Wednesday, April 2, 2014

New York Free Arrest Records

By Ben Kingsley


Since the Freedom of Information Act has been in place, NY criminal records have been opened to the public. However, access to this document is limited only to the person involved. This means that, although the document is a public file, only the person whose name is on the file is allowed to request it. Those who need to access it should have a special request before they will be allowed to access the files of others.

New York Criminal records include the arrest files of the state. Arrest records are generated when an individual has committed some crimes or violations to the law. A person can have multiple arrest records from coming from different law enforcing agencies of the state such as the police department, sheriff's office or the highway patrol. Therefore, arrest records can be requested at the government office that issued the report.

An arrest record would contain information about the arrest of an individual. One would find the case number, date and place of arrest as well as the crimes that the individual has committed that lead to his arrest. The document would also show the personal details of the individual such as the birth details, address of residency and other significant information about the individual. One would know the status of the case and the outcome of the arrest. The charges that were filed against the individual as well as the sentence given to the person are indicated on the record. The document however, is only made public, only after the case has been resolved, otherwise it is kept private only to authorized individuals.

The New York State Office of Court Administration is where all the criminal records of New York are kept including arrest records. There is no such thing as nationwide criminal check only a state record search. This means that one cannot search for the arrest records of the same person in another state while they are in New York.

Retrieval of an arrest record in the state of New York would mean that a search form has to be filled out. It should contain the basic details of the file that is being requested. This is necessary in order to proceed with the request. One has to pay $65 which serves as a processing fee to start the search. If one cannot personally visit the office, a mail request can be sent to the state office but the result of the search can be obtained only after several days since it was sent.

Delay can be avoided if the search is done over the Internet. This method has made the retrieval process easy and fast. Getting arrest records for free through the Internet is also possible. Some websites lets its users to test their system and then after a few days, users can choose to end the free trial or continue with the service by paying for it.




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