The best place to start your free criminal records search is debatable, but I prefer the Gov. Records site.. It's not free, but it will saving you dozens of hours trying to figure this stuff out (they are also not affiliated with the government.). I've been doing this for many years and its all come down to that one site. I probably get up to 10 free criminal records from them per week. I've been a personal private investigator for a number of years. After going into the PI business for my self I've been able to test out many of the services that claim free criminal records.

To be blunt, there is no such thing as free. That's an old saying that is still proving its wisdom to this day. This is the first thing you need to know and understand. I've been writing a lot of content regarding these searches lately. People always seem to email me with information regarding this, so I figured I'd make a hub and get this out there once and for all. The only kind of free criminal record searches you can do are on social networks (and thats a good place to start).

So the second thing I want you to leverage is; social networks. If you are conducting a criminal record search for a future employee, the social network he is apart of can tell you multitudes. The best thing is..it costs a big fat ZERO!

In most of the cases I work with you can get a feel for the person (and whether he may have a criminal history) by reading the things he posts on sites like myspace and facebook. Like attracts like. If he talks about drugs and binge drinking constantly, its a good indicator of some form of criminal history. Of course not everyone with a profile like that has a history, but like I said its a good indicator. More often or not they will have a record. What should we call this...social network profiling? lol.

Check the profiles of the people he's friends with as well.

In all honesty I start digging for information on myspace or facebook first. Once I have a good amount of information I move on to a paid service. Its great because some people post their birthdays, addresses, phone numbers, previous cities, etc. Seriously, don't underestimate the power of this.

I'm going to end this article here. If you need to do a free criminal records search than you will most definately pay for it (usually uner $30). If you don't have the money for this than start with social netoworks. Make a fake profile and iniate conversation if you have to. This may seem shady, but remember this information is coming from someone who relys on "being shady" for a living. I don't know any other private investigators who actually tell the person what they're doing. haha.

Good luck on your search for free criminal records. If you found this hub useful in some way than please rate. I'm kind of new at this.