Criminal records searches detail a person’s record in the court system in their home state. These searches are used by many people to find out about a person’s criminal past. They can check fairly easily if the person has had any misconduct in the past. People such as landlords, financial advisors, employers and even people that you date can check on your criminal activity.

Depending on where you are looking for your subject, whether it is a statewide, local or federal search, you will get varying amounts of information. Some localities will only give you charges that the subject has been convicted of. Other localities will give you details such as the arrest record and anything that is pending. You can learn if the person has been acquitted of charges or if any charges are pending. Again, it just depends on where you are trying to get your information.

Depending on where the person lives, all charges will show up, even traffic offenses, such as drunk driving and speeding tickets, but it will depend on the state when it comes to how long the information will stay on the person’s record.

The criminal check will include the date of arrest, whether the person recieved probation or not, the exact citation that they recieved, and what the prosecuting attorney decided to do with the case, drop or pursue it. It will appear on the person’s record as an offense if they paid a fine. It will also appear as a conviction on their record.

Criminal records show more than just felony offenses, sexual offenses, misdemenours, and citations show up on the report. Also, twenty years of other information such as telephone numbers, addresses and even marriage records will show up in the report. Court warrants, tax liens (federal and state), any kind of judgements, bankruptcies, and even things such as tatoos that were noticed when the person was incarcerated. The report will also include the person’s relatives, any names they have used in the past and even people that they worked for.