Wednesday, October 30, 2013

California Arrest Records


by Ben Kingsley


If you want to acquire criminal and arrest records in California, you can request access from the Department of Justice or from the California Attorney General. Requesting for your personal criminal or arrest record is allowed if you wish to review such for accuracy and completeness. However, access to such records is restricted by law to legitimate law enforcement purposes and accredited applicant agencies only. Therefore, third party requests are not authorized and will never be processed.

In procuring for your personal criminal history record, you should submit to the Department of Justice an image of your fingerprints and pay the processing fee of $25. All California applicants must submit live scan fingerprints. Additionally, a live scan form must be filled out and submitted together with the fingerprint images. In such form, you have to check "record review" as the "type of application", enter "record review" on the "reason for application" line. You also have to input all your personal information. Once the live scan form is completed, submit it immediately to any live scan site for fingerprinting services.

Unfortunately, not just anyone can look at an individual's criminal history record. Only people with a valid reason, such as employment, can access arrest or criminal records through the courts. When requesting for an arrest record, you must fill out an application form which you can get from the California Attorney General's office or website. This agency also maintains criminal history records under the California Penal Code.

The State of California has imposed many special rules for doing background checks. Unlike other states and under federal law where background checks are generally referred to as "consumer reports", background checks are referred to as "investigative consumer reports" in California. Since January 2012, a new law in the state has changed the requirements for background checks that employers must comply so as to perform background checks on their applicants or employees.

Anyone who wants to obtain an investigative consumer report for employment purposes must provide a written disclosure, in a separate document, to the consumer (applicant or employee) before the report is obtained. The written disclosure must state the fact that a report may be obtained; the permissible purpose of the report; the fact that the disclosure may include information on the consumer's character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and mode of living; and the name and address, and telephone number of the investigative consumer reporting agency.

Since the State of California has imposed many rules especially in conducting background checks or in obtaining investigative consumer reports, hiring the services of online record provider is something you can try to obtain the record you need easily. Online service providers also have their own database which may contain the records you're looking for. Service providers range from free to fee based. However, if it is the quality you're after, then you're better off with the one that charges a minimal fee but may provide the arrest records you need in an easier and faster way without going through all the hassle of the typical method of procuring arrest or criminal records in California.




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