Quick Access To California Criminal Records

By Ben Kingsley


In today's world, it pays to do your homework. In this case, it pays to carry out a background check. A background check has many uses. In fact, one can use it to check on the history of a possible employee or to check if the arrest made during one's juvenile days can be sealed and destroyed. Doing a background check on a possible nanny can ensure that one will not be hiring a registered sex offender. It is therefore important to get a person's record; however, the State of California criminal records are restricted and one can only get one's own criminal records. With that said, one can get criminal records that have already received convictions from the court or those that have been made public records. More often than not, records that are restricted are those records of domestic violence in nature, probation/arrest reports, records that contain the contact information of the victim and those records that are still pending litigation.

For those interested to see their own records, residents can request a background check to be made for them by the Department of Justice. The person requesting the report should download a form made available by the Office in its website, go to a Live Scan center to have their fingerprints taken and submit these to the DOJ. Fingerprint agencies are usually located in one's local law enforcement such as the sheriff's office or one of the designated fingerprint agencies.

For those who live out of state or are not in the California currently, they can download a form from the DOJ's website and contact the local fingerprint agency in the place where he is currently residing. He should mail the request after completing the fingerprint scan to the DOJ. Fingerprint agencies are available through authorized agencies or local law enforcement office. Payments must be made via checks issued by a US bank or money order. The State does not charge other fees except for the above-mentioned government fee; however, fingerprint agencies might charge additional fees to cover the cost of the fingerprints.

To obtain public criminal case records, the person requesting the report should indicate the case number to the DOJ or to the Superior Court. If the case number is unknown, one can perform a self-search by using the criminal case index database in the Superior Court. He can also visit the Clerk of the County Office where the case was filed to request for the copy. One can also send in their request through mail to the County Clerk. The search is free; however, searches that will take up more than 10 minutes searching time will incur charges.

One other way that makes the criminal records search easy is to avail of the services of commercial public search sites or third party sites that offer searches free or for a nominal fee. One can make arrests search, registered sex offenders search and background checks in the convenience of their own offices or homes. This is the best way to utilize the power of the internet while saving one's time and energy.




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