mercredi 4 mars 2015

California Criminal Records And Background Checks

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.

Informational copies are available for parties not otherwise specified by the above statute. Informational copies bear the same information as their certified counterparts, and they only serve to provide information for initiatives such as genealogy studies and background checks, because they are not valid documents.

Arrest records in California are obtained centrally via the California Department of Justice, at the Office of the Attorney General. Obtaining a copy of your own criminal record can only be done if the purpose is to review its accuracy and completeness. The process begins by requesting or downloading a copy of a Request for Live Scan Form from the website of the said department. In the form, you must first check the box in the option for "Record Review" in the "Type of Application" section. Next is to write "Record Review" in the "Reason for Application" part. Finally, fill out the rest of the required fields with the information about the arrest. Present the completed Live Scan Form to any service providers or local Law Enforcement agency near you in order to have your fingerprint scanned electronically. Once completed, send these requisites, together with the imposed payment of $25.00 via check or money order payable to the aforementioned department. Your requests will be processed after a few days to a few weeks after the Department of Justice receives them.

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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