Conduct a Free Florida Background Check

Checking the background of a person becomes mandatory for security reasons. Prospective employers also try to conduct background checks in order to find out the relevant past details.  The rate of crime has crept up over the past few years in the State of Florida. This makes a background search all the more important especially when the person in question is required to work with children or as care givers. Recruiting an individual without knowing anything about the existence of a criminal record or a fraudulent past is a foolhardy practice all the more so as it jeopardizes the safety of your office leaving the other employees opens to danger and lack of security.

While most of the searches through the databases of Florida entail a nominal charge, you do have the additional facility of conducting a free Florida background check by looking through the sex offender registry and contacting the law enforcement authorities for effective results as well.

Searching for Free Florida Criminal Records

Finding out a residential address is easy enough in today’s day and age. All you have to do is to conduct a people search in order to locate a missing address. The address thus retrieved can then be used effectively in conducting a free search through the National Sex Offender Registry to find out whether the concerned individual had been convicted for a sex related offense in the state of Florida.

The other ways of conducting a free background search encompassing all the 295 cities as well as the metropolitan areas of the state involves checking of the public records departments’ of various state agencies. This will be prove to be the best way of finding out the criminal past of a prospective employee or care giver residing within the limits of a large city like Jacksonville.

Information about the criminal history can be obtained by writing in to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, User Services Bureau, PO Box:1489, Tallahassee, FL-32302. The division of Criminal Justice Information Service is responsible for maintaining all the criminal records of the state. The department has also been entrusted to with the additional responsibility to make the information accessible to the members of the general public. However, the department charges a small fee of $24 for such requests in order to enhance the speed as well as provide accurate results by conducting a search through all possible data bases.  Apart from retrieving the result by way of mail it is also possible to obtain similar results by accessing the department’s websitehttps://www2.fdle.state.fl.us/cchinet/ as well. The site is updated on a daily basis which is crucial for finding out the latest results as far as the criminal history is concerned. While it is possible to match the search results with the concerned employee, you should remember that a certified copy of the records will not be accessed online nor is the web search a definite proof of the person having a criminal record. A fingerprint matching task must be undertaken in order to find absolute proof of criminal activities. Inquiries pertaining to the criminal records of the state can also be made over telephone at (850) 410-8109 during the normal business hours on working days.

Warrant Search

A wanted persons search through the Internet resource at http://pas.fdle.state.fl.us/pas/person/displayWantedPersonsSearch.a will help to provide you to establish the fact that the person in question has a warrant issued against his/her name. However, a positive result viewed at this site cannot be held as the ultimate proof and the state statutes for Florida categorically state that no legal action can be taken against an individual on basis of the results returned by conducting a warrant search through this site.

Sex Offender Search

A search through the sex offender / predator registry of Florida will enable you to find the name as well as the sex offense charges that had necessitated the offender to register himself/herself with the law enforcement agency. Contacting the clerk of the respective county courts will also prove to be helpful as they will be able to furnish you with all the details of any additional charges that the individual may have been convicted of apart from the sexual offenses. The registry can be accessed by logging on to http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/registry.htm.

Checking the background of a person becomes necessary before the issuance of licenses or permits. However, the most effective way to find out the details of an individual is to contact the local agency that maintains the relevant information. The school authorities or district authorities can be contacted for checking out the previous employment records of a teacher for instance. The division of licensing which forms a part of the Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services will be able to provide information about the permit for a concealed weapon. It will be advisable to check out the different laws that need to be adhered to by accessing http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm for a list of the state statutes of Florida.

Records of State Incarceration

The Florida Department of Corrections is on the Internet (http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmateinfo/inmateinfomenu.asp) and can provide you with details about the inmates restrained for violating the law of Florida. The names of the absconders as well as the fugitives from law can be retrieved by conducting a search through the databases of the department. Information pertaining to the release of an offender might also help you to take the right hiring decision along with protecting yourself as well as your other employees and your family from potential life threatening situations.  However, you need to check other sources for obtaining information on local incarceration details especially in county jails or under local supervision. It is possible to contact the Department of Corrections, Florida at the Central Records Office,2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee Florida-32399 2500 for making inquiries. The department is also on telephone and can be contacted on (850) 488-2533 as well.

Florida State Courts

Requests for court records required for conducting a background check can also be obtained by contacting the State Courts Administrator at  500, S Duval, Supreme Court Building, Tallahassee-FL: 32399 1900. A specific request can be recorded by visiting the Florida Court website http://www.flcourts.org/UltimateSurvey/Surveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?s=D6AD011F0E444CFBA43CEE8B6EC96C6B.  The details of the court record that you need to obtain needs to be described within the text box provided by the system. The identity as well as the contact details of the requester are essential inputs that need to be provided before submitting the form online.