Searching South Dakota Criminal Records

If you need to dig around in someone’s criminal history, you probably want to get it over with as fast as you can. After all, you can’t make an educated decision about that potential new employee or that prospective new tenant until you get all of the necessary information.

But if you rush your search — and don’t take the time to follow this advice — your South Dakota criminal records search won’t give you the legitimate results that you so desperately need.

The biggest piece of advice you need to follow? Hire a licensed private investigator. The internet is full of websites that claim they can do a fantastic South Dakota criminal court records search for you, but unfortunately, the vast majority of them simply aren’t up to the task.

Why not?

Licensed private investigators have access to information that’s normally just reserve for law enforcement. Not only that, they also have access to all of the latest updates that law enforcement officers can see. That means they can dig into databases and pull up results that you’d never be able to get from someone without a license.

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Most of those websites “conveniently” don’t mention it, but they’re not run by licensed private investigators. In fact, most of them don’t even have anyone with an investigative background running things! Because of their lack of credentials and their lack of expertise, they’ll never be able to give you the legitimate, detailed information that you need.

What will they give you instead?

Since they can’t access the official stuff, these websites go around buying up old public records. Unfortunately, these records are typically several years out of date. Then, they upload all of these old records to their server so that their website can spit out information instantly. At first glance, promises of instant results sound perfect, but when you know what’s really going on behind the scenes, you know that these search results are anything but perfect!

OK, so what kind of information can a licensed private investigator get for you?

The good ones will work by hand, and they’ll dig through:

– Records from the South Dakota Sex Offender Registry. In addition to personal identifying information about each offender, this Registry also provides a description of the crimes each offender committed. And, since the Registry is updated bi-weekly, it’s crucial to have access to the latest updates. Otherwise, your person in question could come up clean simply because his crimes haven’t made it to the server yet!

– Indexes of previous South Dakota criminal records searches, including those done via county, state, or federal request.

– Records related to certain traffic offenses.

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But how long does it take to comb through everything?

Less time than you might think! The true experts know how to search efficiently, without compromising quality. You may not be able to get instant search results, but you’ll get the answers you need very quickly. (For example, here at Docusearch, our licensed private investigators can run your South Dakota criminal records search and get the results to you within one business day.)

Even better, when you work with a reputable investigator, you’ll be able to ask all the questions you need.

Whether it’s right at the beginning of your search or after you’ve taken a look at the results, a good investigator will be more than happy to answer your questions — either over the phone or via email. Unfortunately, those other websites typically don’t post any kind of contact information, so if you have a question, it’s going to go unanswered.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, those instant websites tend to charge a variety of hidden fees. Sure, they’ll reel you in with big, bold promises of free or unlimited searches. However, what the fancy sales copy fails to mention is that it’s only free to type someone’s name into the search box. If you actually want to see the results, you have to pay up. In some cases, you’re even forced into signing up for an expensive subscription plan to see your results!

A good investigator won’t work this way. Instead of getting hit with hidden fees and other tricky charges, you’ll pay a one-time fee for each South Dakota criminal search. You’ll be able to look at the results all you want, or ask as many questions as you want, without handing over your credit card again.

Ready to see the difference a good investigator can make? Turn your South Dakota Criminal Records Search over to the team of licensed private investigators at Docusearch!