How to Find State Arrest Records
Arrest records are a vital part of all criminal records and access to these records can help you in more ways than one. Arrest records contain information on arrest of any individual, if the person was questioned, kept in custody, tried for a felony or a misdemeanor and if he or she was convicted of the charges that were against him or her.
In the United States of America, all the states within the country maintain arrest records. Arrest records are considered public records and are accessible by the common people. These records are maintained by the various law enforcement agencies. They gather arrest information from the local authorities like the sheriff’s office and the police department and sort and arrange the data in a systematic manner to form the arrest records.
Information Obtained from State Arrest Records
The state arrest records contain information on any arrest that took place within the state. The records also have information on any outstanding arrest warrant or an arrest warrant that has not yet been executed for some reason.
Reasons for Accessing State Arrest Records
Access to the state arrest records can help you in a number of ways. Firstly, if you are an employer, you may want to conduct a background check on your prospective employees. By performing a pre-employment check on them, you will be able to distinguish the best employee from the ones with past arrest records. This way, not only will you be able to screen the best possible employees but you will also be able to minimize any chance of workplace mishaps.
If you are a common man, you may carry out an arrest record search for two main reasons- to view your own records or to view someone else’s arrest records. You may want to view your own records for a number of reasons. It may happen that you have an arrest warrant issued against you and you are not aware of it. The warrant can be due to a number of reasons. You may have parked your car wrongly and forgotten to pay the fine later which resulted in the issue of a warrant against your name. You may also have exceeded the speed limit somewhere without realizing and a warrant was issued. If you request to see your own arrest records you will get to know these beforehand and will have the time to take the necessary steps. You will have the time to hire yourself an attorney and appear before the court before you are arrested. Such an act will help you get a verdict in your favor.
There is another reason why you may want to view your own arrest records. You may have been arrested in the past. The state arrest records will contain those records still and this may hamper you professional life. You may find it difficult to get a job due to the existence of those records. If you go through your own arrest records and request to expunge or seal them following your state’s laws and regulations, the records will not be available for anyone to view anymore. This will make it easier for you to get employed.
You may also want to view another person’s arrest records if you are suspicious about that person. You may be suspicious about your new neighbor or you may want to know if your new baby sitter has any previous crime records and whether she was arrested for any reason. Access to the arrest records of your state will help you learn these facts and aid in your decision making.
State Arrest Records Search
All the states in the country offer an online arrest records search. You may search using the first name, the last name, the date of birth and other information like the race. Sex, social security number or any docket number of the prison the individual may be an inmate in.
In order to view the arrest records you will have to contact the authorities responsible for keeping them in your state. For example, if you are a resident of the state of Illinois, United States of America and you want to access the criminal records you may mail your request for a Uniform Conviction Information Act Information Sheet by mailing at the Illinois State Police, Bureau of Identification, 260 North Chicago Street, Joliet, Illinois 60431-1060
You may also call at (815) 740 5216, Monday through Friday during business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) for more information. For further information visit the website http://www.isp.state.il.us/crimhistory/crimhistoryhome.cfm.
If you wish to expunge your own records in Illinois, you have to visit the State Appellate Defender’s office. You may visit the relevant website by copying http://www.state.il.us/defender/http://www.peoplepublicrecords.org/exp.html. You will find a detailed description of the entire procedure of expunging your records. You will also be able to download the particular forms from this site.
You may write to the following office for Cook County cases requesting a copy of the information or directing any question that you may have to Christie Fisher, P.O Box 64895, Chicago, Illinois 60664-08895.
If you are residing in another state other than Illinois, you may gather all this information in a similar fashion by visiting the official website of your state. If you are in the state of Florida, you may visit the website of the Florida Department of Corrections. Here you will find information on all those who have been arrested in the state of Florida for committing crimes and are presently inmates. You may visit their website by copying http://www.dc.state.fl.us/AppCommon/. By specifying certain information you may submit an online search request. You will know about the present status of the inmate and other information about them like their physical description, any alias name and so on.
You may conduct an online search in all the state websites. You may also order for a copy of the records. The charge for obtaining a copy of the records is different in each state. Be it your own records or someone else’s, these records can be of immense help to you.
State-Specific Arrest Records:
Alabama Arrest Records
Alaska Arrest Records
Arizona Arrest Records
Arkansas Arrest Records
California Arrest Records
Colorado Arrest Records
Connecticut Arrest Records
Florida Arrest Records
Georgia Arrest Records
Hawaii Arrest Records
Idaho Arrest Records
Illinois Arrest Records
Indiana Arrest Records
Iowa Arrest Records
Kansas Arrest Records
Kentucky Arrest Records
Louisiana Arrest Records
Maine Arrest Records
Maryland Arrest Records
Massachusetts Arrest Records
Michigan Arrest Records
Minnesota Arrest Records
Mississippi Arrest Records
Missouri Arrest Records
Montana Arrest Records
Nebraska Arrest Records
Nevada Arrest Records
New Hampshire Arrest Records
New Jersey Arrest Records
New Mexico Arrest Records
New York Arrest Records
North Carolina Arrest Records
Ohio Arrest Records
Oklahoma Arrest Records
Oregon Arrest Records
Pennsylvania Arrest Records
Rhode Island Arrest Records
South Carolina Arrest Records
Tennessee Arrest Records
Texas Arrest Records
Utah Arrest Records
Vermont Arrest Records
Washington Arrest Records
West Virginia Arrest Records
Wisconsin Arrest Records
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