California Public Criminal Records

By Ben Kingsley


If you are looking for Criminal Records California, they are under the custody of the California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General. Each county within the state forwards all files that relate to crimes to the department. The files are categorized as part of public records, thus making them available for public access. The department welcomes requests from any person, considering that the correct steps are observed.

In a big state like California, which has a really big population as well, even the best efforts of Law Enforcers to safeguard the safety and security of the states' citizens is not enough. But because the citizens have access to criminal documents, which is vital for their protection, they now have a better idea which persons to stay away from.

There are many useful details you can obtain from a criminal file and they are highly valuable if you want to check the background of certain individuals. There are two kinds of application form for obtaining the files and they can be obtained from the online database that the Department of Justice maintains; one is called the California Background Check Request Form and the other is called a Live Scan Form. There are several particulars that need to be supplied by the requestor before submitting the selected request form. If the form chosen is a Live Scan Form, the requestor can head to a local police department or a sheriff's office that performs a live scan. There is a charge of $25 for a copy of criminal files, plus another charge for getting the live scan. The charge for the live scan depends on which county it is performed.

You may request your own record if you want to. If you find some inaccurate information in it, secure the Claim of Alleged Inaccuracy or Incompleteness form so the proper corrections can be made. If you want to request the record of another person, you have to have the authorization from the court or from the Department of Justice. State why you want to obtain the record and if your reason is valid, you will be given an authorization but will only get the basic details such as the name of the criminal, the nature of the crime/s, when and where the crime/s was committed. It may also include the personal details of the criminals such as the home address, physical attributes, occupation, and many others. If the record is currently being used in an investigation, it will not be available to the public.

Certain websites also maintain and offer criminal documents to any person who wishes to acquire them. Such websites are categorized into two types: paid websites and free websites. Paid websites are capable of supplying a lot of valuable information to the person requesting criminal documents while free websites will only supply with basic information. It is important that prior to choosing a website to use, you have an idea of what kind of information they can supply you with. You can perform a quick history check on a website so you can better assess if they are credible or not.

Once you have the picking of a search tool to use for your search done, make sure that you are aware of the full name of the owner of the Criminal Records you wish to get your hands on. For names that widely used, supply as much extra information as you can so there is a bigger possibility of locating the right files.




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