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It is a complicated, time consuming and expensive process if you want to do it on your own. There are online services that you can subscribe to; None of them are "FREE" as many of them claim, but they are Cheaper, Quicker and usually more Thorough...

These services are designed for "employers", "Lending" and "Rental" agencies that will be running multiple background checks on prospective applicants (usually several hundred/thousand applications per year)... For businesses these services are invaluable because of the money and time they save filtering prospective applicants, not to mention the liabilities they could face if they approve the wrong persons application...

For an individual seeking criminal records on another person the problem with obtaining these services is dependent on getting either the social security number and a release of info form signed... Most states still require this (CA is one of them)... As the California Attorney Generals website states here: http://ag.ca.gov/fingerprints/security.p... "Access to criminal history summary records maintained by the California Department of Justice is restricted by law to legitimate law enforcement purposes and authorized Applicant Agencies. Individuals have the right to request a copy of their own criminal history record from the department to review for accuracy and completeness. Requests from third parties are not authorized and will not be processed by the department."

The exception to the rule is "Megan's Law" which grants the public free access to "Sex Offender" records... The State of California's website is located at: http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/ (Just follow the instructions at the site to perform free searches)...

Also, when a person is currently incarcerated it is fairly easy to find that info in most states now (some can be found through: http://www.theinmatelocator.com/ ) but also most states have county by county search engines for current inmates (in CA, it's: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/)

Like I said at the beginning "It is a complicated, time consuming and expensive process"... I wasn't joking, I've been doing this crap for years as a hobby and it's allot of fun and I'll admit that it's a piece of cake compared to the complicated (on many levels) investigative work that Genealogy enthusiasts do...

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(A personal note)

The down side to using the pay sites is that they often have inaccuracies based on identification ( for instance: my nephew, niece and I all have the same first initial and years ago we all lived at the same address in a split level duplex... The first "Records" problem I personally came across while using these services was that the business my niece and nephew co-owned back then appears on my credit report even though I wasn't ever in any way involved with their Jr. High business project (I didn't even know about it until I got my first credit report), the second identification problem I encountered (which continues to grow) is that every time one of them moves to a new residence it is added to my residence history by the reporting services...

The upside to services is that they can provide a wider range of records (for instance: If I wanted my own criminal records history it would cost me around $80 from the State Police where I live and it wouldn't provide any records for other States that I've lived in previously, whereas from a service I could get unlimited records (all states, phone, address, credit, etc) for either a single payment of around $20 or unlimited searches on as many people as you want for around $40 for 1 year...

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After going over this, I just utilized the service spoken of by the NJ State Trooper on here. I come from a very strict Jewish family, and I have been dating a non-Jewish girl for some time now.. A girl who my parents do not approve of. They think there is something very wrong about her. They believe she has a shady past, like she is violent or into drugs or something. To prove them wrong, I decided to run that background check on here from http://www.echeck.pcti-system.com/ .. I came across many interesting things.. many of which I won't get into.

The report was VERY thorough. What I did find, which turned out to be a deal breaker, was FOUR TRO's(temporary restraining orders) 2 were dismissed, the other 2 were finalized into a final restraining order(lifetime restraining order) ... The ones that were finalized were as a result of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and the other for STALKING. I was shocked when I saw this. I guess sometimes you can never really know who you might be dealing with!

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Its a sensible way to start. The site allows you to do a no cost scan simply to find out if any sort of data is in existence. A smaller analysis is done without cost. To get a detailed report its a modest payment.

You may not realize how many good reasons there are to try and find out more about the people around you. After all, whether you're talking about new friends, employees, doctors, caretakers for elderly family members, or even significant others, you, as a citizen, have a right to know whether the people you surround yourself with are who they say they are. This goes double in any situation that involves your children, which not only includes teachers and babysitters, but also scout masters, little league coaches and others. Bottom line, if you want to find out more about someone, you should perform a background check.

Hello, I am a retired Police Officer here in the US and I can confirm to you that these types of records, for the most part, are not available to the general public. You won't be able to obtain them for free. That's the reality of it. Even if you came into the station for a particular police report to which you have a right to possess, you are often required to pay a small fee at the clerk's counter for the paperwork. There are however, to my knowledge, just a couple LEGITIMATE services that have full access to these types of records, and OFFICIAL approval/certification to provide them. The one which comes to mind is http://www.echeck.pcti-system.com/ - and if I recall correctly, They do provide these records at a relatively small cost.. especially considering the highly personal, confidential, or otherwise sensitive nature of the information within. Here you will find things such as:

Reverse Phone Search

Criminal Records

Inmate Records

Sex Offenders

DUI/DWI Records

Court Records

Arrest Records

Warrant Records

Police Records

Address History

Death Index

Marital Status

Relatives and Associates

Property Records

Felonies and Convictions

Alias and Date of Birth

Business Search

http://www.echeck.pcti-system.com/

The only other way to obtain this type of information is to be working in certain areas of the public sector, such as Police work. Please do not use this any information you may discover for malicious purpose, as many States do provide criminal penalties under statutory law for certain acts regarding invasion of privacy. Hope this helps.

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