Thursday, October 30, 2014

Accessing Online Public Records

By Claire Dowell


The retrieval of free Texas public records now is no longer impossible. With the increasing number of private individuals who wish to help deliver information to the public, access to the state's public documents has become very accessible.

The state of Texas is an open state. Being an open state allows its residents to access their personal file when they have a need for it. Each of these documents has a special use. Records of one's birth are used in many government transactions to support one's identity. In order to claim the insurance of the deceased family member, the death certificate has to be presented during the process. If a married couple decides to separate, a marriage certificate has to be presented to be granted legal separation. Likewise, the divorce certificate would need to be presented by the divorcee if there is a plan to remarry in the future.

A more serious type of document that the residents of Texas can obtain is the criminal record of the state. These comprises of the reports for the arrest of an individual, police reports and the criminal record itself. Since the documents would show information about the crimes that an individual has been reported for, most of the time, the criminal records are used mostly by residents when they conduct a background check.

It is recommended that one knows where to go to request for a public record in Texas. Records of birth, marriage, divorce and death has to be requested at the state's office of the Vital Records Section. The local county clerk office can also help in the retrieval process. Criminal records, on the other hand, have to be requested at the office of the Department of Public Safety. One can also go to the county court where the incident has been reported.

Before the Internet was developed, one has to go the offices mentioned above to get the needed document. This can take some time up to even a month if problems are encountered during the process. Now with the use of the Internet, requesting for a copy of the state's public documents has become a lot more convenient. Residents of Texas prefer to do the search in this method because it is faster and easy. One simply needs to log on to a website that offers such service and fill out the online form and the results can be obtained after doing a few clicks on the mouse. So the need to go to any office is no longer necessary.

Doing the search online is not only fast and convenient but also economical. Residents can choose whether they want to do a paid search or a free search. There are websites that offered a free government public records search to its users. It is one way for them to gather potential users. There still many who immediately pay for the service to ensure that they get quality results that can be used anytime.




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