Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Texas Free Public Criminal Records

By Ben Kingsley


The access of public records such as birth, death, marriage and crimes are important as they contain vital information that is required in dealings with the government or any other company. Criminal records are important as they contain information or background of the person including any arrests made. The records are available by request through the official website or by emailing the person or office where the records are made available. Texas criminal records, for example, are available under the Public Information Act. The requests should all be made in writing, as telephone requests are not honoured. Information requests are also available by submitting the same to the site's Public Information Request Page as well as sending email requests to the sites official email address at OGC.Webmaster@dps.texas.gov.

There are five types of crime records service available for the public in the Texas Department of Public Safety website. These services are (a) Texas Public Sex Offender Registry, (b) Criminal History Conviction Search, (c) Texas Recovery and Identification Program or T.R.I.P, (d) Help End Auto Theft or H.E.A.T and (e) Metals Registration Program.

The registry for sex offenders includes search queries for people who have been convicted of sex offenses. The person seeking information can also download the registry for his or her own convenience. On the other hand, criminal history conviction search includes records of arrests made in Texas. The records for criminal offense are restricted to the records that received convictions and might not include those records that were sealed or expunged. The TRIP program helps farm owners register their equipment and other farm properties to track easily stolen equipment. Last, but not the least, is the HEAT program, which monitors and tracks stolen vehicles.

For criminal records, the State of Texas provides the public with the Conviction Database. The database is composed of records that are gathered from the DPS -CCH or the Texas computerized Criminal History System. The records include those reports such as arrests and convictions made in Texas that are classified as Class B misdemeanour. Some records might be restricted and not available for public.

To file for a request for criminal report, the person requesting should read the systematic guide presented by the State in CR63. Criminal records are under the Public Information Act of the US Law though failure to comply with the guide would leave the request unprocessed. Bear in mind that records that are allowed for the public are those records that have already received conviction or grants for adjudication. Requests may be made by email, mail or fax. Do remember to include all the pertinent details as well as the $10 fee for each request. The fee is accepted in money order or check form only.

For those individuals or companies who are looking for basic information pertaining to other criminal records, they can check out free criminal records online. There are different websites offering free search of basic criminal records.




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