California Criminal Records

By Ben Kingsley


Maintaining the safety and security of a widely populous state like California is definitely not an easy task. Police and other arresting individuals or groups definitely have their hands full with their duty to protect innocent civilians. In an attempt to improve the safety and security in California, the government has given the general public the right to procure arrest files. Arrest files are maintained at a countywide, statewide and nationwide level. If you do not know where to begin your search, you can go to the office of the Public Records Ombudsman and submit a request. If you are after Sonoma Arrest Records, you can head to the office-in-charge of the county's arrest files which is at the Superior Court of California County of Sonoma.

Anyone can submit a request for the files because they are deemed as part of the public domain but corresponding guidelines must be observed. There are fees that must be paid for the retrieval of the files and are usually paid by money order or by check. After submitting your request, you must wait for a couple of weeks before results are returned. Once your request is accepted, no refund will be issued even if the files you requested for are not found. Also, if a case is still under investigation, its files will not be released to the public.

Arrest files are part of criminal files which are usually requested for by those who conducts background checks because of the vital pieces of information that they contain. In an arrest file you can find the name of the offender, the date and place the violation was committed, the nature of the violation, physical attributes of the offender, and many others.

It is a standard operating procedure that an arrest document is created under an arrested person's name even if he or she is not put to jail. Luckily, an arrested person can choose to expunge his or his own arrest document but only if he or she is not proven guilty and the case is dismissed.

Arrest documents are usually kept at where it was originally filed but you can look for them in other places as well such as in an online search tool that deals with providing the documents to the public. There are various search tools that are available on the Web, it is just a matter of determining which one can help you best. Also, it is a must that you investigate the background of the search tool you intend to use so you can check of the details you are getting are based on facts.

There are a lot of important details you can get from Arrest Records but you have to be extra cautious in how you make use of them because there are corresponding punishments if you do otherwise. The details will be valuable in your goal to keep your family and friends safe from the hands of criminals.




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