Information Public Arrest Records Search
United States · Jail bookings, police reports, court cases, state repositories and federal records
Find Public Arrest Information Without Mistaking an Arrest for a Conviction
There is no single government website containing every U.S. arrest. A reliable search moves through separate record layers: the local jail, arresting police agency, criminal court, state repository and—only when relevant—federal systems.
This guide shows what each source can prove, how to search it, what to do when a record is missing, how to verify identity and disposition, and where federal PACER, BOP and FBI records fit into the process.
PUBLIC RECORD ROUTER
VERIFY EACH LAYER
LOCAL JAIL
booking + custody
POLICE
incident report
FEDERAL
PACER · BOP · FBI
COURT
filed charge + result
STATE
criminal history
BOOKING
REPORT
CHARGE
DISPOSITION
VERIFY
Public arrest information is not conviction information. An arrest records an accusation or custody event. Charges can be rejected, amended, reduced or dismissed. Always continue to the criminal court disposition before describing someone as convicted.
No single U.S. database
Local, state and federal records are maintained separately.
Recent arrest
Start with the county or city jail.
Case outcome
Use the criminal court disposition.
Federal case
PACER is the federal court system.
FBI own record
$18 fingerprint-based Identity History Summary.
Choose the public record that answers your actual question
LOCAL JAIL
Was the person booked?
Use the sheriff, jail, corrections or detention roster for recent custody, booking date, charges and release information.
POLICE / SHERIFF
What did officers report?
Request the incident, arrest or probable-cause report from the agency that created it.
COURT
What was actually filed?
Search the criminal court to find prosecutor-filed charges, hearings and final disposition.
STATE REPOSITORY
Need statewide history?
Use the State Identification Bureau, state police, DOJ or criminal-information agency for that state.
FEDERAL
Was it a federal case?
Use PACER for court cases, BOP for federal prison custody and the FBI process for your own fingerprint-supported history.
Fastest reliable chain: Jail booking → arresting agency → criminal court → final disposition. Only add state or federal criminal-history systems when the search actually requires them.
Search a recent public arrest in the correct county first
Identify where physical booking occurred
Use the county or independent city where the person entered jail—not simply where the person lives.
Open the official local-government website
Look for the county sheriff, corrections department, police detention center or jail.
Find the correct local government
Look for the live custody tool
Common official labels include Inmate Search, Jail Roster, Booking Search, Arrest Search, Recent Bookings and Who’s in Jail.
Search the legal name
Use first, middle and last names when possible. Test maiden names, suffixes and aliases if necessary.
Open every plausible result
Common names can generate several unrelated people.
Save the booking identifier
Copy the inmate ID, booking number, arrest number or jail ID.
Save the arresting agency
This tells you where the police report probably lives.
Record every charge and case number
A single arrest can involve several separate criminal counts or warrants.
Continue to the criminal court
Do not treat the jail allegation as the final criminal outcome.
Do not search only the county where the alleged offense happened. A person can be arrested in one jurisdiction, booked in another facility and prosecuted in a different court.
What a public jail record actually tells you
| Booking field | What it means | What it does not prove | Best next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booking / inmate ID | Identifier for the person or custody episode. | Conviction. | Use it when calling the jail or requesting records. |
| Arrest date | Date law enforcement recorded the arrest. | Exact offense date. | Compare the incident report. |
| Booking date | Date jail intake occurred. | Date charges were filed in court. | Compare court filing date. |
| Arresting agency | Police or sheriff agency associated with the arrest. | The jail owns that agency’s report. | Request the report from that agency. |
| Charge | Allegation used during booking. | Prosecutor filed or proved the same offense. | Search criminal court. |
| Bond / bail | Release information when the jurisdiction uses a monetary amount. | Payment clears every hold or condition. | Verify the current court order. |
| Hold | Another court or agency can affect release. | The local jail can resolve it. | Identify the outside authority. |
| Release date | The jail custody episode ended. | The charge was dismissed. | Find the court disposition. |
Do not attach an arrest to the wrong person
Full legal name matches
Middle name or suffix matches
Date of birth matches when public
Age matches
Booking ID matches another source
Arresting agency fits the incident
Arrest date matches the known event
Court case follows the same arrest
Address or city is consistent when public
Final disposition belongs to the same defendant
Name-only matching is risky. Use at least two independent identifiers before publishing an arrest allegation, contacting an employer, making a housing decision, sending inmate money or drawing another high-consequence conclusion.
