| There are different criteria for each state for getting | | | | they hire a private investigator to tap out a few |
| a criminal court history of a person. Usually you need | | | | keystrokes and print out the total life history of a |
| the name of the person, date of trial and docket | | | | person without any effort. These types of |
| number of trial if possible. This information can be | | | | databases that you see in television are now available |
| given to the clerks that will lookup court records for | | | | publicly online. You can easily search court records |
| you. | | | | online now. If you want to hire an investigator to |
| In some states like Massachusetts, Texas, Florida, | | | | lookup criminal court records of a person, then you |
| Georgia, Indiana and more states a personal | | | | have to pay a fee for it and it will cost much more |
| identification is required to make the request for | | | | than doing a search for court records on the internet. |
| search. You should contact your local courthouse in | | | | The criminal court records do not include social |
| case your state wants you to make the request to | | | | security number. Therefore through social security |
| find court records of a person in person. Here you will | | | | number you cannot find criminal court records. To |
| also know whether you have to pay fee for it or | | | | lookup a persons court records you can also |
| not. | | | | approach the federal court system instead of the |
| Usually on television you will see the character | | | | state or local courthouse. |
| accessing a database to find criminal court records or | | | | |