Tuesday, October 21, 2014

In Search For Public Criminal Records

By Claire Dowell


Every applicant for positions and rights for employment, immigration, identification, security clearance, professional licenses and adoption has to undergo series of rigorous scrutiny before acquiring them. This is done to ensure that any future liabilities will be alleviated or avoided. It is the responsibility of any approving institution to obtain background checks for such applicants by utilizing appropriate documents such as 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.

In the State of Texas, the Department of Public Safety (DPS), Crime Records Service (CRS), Bureau of Access and Dissemination is responsible for archiving and maintaining such documents and accepting and responding to every request made for a copy of criminal history records information of a particular person. In compliance with the Texas Government Code, Section 522.023, any individual or their appointed representative can have access to and obtain their own criminal history records information. Moreover, deferred adjudication and conviction records can be made available to the public.

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.

The power of the World Wide Web has reached several disciplines, including public records search and procurement. The idea has been brought into fruition by concerned government-appointed public records repositories and private service providers out of the need to answer more applications in a faster and more convenient manner. Truly, this idea has become one of the most popular search activities in the Internet, because one can absolutely access and obtain their desired records within a matter of minutes, therefore saving copious amounts of time, cash and effort.




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