La County Arrest Log
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If you want to get your hands on Los Angeles County Arrest Records, you can head to the Los Angeles Sheriff Department. The department has an online database, which they started running in 1988, where they keep digital copies of arrest records. Copies of the Accessing Los Angeles County Arrest Records records are forwarded to the California Department of Corrections and eventually the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Arrest records are created immediately after an arrest is executed. If the arrested person is incarcerated, the record becomes permanent. If incarceration is not necessary, the record will be expunged. On the record are the name of the offender, the offense committed, the date and place where it was committed, name of arresting officer, and other valuable pieces of information.
Members of the general public are granted access to criminal records, including arrest records, because they are deemed as part of the public domain. However, there are guidelines that need to be observed in terms of how they can be use. They can be used as a supporting document in a court hearing or in any legal transaction where it is required. It can also be used as a source of information for people who want to conduct background checks. However, they are not to be used to defame, embarrass, blackmail, or harass anybody. Violators will be punished accordingly by law.
You can request for your own arrest record, if there is any, for a fee of $16. By doing this, you will also find out if there is a warrant of arrest issued against you. I You can go over the record and if you see any inaccuracy, you can call the attention of the record-keeper, have it checked, and eventually have it Los Angeles County Arrest Records Search updated if there is indeed any inaccuracy.
It is allowed to access the records of other people but the amount of information disclosed is limited. Such action is allowed when a person wants to run a background check on another person. People who are granted access include authorized employers, those that issue licenses, landlords, legal representatives, and law enforcers to name a few. According to California statues, authorized employers are only those establishments that cater to care of children, senior cetizens and disabled people. And per the California Labor Code, if an establishment does not fall under the aforementioned categories, an employer cannot force a job applicant to disclose any information that are is crime-related if it did not result in a conviction.
To initiate a search, you must procure the proper request form for arrest records at the local sheriff?s department. Supply all the required information like the name of the information, address, age, and others. If a fingerprint scan is required, head to a local police department, county sheriff?s department or a third party fingerprint scan operator and get it yours scanned there. Send the completed form, fingerprint scan and corresponding fees to the sheriff?s department. The fee is $16 if requesting for your own records and $23 requesting the records of another person.
