Sunday, February 2, 2014

Michigan Public Criminal Records

By Ben Kingsley


Crime is something that is very difficult to prevent even though there are law enforcers scattered around. To help protect the safety and security of the public, the government made criminal records available to the public so that people are well-informed about whom they should stay away from. In Michigan, it is the task of their Criminal Justice Information Center to gather and maintain Michigan Criminal Records. Any member of the public has the right to request for the records because they are considered as part of the public domain.

Various counties submit crime-related documents to the state where they are compiled and become collectively known as criminal documents. On the documents are the name of the offender, the offense, and where the offense was done. Personal data of the offender like the age, home address, age, height, weight, color of the skin and eyes, and others are also documented. It is allowed in Michigan to retrieve your own documents. This way you can go through the entire document and check if there are any false data. You can also get the documents if you need it in a court hearing. Requesting for the files of other individuals is also allowed but the amount of data revealed is limited. More often than not, only the basics are given to the requestor so that the privacy of the owner of the document is kept intact.

Acquiring criminal documents when doing background checks on certain individuals will get you a substantial amount of important data. Landlords and businesses use the data from criminal documents to give them a better idea as to who to accept as tenants and employees. Parents also use the data from criminal documents to know if the people that their children are with have a criminal history or not.

To commence a search, you need to supply the full name of an individual or use fingerprints. If you are going to provide a name that is widely used, include more information you know of the subject to have a better chance of locating the right file. In Michigan, law enforcers are tasked to create fingerprints for crimes that have at least 92 days of punishment; if incarceration is needed; and if there is a fine of at least $100. You will be charged a certain amount of money to obtain the files. All payments made are not subject to a refund regardless of the outcome of the search.

You can also acquire the documents from various sites. Sites that offer criminal documents are either paid-sites or free-sites. There are a number of sites that can get you the kind of data you want but there are also some that are not reliable sources. If you want to have an idea if you are getting reliable data, check the history of the site you are looking at. Look for any indicators if whether or not their clients are satisfied with their work.

For a certain amount of fee, you can obtain a lot of valuable information from fee-based service providers. But if you look hard enough, you can find service providers that provide Criminal Records Free to Public. You are not going to get the same amount of information you would get with fee-based service providers but you will get the basic pieces of information.




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