Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Oklahoma Criminal Records Free Information Online

By Ben Kingsley


The State of Oklahoma has an Open Record Act which allows its citizens to view and obtain public records, including Oklahoma Criminal Records. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is the office-in-charge of maintaining criminal records. They have a website where the public can view the complete records of every offender. Records of violent and sex offenders can be accessed at the website of the Department of Corrections.

Obtaining your own criminal file is permitted by the law so that you can verify if there are any mistakes. If a case is dismissed, you can request to have the files sealed away from the public. Criminal files may be open to the public but how they are used is monitored by the court. If they are used to damage the reputation of somebody, hurt their feelings or blackmail them, the court will impose corresponding punishments.

There is always the presence of bad people in the society. And it is difficult to predict what bad deed they are planning of doing next. It is always handy to know the history of certain people, especially if you encounter them on daily basis. If you know which people have a history of having troubles with the law, you, and your family, will know who to refrain from getting acquainted with.

In a criminal file you will discover police reports, arrest reports, pending warrants, and others. It will also include some personal details of a person such as their name, alias, address, height, weight, eye color, skin color and many more. There are certain details of a criminal file that are deemed as private information and they are not revealed to the general public. If an investigation is still being executed, the files will not be available for request to just anybody unless you are the assigned investigator or you are an arresting officer.

The state bureau accepts requests for criminal records. If you want to submit a request, you should have knowledge of at least the full name and the birthday of the offender whose records you want to view, obtain, or both. A name-based search costs $15. If the full or last name of the offender is common such as Johnson, Smith, and others, it will take more time to find the specific record. Providing additional pieces of information will help shorten the return period. You can also choose to do a finger-print-based search which costs $19. If you search the Department of Corrections website, you will be charged $2 per search.

You can also retrieve Free Public Criminal Records by looking at various websites that are not ran by the government but has the permission of the government to accept requests and supply the needed documents of users. Just be cautious with the websites because, unfortunately, not all websites that offer such documents are credible. Research on their background first and find out if other users have a positive feedback on them or not.




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