Public record searches - Scam or Valid ?

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Public records searches - scam or a wonderful tool

Sometimes search for a specific record or a file can be very long and frustrating. There are many web pages that allow you to search the database with a small number of information about a person. If you know the name, address or a phone number you can find a large number of public records reports on a full variety of data categories. At some sites are easier getting along and find the report you need, some requiring a longer time and patience to find the same information.

Among the many reliable websites that allow you to really search their database and easily and simply find the records you are looking for, you can also come across sites that just list the links that still need to search.

Carefully select the site that has regularly update their database.On some sites you can search the database of a single state, and some have data from all states. Although some of these sites are charging a small fee, it is much easier to manage and faster to find information you require. You can find vital records, court, criminal, marriage / divorce records and more information.

Public Records Searches is a powerful tool with which you can find not only the necessary information data, but you can learn a lot about the people on whom you do not know a lot... You can also make a complete background check on a person, find the address of your friend, or find out who is the owner of certain real estate.

public record scam theory
At first I did not pay attention to those who said that the whole area is a bit shady, thinking all services are legitimate. I tried gov resources, the product I was promoting back then, but heard someone badmouthing it so I stopped promoting it (don't know the actually quality of the product). So I made a new research for something I can promote and I did find reverse trace by name , phone or email which offers around the same info as the other site did for 15 USD or so... half the price. And I never heard anyone badmouthing them.
So I know for sure this site online reverse trace tools isn't.

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Where Can Public Records Be Obtained?
A Public Record is any record in any form of a media that is kept or maintained by any state, local or regionally funded agency. There are many kinds of public record. For example, birth, death, marriage / divorce, criminal, property...

What data are public, and which are not determined by state and federal law.

What may be public files in one state is not necessarily public in a different state.

Although this is the computer age, the Internet and access to information, certain public files can not be find on the Internet.

Many jurisdictions are making their recent files accessible on the Internet. You can find the document at the website of the clerk of the court, sheriff's office, registrar of deeds, and department of vital records....

Keep in mind that although many documents are available online, some, especially if they are old and more than 10 years may not be found in the database. / Records over ten years old may only be available in print or on Microfilm at your county's offices.

One of the ways to obtain records is public library. Most public library has a hard copy of public files holdings or access to county records databases electronics.

With a thorough review of public records you can find out lots of information about a person, not just certain documents. There are many methods and types of results and even reverse public records search.

Search requires patience and time, On some sites more - on some sites less...

You can visit the link below and make a preliminary search for Free. - Online reverse trace tools

Further info about how to search for public criminal records online

How to Search Public Criminal Records - Information to Keep You Safe

Public Criminal Records is a records of a person's criminal history and may include:

- Case Number
- Charge
- Arrest
- Filing Date
- Disposition
- Sentence & Date...

If you want to check whether a person has a criminal record you have several ways to check out.

- You can try search engines, such as Google. Enter the "name of the states criminal records." Look for sites ending with GOV or. US. These are official websites that allow search for Public Criminal Records.
- If you know the County where a person lives, you can visit the Local Criminal Court House. They have a free, large database that is available for the public.
- If this method does not find anything, you can try one of the criminal database on the Internet - these results are sometimes charged, and sometimes not.
- Visit the Federal Bureau of Prisons at http://www.bop.gov/ and click on the link Inmate Locator.
- Check State Prison's Records.
- If you do not find the previously described way, you try to paid Criminal Public Records Searches sites. But you need to pay attention, because there are many sites where there is no real database, but only links that you must continue to search.

Whether you receive a new employee, nanny, or want to check your daughter's new boyfriend, at the present time is very smart to check all information can be found, and thus to protect from potentially dangerous people in your neighborhood.

In any case, if you suspect or want to check whether a person has a criminal past, fee to be paid to such sites is certainly a small price for the safety of you and your family and friends.

You can see short video that shows you all the information you get during the database searches. Can be found at Criminal Records. Start Your Search Now!

For searching I advise Online reverse trace tools.

Public records site

Updated! Gov-resources has some complaints.

I recommend the tools at Online reverse trace tools ..

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Is public records search a scam?

Many websites claim that public records cannot be obtained - I have checked the recommended site (Gov Resource) and found 4/6 people I searched for.

What do you claim? is it a big scam ? Could you find the record you were looking for?

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I did found it. It's valid.

OldGrampa says:

I found 4/6 records

I couldn't find any records, what the hell is this $#!@ ?

 

Predictions for 2011 and 2012

What is your prediction - will the US government supply a public records site that will eliminate all other public records sites that gather data and charge money?

My prediction

No, it's too much of a project to do for no gain.

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Important notice

I am not the owner not a worker of Gov Resource site but I am affiliated with it since I do get a commission for every registration there. I did check the site myself and recommend it wholeheartedly.

Useful resources for finding public records

I gave an example of a governmental site (Dallas) but I will not list every governmental site there is.
If you wish to search Google and find only governmental sites use the following search:
public records [insert your state, city or county] inurl:.gov

Please notice to look for the TLD of the site on the search results (it's the last part of the address) and notice there's a .gov at the end for US and .gov.uk for UK gov sites.I still advice to use paid services and especially ones like in publicrecords-search.net that has a 4 day trial.
Public record sites reviews
Great selection of tools and some solid info at 0nt.net
Public record searches
4 Day trial for a public record database. One of the few trials I had come across.
UK national archives
Find public records in the UK using this governmental site.
National archives USA
The national archives give a somewhat partial data about people.
Texas government records
Really good site by Dallas state authorities but again a little partial, doesn't include all counties and partial data per person.

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