- 1). Gather information related to the person whose record your are searching, including name, age and a potential address at the time of the crime.
- 2). Go to the either the municipal or common pleas courthouse and ask for access to the criminal records terminal. The information that comes back will generally be a list of names similar to those you are looking for. Select the correct name and click the docket tab. All court entries should be listed here including: date of crime, criminal charge and possible resolution.
- 3). Go to the Internet site of the courthouse and enter the same information as you would if you were in person. The courthouse system may sometimes be updated more frequently than the Internet version.
- 4). Go to a federal courthouse and ask for access to their criminal records terminal. To read criminal federal criminal cases online, you need access to the Pacer federal court system. Anyone can sign up for a Pacer account but there is an eight cents a page charge for downloaded items. Federal criminal records are listed as citations. The case name is listed first, followed by a volume number. The reporting agency is next, then the case year. The federal system also has dockets, and all entries are in chronological order starting with the complaint and continuing through the judge's decision and any appeals.
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