Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Public Criminal Records And Free Background Check

By Claire Dowell


Background checking has continued to be an integral part of an employee's trials prior to employment. Such measures are performed routinely by all workplaces and companies all around the world. The main purpose of this action is to prevent potential liabilities in the workplace that can significantly blemish a company's image. To adequately answer these demands, employers require potential candidates to present a copy of their arrest records.

Information about a person's previous dealings with the Law is confined in documents called arrest records. Every bit of data will be recorded in these registers, from minor infractions to serious felonies. Background checking for government offices, volunteer care applicants, and professional license issuance also requires a person's criminal record.

The chief entity that is responsible for the stockpiling and distribution of arrest records in California is the Office of the Attorney General, a branch of the California Department of Justice. Consistent with Section 6254(F) of the California Government Code, all coexisting arrest information of a person arrested in the State must be made known to the public, if they desire to do so. However, once court verdict has been made, the public is not anymore allowed access to the case. It becomes local criminal history information and is now only limited for use in any legitimate law purposes, and by authorized employment agencies. Furthermore, the arrestees themselves can access to their own records of arrest for a comprehensive review of its correctness and completeness.

Informational copies are otherwise available to the parties not specified in the above legislature. Such versions contain the same information as with their certified counterparts, but they are not valid documents to establish identity.

The agency in charge of maintaining, updating and distributing California arrest records is the Office of the Attorney General of the State Department of Justice. To initiate the procuring process, you must first obtain a Request for Live Scan Form by personal appointment or downloading it from the website of the aforementioned state department. Since your intentions for obtaining a copy of your arrest record is to review its extensiveness and precision, place a check on the "Record Review", and write "Record Review" on the "Type of Application" and "Reason for Application sections of the form, respectively. The rest of the form is to be filled up with information about the arrest, including your full contact and postal information. Submit the accomplished Live Scan Form to the nearest Law Enforcement office or to any fingerprint scanning services offered online. Upon the completion of your electronic fingerprint scan, mail them, along with the processing fee of $25.00 to the Office of the Attorney General of the California Department of Justice. Results are expected to be processed within a few days to a few weeks. According to the policies imposed by the Department of Justice, any requests coming from third parties will not be received nor honored.

Accomplishing the task of obtaining arrest records together with other public records is now easier thanks to today's technology that greatly harnesses the power of the Internet. Simply visit the websites of government agencies or public records retrieval solutions and pull out a quick search in their database. Using such alternatives, one can obtain any desired document at the shortest possible amount of time, without compromising quality.




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