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Free Public Records Search – Is it Really Free?
Public records have been made available to the public so that anyone can conduct a free public records search. But come to think of it, is it really free or there is a hidden agenda behind does tempting advertisements? On the side of the public it can be free if someone knows how to properly use the search engines available in the Internet. But on the part of the government putting up a database to be available in the Internet is expensive. Databases needed to be maintained such as updating it for a certain period of time, the administrator must make sure that data will not overflow and the like.

Free public records search can only be attained when the person only wants basic information. For instance, he only wants to find out the address of an individual. What he has to do is enter the name of the person in the search box provided by the search engine of his choice. One good site where address lookup can be performed is through Yahoo! people search. Anyone can choose from the different options they have to offer such as locating an individual’s whereabouts or contact information. Free public records search through search engines are definitely free of charge.

But if you want to do an in-depth search, then your best bet is to acquire services from paid websites. So most likely money will still be a part of any kind of public records search. When you are not able to find the information you need through free public records search paid websites can allow you access to numerous databases that they maintain. That is why charges apply because they need to constantly maintain there databases. Still it is not guaranteed that all information can be provided through paid websites. You will still end up browsing several websites hoping that you retrieve the information you want.

Free public records search exists when the person knows how to do it. But for others who have no time to do the free public records search on their own, they hire private investigators. For sure this is not free because private investigators need to use numerous resources to gather information and they need to go to different places and this must be funded. So in short, free public records search is not really free. People must know the information they want to retrieve and how to get it so they will not be wasting time and their effort.


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date posted: 2008-11-10 20:40:23