Stanislaus County, California Criminal Records

Many companies and organizations of day make use background checks as part of their standard hiring process. A background check using public records can uncover very important information about the past transgressions of a job applicant, even a private citizen. For example, if a person has ever been registered as a sex offender, this information will show up in a criminal records search. These and other types of public records are the ones most often looked into when a company or organization is performing a background check on a person who has recently applied for a position of employment. Out of all the standard methods commonly used to generate a background check, the fingerprinting method is by far the most expensive. However, a fingerprint-based background check is guaranteed to return far more reliable and accurate results than a check using first and last name only.

Court Records

Finding public records that involve an individual’s court and case information in Stanislaus County, California will involve going through the local superior court system. The criminal division of the Stanislaus County Superior Court, which happens to be the branch most likely to have relevant records, is located at this address: Modesto Central, 800 11th Street, Modesto, California 95354. The telephone number to the criminal division is 209-530-3100. The superior court’s webpage is filled with useful information and details, including an online case index, and is located at the following link: http://www.stanct.org.

Public Records

More often than not, using public records to complete a background check will mean going straight to the source of the most reliable criminal information, which is the local sheriff. For criminal records researchers, the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office can be located at 250 East Hackett St, Modesto, California, 95358. The sheriff’s telephone number for the general public is 209-525-7216, and the fax number is 209-525-7106. If you have a computer with Internet capabilities you can also check out the links on the sheriff’s webpage, which include the county’s most wanted criminals. The sheriff’s webpage is located here: http://www.scsdonline.com.

Online Resources

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation have made several online resources available to web users that can be useful while conducting a background check. For example, web users can check the DOC’s web-based offender database to search for parolees by clicking this link: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Reports_Research/Inmate_Locator.html.

Anyone who currently lives in the state of California can order their own background check from the California Department of Justice if they are not sure about the information that would be returned in a search result. To begin the ordering process, click this link to go the DOJ webpage: http://ag.ca.gov/fingerprints/security.php. You will need a credit card to complete this order, as there is a $25.00 fee attached to each separate request.

If you need a completed, fingerprint-based background check before you can apply for a VISA, the California DOJ has a webpage located at this link with essential details on how to do this: http://ag.ca.gov/fingerprints/.

If the background check you are performing requires you to make sure that a particular citizen is not a registered sex offender, you can search the Megan’s Law database, located here, http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/, to rule out the possibility.