There are many excellent publications available in the reference section of your public library on how to access civil and criminal records on a county and state level. The easiest way to determine if an individual has a criminal record in a particular county is to go directly to the courthouse and check the records for yourself.
Most counties have a lower and an upper court.
This author can guarantee that you will look up dozens of names of individuals and businesses while you are there. At the courthouse, you may find records of Driving Under the Influence, and chronic traffic violations in the traffic court indexes. In some cases, felony charges may have been reduced to misdemeanors. Ltd. All rights reserved.