Monday, February 2, 2009

How To Locate Police Records

By Jason Voxly

In the world we live in today, it is really hard to trust everyone we meet, much less everyone we do not have time to meet face to face. So for example, you are looking to move into a new neighborhood and you want to know if the neighborhood is a good one. Are there lots of criminals in the area? Most people would just call the police station or go down to the station and dig through files. However that does not really need to be done with the access that we have to the World Wide Web, libraries, and things of that nature.

If your worry is regarding a sex offender running wild in your town, you can check for this information in a wide range of websites. These sites have information relevant to your locality. Some of the better sites will also give you information on the kind of crime the offender was convicted for and the date when it happened.

While we can get such information from anywhere online, certain sites have better reputation and ratings than others. These sites also display pictures and addressed of the offenders. What's more all these facts are available for free. My favorite is CountyRecordsPublic.com for finding criminal records, divorce and marriage records, and all vital records.

If you are looking for a record in particular you can do several things to try to find it. You can check your local countyas website to see if they list their records online. A lot of cities, counties, and states list court decisions and things of that nature online now for the public to see (just as you would in a Sunday paper section).

It is possible that we could not get that information on the website. In that case we can ring the local court and ask for that information or even ask them where it can be found online. With the Internet it is possible that we looked at an incorrect location for the information. However, if we know what or who we are looking for the court office can give us the required information easily. If the court's decision regarding that offender has already been taken then we could be informed about it too.

Some of us may want to be so sure about a particular person that we may be willing to pay to get that information. So the, sites like www.countyrecordspublic.com and www.e-policerecords.com are a good option in such cases. These are reputed sites with a lot of credibility. They will display the files of any particular person that we may be looking for by charging us fees.

However always keep in mind that the crime files and judgments of any person who has been convicted are open for public to view. Hence you need not pay to obtain this information at all. It may be accessible online but the local administration may lack the necessary technology for maintaining the online records gratis.

If you want to avoid paying for the online information, you can also go the traditional way - contact the circuit court office or visit the court itself. They could direct you to the sites where you can get the information free online or would make those records available to you for free. But as always, you get what you pay for when looking for police records and criminal records.

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