how do i get free public criminal info. and arresst records if i need to?
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There is a way to get free criminal information, but you are going to have to do a bit of research if you really do not want to pay for it.  Most jails have websites.  If you know the county where the person was arrested, just go to the site and look them up.  Also, try going to the court house in the county of arrest.  The have docket books with indictments and dates.  Finally, check the DA record's office.  You can get specific information pertaining to indictments, arrests and convictions.   A lot of leg work, but it's free.
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Check the local newspapers. Call the local magistrate court and ask. It is public record.
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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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contact the local court house or public record place  you'll most likely have to pay a fee but it is something anyone can obtain
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Check with the court. They are public records.
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You will have to go through a law enforcement agency in Colorado. They do not allow a private citizen, or even the research companies access to Colorado criminal histories. If you currently reside in Colorado go to your local police department and they will have you sign a release and they can pull up your records on their computer for you.
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Call the jail. If they won't tell you, check into public records or court documents at the city hall if you can.
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you can't, all the search sites charge for it, you can fin d alittle infoe for free, but the background checks are charged for
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Questionman is wrong: Criminal records are public information. The Sixth Amendment's provisions for public trial  (http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html) says so.\n\nThat said, most states charge for the time and effort it takes to find a criminal record; they aren't charging for the record itself, but rather their effort at locating it and reproducing it. \n\nSome do provide the information for free on the Web. Start with the state Web site where the person was charged.\n\nShort of that, you are probably going to have to pay.\n\nFinally, in order to get criminal records, you almost always need the person's full name and date of birth. You may also need to know his last known residence and / or other identifying information.
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public records not free usually 7-$9.00
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go to a police station and ask for your criminal record. they'll *probably* do it for free
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Court records are public.  Just go to the parrish courthouse and tell them what you need.
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There are many sites that say they will give you peoples records but all they do is give you the info on where to go to get them. SOme for a fee will go to the court house and look them up for you. You can do this yourself at your local court house or where the person you want to find out about was arrested or not. I have tried just about all of them that I could find. It was easier to go downtown and pull the files myself. You can do that you know.
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You can go to any people search website and get background checks, employment history, criminal checks, etc.  but you do have to pay for them.
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you can go to the police department and ask for the specific information you need. they will be required to make copies of the reports for you, for a fee, under the Sunshine laws, or open records acts
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go to the courthouse of the city or county the arreset happened in and ask for the arrest record of who you want
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You can go to every county where you think the person may have been prosecuted, and check the court dockets for the information you're looking for.  \n\nIt won't get you everything, but it would get you a lot.  Depending on what you mean by "incarceration records," you might not get anything.  \n\nThere is no one place where you can look this info up.