Friday, 26 December 2014

Request For Government Public Records Online

By Claire Dowell


If you want to get your hands on Iowa Public Records, you can place a request at the state's Office of the Attorney General. Any member of the general public is given the right to access public records per the Freedom of Information Act. However, not all pieces of information found on the records are revealed to the public because some are considered confidential and the records' owners' right to privacy must be preserved. Only the records' owners, their legal representatives, and authorized individuals can access a full record.

To initiate a search, go to the Office of the Attorney General, secure the correct request form or download it from their official website and fill in all the necessary pieces of information. You will be required to present a government-issued ID so make sure you have that and do not forget to leave your contact information as well. There are certain fees for getting the records which are payable by a certified check or by money order. All fees are non-refundable regardless of whether the records are found or not. If you know the exact county and office that originally filed the records you want, you can place your request directly there.

The return period for obtaining public documents is around two to three weeks. If you want to shorten the length of the search process, you can do so by choosing a rush service but it comes with an extra fee. Double check the information that you are supplying because it is an important factor in the success or failure of the search. It will also be really helpful if you can provide the year because that will trim down the search category significantly.

Public files are often used for running background checks on other people. Employers refer to them so they can hire competitive and law-abiding employees. Landlords use them so they can carefully pick who they accept as tenants. Some, like those who are about to be married, refer to the files to get an idea what kind of people they are associated with.

Public files can also be acquired from online search tools. You can find them all over the Web, but, unfortunately, there are those who claim that they are the real deal when they are actually not. Bear in mind that not everything that are posted on the Web are true. Before you pick a search tool to conduct your search on, conduct a history check on them. You can get an idea on whether they are a reliable source or not by checking out user reviews.

There are two types of search tools you can find online where you can do a Records Search: those that require fees for their service and those that offer it for free. The former is capable of compiling an in-depth version of public files. And if you get lucky, it may sometimes include the confidential parts of the files. The latter can do enough research to get you the basic details of the files.




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