Public Record Searches with Police-Like Precision

I assume that you are reading this because you seek information on performing free public record searches. Well, I hate to bust your bubble, but the truth is that totally free public records are not only outdated, but they are unreliable and oftentimes completely wrong. For instance, a good friend of mine was recently charged with burglary. Upon locating his online public court records, I discovered that the only charge he was supposedly facing was that of coercion and intimidation. After speaking with him in person at my local jail, I found out that the information I reviewed was not only wrong, but it was in fact from a charge he had faced two years ago. It was at this point that I realized that I could not put my trust into free public record searches anymore.

I needed a reliable service that could deliver entirely accurate and up-to-date information on my friends' and relatives' public records, including their criminal history and background information. It is not that I am nosy, but rather that I care about those who are close to me. And truthfully, not all my associates (family included) have their head screwed on right. Some of them are a little off the rocker, if you catch my drift. And I imagine that your family includes a few oddballs as well. So I needed a way to keep track of them without outright just asking, "What illegal activities have you been up too lately?" Free public records would not work, nor would asking because criminals don't like to tell the truth!

Now we come back to you. Why are you here? Obviously, you want access to free public records, such as criminal and arrest records, tax records, or perhaps even real estate records. Regardless of what sort of free public record you seek, it is fairly obvious to me that you have yet to locate it. And unless you are either awfully adept at locating hidden data, or have an incredible wave of luck influencing you, you are likely to turn up nothing. I myself spent countless hours trying to find legitimate free public records, but to no avail. At least not until I stumbled upon WebInvestigator.

WebInvestigator is a an online service that claims to provide detailed public and private records on over 225,000,000 US residents. Obviously, my first complaint is that WebInvestigator does not support worldwide public records. I suppose that this will prevent me from looking up Osama Bin Laden and earning my 50 million dollar reward. Nevertheless, WebInvestigator claims to allow instant public and private records & reports on anybody in the United States, including property records, address history, and family history. In addition, WebInvestigator offers instant searches of professional investigate record databases. Basically, WebInvestigator claims to give you access to the non public records utilized only by law enforcement agents and other individuals of authority.

Right off the bat, I was extremely doubtful. Especially considering that, Lo and Behold, access to WebInvestigator's public record database requires that I pay $79.95 per year. Nevertheless, I am a critic and so it is my duty to investigate the purported investigator. I went ahead and signed up for a discounted rate of only $3.33 per month, which I consider fairly negligible. And after two weeks of experimenting with WebInvestigator, I came up with the following results:

Searching Myself

I am actually rather freaked out by WebInvestigator's precise accuracy. They managed to pinpoint my own life, even the misdemeanors that I earned as an unorthodox college miscreant. Back then, vandalism and burglary were just a normal part of life. Anyhow, their public records also included my last five previous addresses, the address at which I currently rent, and links to all my US-based relatives. Honestly, it disturbs me that so much information about myself can be retrieved at such a cheap rate ($3.33). Thankfully, I am ugly enough that I need not worry about a savvy stalker utilizing WebInvestigator's public records to hunt me down.

Searching My Friend

I was impressed by WebInvestigator's access to my friend's criminal history. It detailed all his previous charges, the time and location of his former incarcerations, and a listing of his current State charges. After wasting countless hours browsing online free public records, it was nice to finally find the correct information with only a few strokes of my keyboard and mouse. I guess you get what you pay for in life, right?

Searching Old Highschool Classmates

This part of my review was a boatload of fun to me. A careful search for former class-members revealed a few of them in lockup, several of them divorced, and surprisingly enough, one of my former classmates is now a famous NFL player! That came as a complete shock to me. I guess the Jocks do end up with all the money, girls, and fame!

Overall

All in all, WebInvestigator's public search records impress me. Although they are not entirely free, I find $3.33 a month to be more than fair. Not only is it affordable to the everyday Joe like myself, but it is practically free when compared to the budget of a small company requiring detailed background information on somebody. In fact, I already managed to get my friend hooked on WebInvestigator. He works for the H.R. of a local company, and now subscribes entirely to the WebInvestigator system. According to him, WebInvestigator has helped him avoid making three bad hires. Not bad for just $3.33 a month!

Scores

Easy of Use: 8/10
Types of Records: 10/10 (property, taxes, criminal)
Detail Level of Records: 10/10 (incarceration dates, owed debts, property addresses)
Overall: 9/10