Why a real arrest may not appear in a public jail search
Booking is still in progress
Fingerprinting, medical intake and data entry may not be complete.
The person was cited and released
A criminal case can exist without a jail booking.
The person was released quickly
Current-roster tools often remove released people.
The wrong county was searched
Search where physical detention occurred.
The person is listed under another name
Try aliases, maiden names, suffixes and alternate spellings.
The arrest is historical
Many live jail systems are not long-term archives.
The person transferred
Search state corrections or federal BOP when appropriate.
The record is restricted
Juvenile, sealed, expunged and other protected records may not appear publicly.
The arrest occurred under a warrant from another jurisdiction
Search the issuing court as well as the booking county.
The website is delayed or incomplete
Verify by calling the official jail and checking the court system.
Request the arrest report from the agency that created it
The jail is not automatically the report custodian. A county jail can house someone arrested by city police, state police, highway patrol, campus police, transit police, tribal police or a federal agency.
Read the arresting-agency field
Copy the agency name from the booking record.
Go to that agency’s official website
Find Records, Public Records, Open Records, FOIA, Sunshine Request or Records Request.
Request the exact document
Examples: arrest report, incident/offense report, probable-cause affidavit, citation or identified supplement.
Provide precise identifiers
Include legal name, date, location, report number, booking ID and court case number.
Ask for electronic delivery
This can reduce reproduction expense and makes the file easier to store.
Set a cost ceiling
Ask the agency to obtain approval before fees exceed a stated amount.
Expect lawful redactions
Active investigations, victims, witnesses, juveniles, medical information and confidential law-enforcement material may be protected.
Copy-ready local arrest-report request
I request an electronic copy of the releasable arrest report, incident/offense report, probable-cause documentation and identified supplements concerning [full legal name] for the incident on or about [date] at [location]. Known identifiers include agency report number [number], booking/inmate number [number] and court case number [number]. Please provide a cost estimate before processing if charges will exceed $[amount] and identify the legal basis for information withheld or redacted.
Use the criminal court to determine what happened after the arrest
Save every case number shown in the booking
One arrest can generate several criminal cases.
Identify the state and county of prosecution
Use the court named in booking paperwork or the jurisdiction of the alleged offense.
Open the official state or local court portal
Find federal, state, county and municipal courts
Search the case number first
This is usually more reliable than a name search.
If necessary, search the legal name
Add birth date, filing year or county filters when the portal permits.
Compare booking charges with prosecutor-filed charges
They can be materially different.
Read docket entries chronologically
Look for amended charges, bond orders, warrants, pleas, dismissals and sentencing.
Find the final disposition of every count
Do not summarize a multi-count case with only the first charge.
Order a certified record when formal proof is required
A public case index is useful for research; a certified judgment or dismissal is stronger proof.
