit your search request, have them take it and do the research, sometimes taking several days to several weeks, charge a fee usually, and then have them miss the 'mark', slightly enough that you have to start all over again. This method is not used very much these days...
The on-line option really is the better option. You search through many on-line databases that have compiled all of the public records into one place. They have the ability to search for:
Arrest warrants
Inmate records
Misdemeanor filings
many more
listed by City, County, State, or federal all with one search entry!
AND, you get the results of your search for public records within just a few seconds!!
These second party sites do charge a minimal fee for the use of their databases, however, the abilities and the advantages going into it are certainly well worth a small fee when you compare the ease of use and the turnaround time!
You make the call: On-Line search for public records ease or making the rounds of the government offices!
