There are thousands of individuals that are interested in finding an absolutely free criminal background check, but may believe that a background check that is completely free is a myth. Many websites will advertise a free criminal background check but will add conditions such as paying for a membership to their website to be able to view the information or provide only the most basic information about the subject being searched to entice you to purchase an upgraded background check report.

So the question remains "does an absolutely free personal criminal background check really exist?" The answer is yes, for individuals that are willing to do the work to find the correct information.

Many websites that provide criminal background checks pull their information from the free public records available in every state in the nation. Each of these websites uses a computer program that searches through the public records of each state and returns any results that match the information used for the search. If a person would like to have an absolutely free personal criminal background check, all they would have to do is go to the websites that offer state public records (generally the Clerk of Courts or Municipal Court website) and type in the search information themselves.