Randall County Arrest Records Archive
Arrest records in the State of Texas are made available to the public by the government as per the Freedom of Information Act. Any member of the general public is allowed to place a request for any record. However, the approval and the amount of information that one may get depends on who the requestor is and the status of the record. In Randall County, the arrest records are kept by the local police department and the sheriff?s office. Randall County Arrest Records are then forwarded to the state?s central repository of arrest records, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
To initiate a search locally, head to the local police department or sheriff?s office. Procure the appropriate request form for request records, supply the required information, provide your personal contact information, present a valid government ID, and include the appropriate fee of $9.95 for a regular transaction and $15 if you want an in-depth copy of a certain record. Fees are non-refundable regardless of the outcome of any search.
The amount of information a requestor is given depends on his relation to the owner of the records and his or her purpose for placing a request. An owner of the records, immediate family of the owner, and the lawyer of the owner are given full access to a record. Outside parties are only given the basic information of the record such as the full name of the record?s owner, the nature of the offense, when and where the offense was committed.
People have different reasons for requesting arrest records. The most common are for running background checks on other people. Landlords use them before accepting tenants, employees use them to screen tenants, parents use them to check the background of babysitters or nannies, businessmen use them to check the background of their business partners, money lenders and banks use them as part of the process of accepting or denying loan applications.
The information that people get from arrest records are highly valuable and that is why it is highly sought after by many. It could spell the difference between becoming a victim of the evil plans of criminals or saving one?s self or your loved ones. Although having an arrest does not always follow that a person is bad, knowing that he or she has had troubles with the law means that he or she could potentially be in trouble in the future.
You can also get valuable information of the criminal history information of people from the Department of Public Safety through its Computerized Criminal History database. Randall County Criminal Records include more than just arrest records. You can also get a hold of police reports, highway patrol reports, sex offender records, and other crime-related information. Aside from the database maintained by the government, you can also obtain such information from websites, not owned by the government, that specialize in maintaining and providing such records to the public. All you need to provide to start a search is the full name of a person. Of course, you need to be ready to provide other information so you can increase your odds of finding the exact record.
