Government Public Records Search Online Guide

By Claire Dowell


Since the Arizona public records law has been in placed in the state, residents of the state have been given the freedom to request for any of the public records Arizona has generated and filed under their name. This has made the monitoring of the incidents in the state easy for the government official.

There are a lot of public documents in Arizona. It can be any document that has a significant importance such as a birth certificate. Each person has a birth certificate and this is issued at the time of birth. Such record is used in a number of transactions in the government. Birth certificates are used as a valid proof of identification. There are also other kinds of documents available such as the marriage license, death certificates and divorce papers. There is also one type of document that has been opened to the public and that is the criminal records. This document contains information that is sensitive and used by authorized individuals when checking the background of an individual.

In order to get a copy of any of the public document, it is advisable to file the request at the office where the event or incident took place. Knowing where it can be obtained can help lessen the time for the retrieval of the document. Certificates of birth, marriage, death and divorce are available at the office of the Vital Records Section. It is also available at the office of the county clerk at the county of occurrence. The office of the Department of public Safety is where the criminal records of the state are managed. The office of the county court can also provide a copy f the criminal record. Going to the office is not the only option since the public document can be obtained by sending a mail request. Unfortunately, it is not the fastest method to get a copy of the file.

To hasten the search, one has to provide the basic information about the document of interest. By providing the name of the person on the file as well as important dates and places, the search can be simplified thus saving time, energy and cost. It is also important to indicate the personal information of the one who filed the request. This will be used only to document and track the access to the file.

The cost would actually depend on the type of file being requested. It can range from $5 to $50 depending on the type and number of pages. Criminal record would cost more as there are a lot of security and confidential information obtained from it. Fingerprint search would cost much more than the name based search because of the equipments and technology used for it.

Now that we are in the information era and the Internet is used as a medium to share information, obtaining a copy of the public document has become breeze. Doing the search online is hassle free. Not only that, but you can also save time in the process since the results are displayed almost instantly. There are a lot of websites out there that offer to obtain any of the public documents that you need. Some would offer a free government public records search while some would charge a certain fee for the retrieval of a particular document. However, many still prefer the paid option to get the best possible results.




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