Wednesday, February 25, 2015

California Arrest Records And Background Check Reports

By Claire Dowell


Pre-employment protocol such as background checks has benefitted most workplaces and employers all around the world. Such actions are important steps in reducing hazards and other liabilities in the future that can greatly alter the faade of the company. A document that can satisfactorily provide and answer to this demand are arrest or criminal records.

The reasoning behind the above procedures is that criminal records compile a person's encounters with the Law. Infringements contained therein range from misdemeanors to felonies. Other background checking activities that utilize such registers include positions for public office, volunteer work, and the dispensation of government-issued documents such as professional licenses.

As stated by Section 6254(F) of the California Government Code, all concurrent arrest information of persons arrested in the state must be made available to the public. This can only be done when the court proceedings of the case is still ongoing. A case becomes local criminal history information once court decision has been completed. As a result, access to this information in the form of arrest records is now limited to the person arrested, the concerned Law Enforcement entities, and authorized individuals and applicant agencies. Requests for copies of a person's records of arrests that come from third parties will not be honored nor entertained.

Parties not included in the statute above are nonetheless eligible for informational copies of arrest records in California. Informational copies contain the same amount of information as that of authorized or certified copies, but they are not effective documents to establish identity.

Procuring a print of your own arrest record for the aforementioned reason caps off with the acquisition of a Request for Live Scan Form from the official website of the California Department of Justice. This form is presented prior to the administration of an electronic fingerprint scan by any Law Enforcement agency or independent service providers. In the form, look for the item called, "Record Review" in the "Type of Application" section and place a check on it. Next is to enter the same term in the "Reason for Application" part of the form. Finally, you must complete the information asked of you in the form. Once your fingerprints have been scanned electronically, send them, along with the standard payment of $25.00 by check or money order payable to the mentioned office and state department. The average turnaround time per request is around a few weeks to a few days, and is still dependent on the volume of requests they are catering. Furthermore, third party requests will not be entertained nor processed.

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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