Checking Florida Arrest Records Online

By Claire Dowell


Quality assurance is a long-standing concept existing in most companies and work institutions. There are many procedures that are undergone just to ensure it. One of the measures resorted is to closely examine a candidate for employment's history to ensure that any form of liabilities can be avoided and averted. Candidates are typically required to present copies of their criminal or arrest records in order to fulfill this demand.

Arrest records are beneficial for the above procedures because they contain the complete coverage of a person's past encounters with Law Enforcement. A full compilation includes charges for misdemeanors to serious felonies. Positions such as public offices and volunteer care, as well as the issuance of government-issued documents such as professional licenses also utilize criminal records for background checking.

There are many ways states across the country implement policies concerning the issuance, maintenance, and storage of criminal records. In Florida, arrest records are centrally archived and disseminated to any requesting party. The agency responsible for this is the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Division of Criminal Justice Information Services.

Criminal records are free to the public when requested. There are two ways to request for copies of a person's criminal record. The first option is to send and download the Criminal History Information Request Form from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Information about the arrest that must be indicated in the form are the person's complete name, any known monikers, the date of birth or the exact age, race, sex, and if known, the Social Security Number and the last known address. There will be a $24.00 fee charged per request. The completed forms, together with the payment in the form of a check or money order payable and a complete return address are afterwards sent to address of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Each request will be processed around five business days, excluding the postal delivery times.

Florida arrest records are also available online from the database of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. It is a self-service application that requires as much information you can provide in order to yield more precise results, and make the decision of whether or not the information you are pursuing matches with what is displayed in the Computerized Criminal History file. The advantage of this approach is that you can immediately print out results after positively identifying them. However, certain types of criminal records such as certified copies, sealed information, expunged records and records of juvenile crimes are not available in this search application.

Request forms will be returned to you in the event that a record is not found. The said form will be marked with the words, "FDLE found NO Florida criminal history based on the information provided. No criminal record check was conducted for other states or for the FBI." Furthermore, you can submit fingerprints of the person in question for positive identification.

Over the years, the Internet has gained much favor as a premiere bearer of goods and services. Because online search for public records has become one of the most popular search activities done via the Internet, approaches such as the ones developed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and other service providers that offer such, are commonly flocked by requesting parties who want results at the fastest possible time. These modern innovations have saved countless amounts of time, money and exertion, and have helped a lot of end-users accomplish their various intentions.




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