| Public records consist of a wide variety of things, | | | | employee for any past criminal activity can be a |
| from criminal records to marriage and death | | | | little over the top, but do you really want a petty |
| certificates. Not all records are actually available to | | | | thief working in your grocery store, or a man |
| be browsed by just anybody. Certain types of | | | | convicted of fraud doing your accounts. You |
| files are restricted to either relatives or solicitors | | | | never know if people are telling the truth on an |
| of the person that the public record concerns. | | | | application form so it could be much better to |
| This is rather obviously to prevent fraud; it | | | | shell out a few dollars before hiring to avoid losing |
| wouldn't be wise to let anybody get a copy of | | | | thousands as a result. Generally the online services |
| somebody else's birth certificate for example. As | | | | can find information with just a name and address |
| well as this type of restriction some files contain | | | | to find all the information that you could possibly |
| "sensitive" information which can lead them to no | | | | want thanks to recent acts which makes these |
| longer be considered public domain despite usually | | | | records freely available through local departments |
| coming under the category of a freely available | | | | of health or police departments. There has been |
| public record. | | | | another reason which has cropped up more and |
| What use are these records to me? | | | | more recently and that is to check up on potential |
| Well if you're tracing your family history or doing | | | | partners, is the man you're seeing married? Well |
| a background check on a potential new employee | | | | public records could be the answer. There are |
| public records can be incredibly useful. And these | | | | literally a million and one positive uses for public |
| records have become easier and easier to obtain | | | | records and with them being particularly easy to |
| over the last few years with many websites | | | | get hold of now's your chance to do some |
| popping up which will do the grunt work for you. | | | | constructive snooping. |
| Ok, so you may think that checking a new | | | | |