can i find criminal records for free online? if so, what is the website?
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Every county usually has a website for instance you can type in Vermilion county Illinois case search and type in any person's name and it will bring up everything they have been charged with in that county. If you call any courthouse and ask they will give you their website.
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I don't know what state you live in, but in NC there is a website that allows you to check anyone's NC criminal record for a fee.
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You should contact your local police department if you believe an individual is connected to crime. I am not aware if civilians can just look up criminal records for individuals.\n\nYou'll probably want to look into companies that can do background checks. Google brings up many pages about background checks. Here is a link to a search.\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?q=background+checks&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
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You can go to the county court house web page and search public records of past or current charges or court proceedings . These are all public record and easy to access if your county  court has a web page.
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There are public records available from the courts, and sherriffs office and jails where the records are held. These days a lot of that info is on the web, it is just that you have to find the website of the court, find the website for the sherrifs ofice and so on. The people who charge for background checks are charging because this is what they do. They go through all sorts of different databases and complie the info. Its work. So if you want free do the leg work yourself. Start by listing all the towns this person is know to have lived in. Then find the names of the courts in that jurisdiction, and the names of the police dept or sherrif ofice, and try to find their website. Most have websites these days, but if not call them on  the phone and ask for the procedure for viewing public records.
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What kind of public records.  If you are looking for court information, you can look for the court website in your community.  Most public records are available for your review.  Go to the recorder's office in your county for recorded records.  Court records are available for review at the courthouse.  Not all information is available online, most old cases are not online.\n\nThe reason the detective company charge is that they are doing the leg work for you.  If you don't want to pay, it is available, you do the work.
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Go to the Texas DPS web page.  You can set up an account and purchase Texas criminal history records for $3.15.
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there arent any free sites.. your best bet would be to pay the fee and locate that person if not hire a detective
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A criminal record does not mean they have been to prison necessarily. It may not be there. Do a Google search on the name first, if no results hang out at your local donut shop and ask a nice policeman to check for you. Most will on the side if the answer is a yes or no that you are looking for. If you want written details then you need to do it legally.
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You can get inmates records online by using PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) at  http://www.pacer.psc.uscourts.gov/   This is a governmental site (non-profit), but you will still have to pay $0.08 per page. There been fee increase from $0.07 to $0.08 beginning Jan. 1, 2005.
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Your criminal convictions are a matter of public record and usually can be obtained at your states bureau of criminal apprehension.  There are also websites which provide an accurate accounting of criminal history. I've provided a link for one I have used in the past. Hope this helps you.
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i don't really know of a web site that you can actually look at court records... you'd have to go to the court house for somethine like that... criminal records are public information and you are allowed access to them at no charge... on the other hand, i did find a web site where you can look up someone to see if they have criminal charges in DAVIDSON COUNTY (nashville TN)... some cases offer the option to veiw the affidavit... all you have to know is their name... knowing a birth date will help slim the results down a bit...
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The county courthouse has those records and you can get them there. Also some counties are online and you can order copies of the records. The ones I have found online have all charged a fee of around 10 to 20 dollars but was worth it.
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www.crimetime.com has many great features where you  can perform record searches by state
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crimetime.com is great!
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It may take you awhile but criminal case records are public record and can be found in the court clerk's office at the courthouse. They may have it cross-referenced in their computers, but if not you will just have to look through them all.
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You can try looking up the county clerk of courts page for your specific county.  Some clerk of courts pages will provide search tools on names for both civil and criminal records.