Finding Kansas Criminal Records

If you need to check out a new employee or tenant, you need to do a Kansas criminal records search.

Avoid falling into these four common traps:

Relying on the wrong team

If you browse online, you’ll encounter countless companies claiming they can conduct a Kansas criminal court record search for you. However, if you simply click on the first flashy website you find, you risk receiving results that are inaccurate, outdated, or completely incorrect.

To ensure a successful Kansas criminal records search, it’s best to hire a licensed private investigator. They have access to superior information, the skills to sift through it efficiently, and are more than willing to address any questions you may have throughout the process.

Take a closer look, and you’ll notice that many of those criminal search websites lack any contact information. That’s a significant warning sign! If you can’t reach out to the individuals conducting your Kansas criminal search, can you truly trust the information they provide?

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Believing instant results are the best option

It sounds appealing—just enter a person’s name and birth date, and voilà, a wealth of information appears in an instant. However, a deeper examination reveals that these quick results may not be as reliable as they seem.

Instant results typically come from data aggregator websites rather than licensed private investigators. These sites compile a large amount of information on their servers, and when you search, it’s simply pulled from there. Unfortunately, this means no one is verifying the accuracy of the results, and your search is confined to whatever data is currently stored on the site. If any new or updated information has emerged since the data was uploaded, it won’t be included in your search!

In contrast, a dedicated investigator will take the time to conduct your search manually. They will thoroughly check all their resources to ensure accuracy.

And, luckily, a good private investigator can work quickly. In fact, here at Docusearch, we can perform your Kansas criminal records search by hand and get the results to you within one business day.

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Not asking where the information actually comes from

The information you get from those data aggregators is nowhere near as comprehensive as what a licensed private investigator can get you. That’s because licensed investigators have access to resources that are normally just reserved for law enforcement. No one will be able to get as much information — or get more recent information — than a licensed private investigator can get. In fact, a good Kansas criminal search will include:

– Records from the Kansas Department of Corrections, including felons who have been sentenced to time behind bars, as well as felons who are on probation and/or parole. These records contain specific details like what exactly the person was charged with, the official case number, where the crime was committed, and the final court disposition.

– Records from the state’s Sex, Drug, and Violent Offender Registry, including all of the details that the Kansas Bureau of Investigations has about a particular offender.

– Monthly updates for more than 500,000 offenders in Johnson and Shawnee Counties, including charge dates, plea dates, and specific details about sentencing.

– Records containing specific details about certain traffic offenses.

What about the information that those data aggregators have?

They have to settle for buying up whatever public records they can get their hands on. Unfortunately, in most cases, these records are at least several years out of date.

Going along with sales pitches even though they seem too good to be true

Those data aggregators can put together an awesome sales pitch. In addition to bragging about instant results, they’ll also tell you that you can get Kansas criminal records searches for very cheap rates — or even free!

But what they don’t tell you is that it’s only cheap or free to run a search on their website. If you actually want to see the results that your search turned up, you’ll have to pay. In many cases, you’re forced into an expensive subscription just to see your search results!

A reputable private investigator won’t work this way. Instead, you’ll be told upfront about a one-time fee. After that, you’ll never be asked to crack open your wallet again.

Turn your Kansas criminal search over to the team of licensed experts at Docusearch!