Wednesday, March 11, 2015

By Claire Dowell


The State Of Texas Public Records are maintained by the state's Public Health office and other public offices within the state. The Freedom of Information Act paved the way to allow citizens to request for the records provided that the proper procedures are followed. Usually, the basic details of a certain record such as the name of a person, the type of record, and the place and date when it transpired are revealed to the requestor. Unless you have authorization from the court or the record's custodian, some pieces of information will not be revealed to just anybody due to privacy reasons.

Some of the documents that are deemed as public documents are birth, death, marriage, divorce, and criminal documents. Requesting procedures vary on which document you are trying to get your hands on. Because there is no central storage for public documents in Texas, you have to identify the exact public agency or county that possesses the documents you need. Once you have that identified, you can place your request there.

When making a request, secure first the appropriate request form and then complete it by supplying all the necessary details. It is very important that you can provide a full name when making a search. It is also very helpful if you can supply more details such as a specific year, an address, contact information and others because it can narrow down the files to search on. If there are lesser files to search on, there is a higher chance of locating the exact file that you requested for. Although the files are free, the process of locating them is not. Fees apply for every request with a no-refund policy. If you want to speed up the search process, opt for a priority handling for a certain fee.

Laws have been passed to protect owners of public documents from being taken advantage of. Individuals who use the documents to harass, embarrass, defame, blackmail and/or threaten other individuals will be penalized accordingly.

There are online service providers that specialize in maintaining and providing public records. There are a number of such you can find on the Internet; however, not all of them are reliable sources. It is quite tricky to determine which service provider to choose because all of them will almost always claim that they are the real deal. To have a better idea which one to choose, conduct a background check on each of the service providers that you are considering of using.

Websites that allow you to conduct a Public Records Search are categorized into two kinds: those that render fees and those that offer their services for free. Websites that render fees are often capable of coming up with an in-depth version of public files. Websites that offer their services for free will mostly just supply the basic pieces of information of a certain file.




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