Monday, November 17, 2014

Free Online Texas Criminal Records

By Claire Dowell


Background checking is an important part for the sorting out of applicants for immigration, identification, security clearance, issuance of professional licenses and adoption. The primary goal of such scrutiny is to gauge the applicant's dependability, and if he or she is the right person for that particular position or job. Potent tools that can provide an overview of a person's past dealings can be found in public arrest records.

The reasoning behind the reliability of criminal records in background checks is that these documents are a comprehensive presentation of a person's previous dealings with the Law. They usually contain any concurrent charges for minor infractions to serious felonies, and will also include sentences and dispositions, including civil offenses recorded in a particular place.

Policies concerning the distribution, archiving, and maintenance of these records vary from state to state. In the State of Texas, this task falls upon the able hands of the State Department of Public Safety, specifically in the Criminal History Records Office. All requests for arrest records across the state are catered in the said office. Persons who were put under arrest in the state are allowed to access and procure a copy of their own arrest record and can appoint an authorized proxy to do so in their behalf. Criminal history information is not open to the public, save for adjudication and conviction records. This is in observance of Section 522.023 of the Texas Government Code.

The Department of Public Safety has provided several options in the procurement of Texas criminal records. The first approach is to perform a name-based search. This is done by first creating an account in the Crime Records Service Public Site, found in the website of the Department of Public Records. Simply enter the relevant arrest information in the fields provided, be it your own or of another person's. For every name or record searched, the said department will charge $3.00 on your credit card.

The fingerprint approach ensures more accurate results and can confirm the identity of the requesting party. First, you must make an appointment to the company tapped by the Department of Public Safety in providing electronic fingerprints. Such appointment can only be done online. At the same time, you must write a request that you are applying to obtain a copy of your criminal record. Have your fingerprints taken via this partner entity or obtain them via a fingerprint card duly approved by the same department. The standard payment required by the Department of Public Safety is $15.00 per request. If the services of the mentioned partner service provider are utilized, there is an additional $9.95 service charge. Lastly, mail these fulfilled requirements to the office of the Criminal History Records. The department will deal with your request within ten working days after they have received it.

An important value implanted in our nature as humans is to persistently seek out ways and means to improve life. A good portion of this need has been satiated in the 21st century by current advancements in technology, spearheaded by the Internet. Such needs have been partially subdued because the Internet has continuously provided man with information and almost all services. This has inspired government repositories, like the ones discussed above, and several private entities to put up online databases for public records. The goal for such actions is to allow requesting parties to obtain the records that they are seeking at the shortest amount of time possible, just after entering a few bits of information. In recent years, such endeavors have become the most popular search activity done over the Internet.




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