How can you be sure that you know someone and I mean really know them? Some of the most notorious criminals in history managed to conceal their crimes from their closest friends and even their family. What chance have you got if you've only known them for a relatively short time?



Sometimes you might get a feeling that something isn't quite right when you start to read between the lines and separate the facts from the charm. Other times you might have no idea that your new lover or best friend has anything to hide. So how can you be sure that you aren't making a big mistake by getting involved with this person? You can get to know the truth about most people very well in just a few minutes one evening by searching for any criminal public records. free searches would be nice if you can find them but making a small payment can make things a lot simpler, faster and more efficient.

Are free criminal records checks a myth?

Most if not all criminal convictions are reported publicly somewhere. Some even get broadcast on live TV. In general, court proceedings aren't a secret so you might think that you can look up anything you want. The problem is not that criminal public records are concealed from the public but that it's so damn difficult to search them out.

If you go to one of the major search engines and type in "Free criminal public records" you are likely to get many pages of results which might lead you to believe - well it did me - that you'll be able to find the information you want without handing over any money.

So is it true - can you really find criminal records free? I tried it, I clicked on a lot of links that claimed to show me how to find criminal records for free and here is what I found.

Not quite free criminal public records

Well I can save you a lot of time here. I guess that in some rare cases where you know exactly what you're looking for and it just happens to be accessible online then you might be ok. This was not what I found however. I spent a lot of time clicking on links that I felt sure would lead me to some kind of free search engine that would show the results I was looking for but none of them did.

Some links were government sites that were not very friendly and would at best only show me limited information. Some sites that claimed to be free would still ask for money before you get to see any meaningful information.

The next best thing - an affordable criminal public records web site

I did find a great web site that can tell you just about anything you are likely to want to know about someone. I wanted to find out some information about a friend of mine so I searched for his name and found him in the list of results. This told me that the web site did indeed have some information about this person but you do have to pay a small fee to get the details.

This site had a good guarantee so you can get a refund if you aren't satisfied. I gave it a go and was frankly amazed at the information you can get from this site. It was well worth the nominal fee you pay. This is the next best thing to finding criminal public records free. Try it out yourself.