The Ins and Outs of a Perfect Rhode Island Criminal Records Search

Digging into someone’s criminal history is not something to take lightly. After all, you’re using this information to make a decision that’s going to impact both of you. That’s why you can’t afford to let your Rhode Island criminal records search be anything less than perfect.

Not sure how to go about doing it?

First and foremost, you have to understand how criminal records searches work. The state of Rhode Island has a ton of databases about crimes that have committed, sentences that have been served, and the court records that document it all, but much of that information isn’t available to the general public. But without this specific information, you don’t have the real story.

So, how do you gain access to this information?

By hiring a licensed private investigator.

Having a license means that your investigator will have access to all of the most recent information. In fact, licensed private investigators are privy to information that’s normally reserved just for law enforcement. By turning your Rhode Island criminal records search over to a licensed investigator, you’ll be able to rest easy knowing that he’ll do the most thorough search possible so that you can make an informed decision about the person in question.

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What exactly will he look at?

– Records from Rhode Island’s Administrative Office of Courts, which contain all of the case specifics from all of the state’s Superior and District Courts. Among other details, your investigator will be able to see what the person in question was charged with, any aliases he’s known to use, and what his sentence was.

– Records from the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, including specifics about the person in question’s sentence, his security level while serving time, and his last known residence.

– Information from the Rhode Island Sex Offender Registry, which details the crime committed, along with providing a photograph for each offender.

– Indexes of prior criminal records searches done in Rhode Island, including those done as part of a county, state, or federal request.

– Records related to certain traffic offenses.

Best of all, a good licensed investigator will go through all of these resources by hand. Not only will that give you more thorough results, but it also means that your investigator will be able to double-check everything so that you don’t wind up with a false positive.

Luckily, it doesn’t take as long for a good investigator to do this work as you might think. Thanks to his expertise, a good investigator will know exactly how to streamline his search so that you get all the information you need, without being forced to sit around and wait. (In fact, here at Docusearch, our licensed investigators can perform your Rhode Island criminal records search and get the results to you within one business day.)

These resources — and the commitment to doing everything by hand — is a far cry from what you’ll get from most websites that offer to do a Rhode Island criminal court records search.

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Because the vast majority of those websites aren’t run by licensed private investigators, they won’t have access to all of this information. The only thing they do have access to is old public records that they’ve purchased. Then, they’ll upload these old records onto their server so that their website can spit out information with just the click of a mouse.

Now that you’ve seen all of the resources that go into doing a proper Rhode Island criminal records search, it’s easy to see how these automated, instant results won’t do you any good!

Making things even worse, many of these websites hide behind bogus promises of free searches. Sure, you can type someone’s name into the search box for free, but if you actually want to see the search results, you’ll have to pay for them. (In some cases, a website will force you to sign up for an expensive subscription plan just to see your search results!)

Sounds like an expensive hassle, right? Luckily, it’s a problem you’ll never have if you work with licensed private investigators.

The good ones will make their prices very clear. You’ll pay a one-time fee, and you’ll get to see your results and ask questions all without spending any more money. In the end, you might actually spend less hiring a licensed investigator than you would dealing with one of those other websites!

You need the very best team to handle your Rhode Island criminal records search. You’ll get it by working with the team of licensed private investigators at Docusearch!