Tehama County, California Criminal Records

There are many things a company or human resources department can uncover when using public records to perform a background check on a potential job candidate. For example, an individual applying for a job might have criminal records that lists a past conviction for a DUI, or records that describe that person being the defendant in a lawsuit. In addition, a registered sex offender will also have criminal records on file with the county or state sex offender registry. In any case, by far the most important information to be gleaned from a background check is whether or not the job candidates has any sort of criminal history, especially being registered as a sex offender. Companies can face serious consequences if they inadvertently offer employment to a felon, and that person goes on to commit a criminal transgression on company property. This is why most companies will only do fingerprints background checks, as they are proven to be more accurate and trustworthy than a standard name check.

Court Records

If you are a background check researcher, and are looking to obtain someone’s county court records in Tehama County, California, you are going to have to search the local superior court’s records archive. You can visit these two locations of the Tehama County Superior Court for court records:

Courtroom Department 1
633 Washington Street, PO Box 278, Red Bluff CA 96080

Telephone: 530-527-3563

Courtroom Department 2-3

445 Pine Street, 2nd Floor, PO Box 278, Red Bluff CA 96080

Telephone: 530-527-3563

Courtroom Department 4

720 Hoag Street, Corning, CA 96021

Telephone: 530-824-4601

All courthouses have standard operating hours of 8:00am – 5:00pm, Monday through Friday. The Superior Court also has a website that Internet users can browse for additional details at the following link: http://tehamacourt.ca.gov/index.html.

Public Records

A county’s sheriff’s office is one of the main resources that any research will need to use in order to compile the necessary criminal records for a thorough background check. If you have to check with the Tehama County Sheriff for records, the address is as follows: 22840 Antelope Boulevard, Red Bluff, California 96080. To contact the sheriff’s office by telephone, the number is 530-529-7900, and the fax number is 529-7933. County web users with Internet access also have the option of browsing the sheriff’s county webpage by clicking this link: http://www.tehamaso.org/index.htm.

Online Resources

The California Department of Corrections maintains an archive of active local offenders and parolees in its online offender archive. To access and search the database, click the following link: http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Reports_Research/Inmate_Locator.html.

Alternately, the California Department of Justice allows California citizens to order their own background checks for a fee of $25.00 through their website. To place an order, go to the following webpage: http://ag.ca.gov/fingerprints/security.php.

California residents who need to have a completed, official, fingerprint-based ground check before they can be considered for employment, or issuance of a VISA or passport can also visit the California DOJ at this link for more information: http://ag.ca.gov/fingerprints/.

If you have the name of a person whose name you would like to screen by running their name through the Megan’s Law sex offender registry, click the following link to continue: http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/.