Indiana Criminal Records Database

By Claire Dowell


The State of Indiana is located in Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. The recent population count of this state is almost 6.5 million according to the United States Census Bureau. Indiana State is divided into ninety two counties which are managed by the board of county commissioners. Each county has their own circuit court with an elected judge given with a six year term. In heavily populated counties where caseload is larger in number, they are given separate courts to prioritize counties cases and Indiana Criminal Records. County officials in the State include an auditor, recorder, treasurer, sheriff, clerk of the circuit court that are elected have only four-year terms in service. These county officials are created by local ordinance to handle minor offenses and not considered courts of record.

Criminal record contains a record of a criminal history of an individual. It is generally used in applying for a job, getting a license, getting a certificate, foreign adoptions, visa or immigration and by agencies seeking authorization for background checks for would-be employees. The said document holds important information such as the name, address, age and other essential background details of a person. Having these details will be a great help, however, requests for such are only available for legitimate law enforcement purposes and to authorized applicant agencies.

Each state jurisdiction has its own definitions of expungement proceedings. Expungement is the process to remove from general view of the records pertaining to a case. This gives criminals a prior criminal conviction seeks that the records of that earlier process be sealed, thereby making the records unavailable through the state or Federal repositories. However, criminal records may not vanish completely and still be available to law enforcement, to sentencing judges and to corrections facilities to which the individual may be sentenced on subsequent convictions.

This paragraph contains the Statute of Indiana State that deals with expunging, sealing or concealing criminal records. IC 35-38-5-1 covers the expungement of criminal records where there was no conviction. Under these were petition, grounds, verification, filing, contents, service, notice of opposition and hearing. IC 3-38-5-5 covers the limitation access of criminal information following a conviction of person discharged from probation, imprisonment or parole. IC 10-13-6-18 covers expungement of DNA evidence.

The Indiana State Police Department monitors and updates online database containing criminal records. It allows searchers to view such information anytime and anywhere. A special account can be made for employers and part of the law enforcement agencies that require many searchers. The cost for each search is $15. For non-subscriber, search will cost $16.32 and will be paid via credit card. Mail requests cost $7 via money order or certified check.

The online records service is a modern approach to obtain information on criminal records today. Technically, these Public Criminal Records are made available for the use of the residents and the public. Indiana State currently has two venues to locate these criminal records. The Indiana State Archives has an online database that stores every recorded file since the 1790s. In order to gain access to Indiana criminal records online, the Indiana Department of Corrections offers an online access for searchers can easily retrieve the above mentioned details by entering the individual name and offender number in the search box.




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