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Online Guide To Public Records Search

By Claire Dowell


The state of Arizona has a public records law. This particular law entitles every resident to access the public records Arizona generates. This helps the government officials to monitor the activities of its residents as well as other officials.

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.

The public documents in the state of Arizona can be requested at the office where the incident has been filed or registered. However, records of birth, marriage, divorce and death are archived at the office of the Vital Records Section at the Department of Health. One can also request any of it at the county clerk. Criminal records are managed by the office of the Department of Public Safety in the state of Arizona. One can also seek help from the office of the county court. A mail request can also be sent to any of the office that were mentioned in order to avoid the hassle of going to the office but the results are obtained only after a few days since it was requested.

One should know the requirements in obtaining for a copy of a public document. The basic details of the document being requested such as the name, place and date has to be provided. This can help speed up the retrieval process. The retrieval of a public document would require the contact details of the one who requested for the document. Such information will only be used to monitor 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.

The public records in the state of Arizona are now available for request with the help of the Internet. This makes the retrieval faster and energy saving. Going to the office is no longer necessary because the search can be done online and the results are obtained after just a few clicks on the mouse. Now, a lot of websites are offering their service to retrieve the public record. A free government public records search is also possible since some websites offer a free service. Residents of Arizona would still go for the paid option to make sure they get an accurate result.




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