Translate the court result correctly
| Disposition | What it generally means | Do not say |
|---|---|---|
| No charges filed | The arrest did not produce a filed criminal prosecution at that time. | The person was convicted. |
| Dismissed | The identified charge or case was dismissed. | A dismissed count is a conviction. |
| Nolle prosequi / declined | The prosecutor did not proceed with the charge, subject to jurisdiction-specific rules. | The booking accusation became a conviction. |
| Acquitted / not guilty | The defendant was not found guilty of that count. | The arrest proves the offense. |
| Guilty plea | The defendant pleaded guilty to the identified count. | Every original booking charge was proven. |
| Convicted after trial | The court or jury found guilt on the identified count. | Other dismissed counts were convictions. |
| Deferred / diversion | A special procedure may delay or avoid ordinary conviction depending on state law and successful completion. | It always has the same legal effect as conviction or dismissal nationwide. |
| Sealed / expunged | Access or legal treatment has changed under a court order or statute. | The old public copy remains the current legal status. |
Find the correct state, county or municipal court
USAGov’s current court directory explains that state and territory court systems include criminal and other courts, while county and municipal courts can handle local-law violations and lower-level offenses.
Start with the state judiciary
State court websites typically route users to trial courts, county courts and online case searches.
Check whether lower-level cases use municipal or county court
Misdemeanors and ordinance violations may not appear in the state’s higher trial court.
Use county filters
A statewide court search can return unrelated same-name defendants.
Search both felony and misdemeanor court systems when necessary
Some states divide jurisdiction between separate courts or clerks.
Use the clerk for certified documents
Online docket information and certified court copies serve different purposes.
Use the State Identification Bureau only when a statewide search is needed
State criminal-history access rules differ sharply. Some states offer public name searches; others restrict complete histories to the subject, authorized employers, law enforcement or fingerprint-based requests.
Identify the state where the arrest occurred
Criminal-history repositories are state-specific.
Open the FBI State Identification Bureau directory
This identifies the official state agency responsible for criminal-history records.
Open FBI State Identification Bureau listing
Follow that state’s access rule
Determine whether the state permits public name searches, fingerprint-based personal review or only authorized checks.
Use the legal name and date of birth carefully
Name-based searches can produce false matches.
Compare any state entry with the actual court disposition
Missing or outdated dispositions should be corrected at the source and repository level.
The FBI states that most states require changes to criminal-history information to be processed through the appropriate State Identification Bureau before the FBI record is updated.
Official criminal-history agency by state
| State | Official criminal-history / identification agency | Local arrest search still starts with |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Alabama Bureau of Investigation / Department of Public Safety | County sheriff or jail + court |
| Alaska | Criminal Records and Identification Bureau, Department of Public Safety | Local jail + Alaska Court System |
| Arizona | Arizona Department of Public Safety | County sheriff + Superior/Justice Court |
| Arkansas | Arkansas State Police, State Identification Bureau | County detention + district/circuit court |
| California | California Department of Justice, Bureau of Criminal Information and Analysis | County jail + Superior Court |
| Colorado | Colorado Bureau of Investigation | County sheriff + Colorado Judicial |
| Connecticut | Connecticut State Police / Criminal Justice Information Systems | Police/corrections + Connecticut Judicial |
| Delaware | Delaware State Bureau of Identification | Corrections + Delaware Courts |
| Florida | Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice Information Services | County sheriff + Clerk of Court |
| Georgia | Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Crime Information Center | County sheriff + state/county court |
| Hawaii | Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center, Department of the Attorney General | Police/corrections + Hawaii Judiciary |
| Idaho | Idaho State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification | County sheriff + Idaho Courts |
| Illinois | Illinois State Police, Bureau of Identification | County sheriff + Circuit Court |
| Indiana | Indiana State Police, Records Division | County sheriff + MyCase |
| Iowa | Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigation | County jail + Iowa Courts |
| Kansas | Kansas Bureau of Investigation | County sheriff + district court |
| Kentucky | Kentucky State Police, Criminal Identification and Records Branch | County detention + Kentucky Court of Justice |
| Louisiana | Louisiana State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification and Information | Parish sheriff + district court |
