In addition to potentially severe legal penalties, a convicted DUI offender may also have to deal with various collateral consequences. These possible consequences include difficulty finding a job, housing, or attending the school of your choice.
Many employers, landlords and educational institutions check applicants’ criminal records. Finding an arrest or conviction for DUI on an applicant’s record can affect their decision-making. An experienced criminal defense attorney in your area can defend you in all criminal court hearings and work to minimize the side effects of your arrest or conviction for DUI.
How can people access your arrest records?
Arrest records are public records in the State of California. This means that under California law, people arrested for a crime have the right to search for or access them. This right is granted by:
- the Public Records Act and
- the California Constitution.
How do you get an arrest report in Oakland?
While crime reports, arrest records, and incident records are available for public inspection, they cannot be accessed online. Therefore, if you would like access to a specific person’s arrest records, you must make your request in person, by post or email.
Use the form at http://www2.oaklandnet.com/government/o/OPD/s/document/DOWD002885 to apply. Complete and mail to Oakland Police Department Records Division, OPD Records Section, 455 7th Street, Room 306 Oakland, CA 94607.
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What are California Public Records?
Information and documents that are not confidential and are available to anyone who chooses to know them are California public records. Public records accumulate throughout your life, even if you don’t know it. Your birth, marriage, death and other important events are documented with a paper file. That doesn’t mean everything is public. Certain information or recordings are considered private or confidential under federal and/or state law and are not available to the public.
A background check for a single state is limited to that state only. It only finds the information provided there, but is not effective if the person has lived in other states. A single state background check is easier to conduct because there are fewer databases and records to research. A statewide background check analyzes the databases of different states to provide a much broader and deeper background check.