| Maine | Maine State Bureau of Identification | County jail + Maine Judicial Branch |
| Maryland | Maryland DPSCS Criminal Justice Information Systems Central Repository | Detention center + Maryland Judiciary |
| Massachusetts | Massachusetts State Police, State Identification Section | Sheriff/corrections + Massachusetts Courts |
| Michigan | Michigan State Police | County sheriff + Michigan Courts |
| Minnesota | Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension / MNJIS | County jail + Minnesota Judicial |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Criminal Information Center, Department of Public Safety | County sheriff + court clerk |
| Missouri | Missouri State Highway Patrol, Criminal Justice Information Services | County jail + Missouri Case.net |
| Montana | Montana Department of Justice, Division of Criminal Investigation | County detention + Montana Courts |
| Nebraska | Nebraska State Patrol, Criminal Identification Division | County corrections + Nebraska Judicial |
| Nevada | Nevada Department of Public Safety, Records/Communications/Compliance Division | County detention + Nevada courts |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire State Police, Criminal Records Unit | County corrections + New Hampshire Judicial |
| New Jersey | New Jersey State Police, State Bureau of Identification | County jail + New Jersey Courts |
| New Mexico | New Mexico Department of Public Safety, Law Enforcement Records Bureau | County detention + New Mexico Courts |
| New York | New York Division of Criminal Justice Services | County jail + New York Courts |
| North Carolina | North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation | County sheriff + North Carolina Judicial |
| North Dakota | North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation | County jail + North Dakota Courts |
| Ohio | Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation | County sheriff + municipal/common pleas court |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation | County sheriff + Oklahoma courts |
| Oregon | Oregon State Police, CJIS Division | County sheriff + Oregon Judicial |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania State Police, Bureau of Records and Identification | County prison + Pennsylvania Judiciary |
| Rhode Island | Rhode Island Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Identification | Corrections + Rhode Island Judiciary |
| South Carolina | South Carolina Law Enforcement Division | County detention + South Carolina Courts |
| South Dakota | South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation | County jail + South Dakota Unified Judicial |
| Tennessee | Tennessee Bureau of Investigation | County sheriff + Tennessee courts |
| Texas | Texas Department of Public Safety, Crime Records Service | County sheriff + county/district clerk |
| Utah | Utah Bureau of Criminal Identification | County jail + Utah Courts |
| Vermont | Vermont Criminal Information Center | Corrections + Vermont Judiciary |
| Virginia | Virginia State Police, Criminal Justice Information Services | Regional/county jail + Virginia Courts |
| Washington | Washington State Patrol, Criminal Records Division | County jail + Washington Courts |
| West Virginia | West Virginia State Police | Regional jail + West Virginia Judiciary |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin Department of Justice, Crime Information Bureau | County sheriff + Wisconsin Circuit Court |
| Wyoming | Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation | County detention + Wyoming Judicial |
| District of Columbia | Metropolitan Police Department, Fingerprint Analysis Branch | DC corrections + DC Courts |
There is no complete public nationwide warrant search
Warrant access varies by state and court. Some sheriffs and state agencies publish warrant tools; other jurisdictions restrict active-warrant information, and some warrants can be sealed.
Start with the court connected to the criminal case
Look for docket entries showing warrant issuance, service or recall.
Check the county sheriff
Many sheriff offices publish active or outstanding warrant searches.
Check the state public-safety agency
Some states operate statewide warrant tools.
Read the newest record
A warrant that appeared last month may have been served yesterday.
Verify before taking action
Use the issuing court or law-enforcement agency.
Never attempt to arrest, detain or confront someone because of a public warrant result.
Do not assume every public arrest includes a public mugshot
Some jails display them
A booking image may appear directly in the public inmate profile.
Some require a records request
The booking photograph may be requested from the jail or arresting agency.
Some states restrict them
State law or agency policy can limit public release or commercial republication.
A mugshot proves only that an image was associated with a booking record. It does not establish guilt, conviction or the final charge.
Use PACER for federal criminal cases—not local arrests
PACER provides electronic public access to federal appellate, district and bankruptcy court records and includes a nationwide Case Locator.
Confirm the case is federal
Federal court records are separate from county and state criminal cases.
Register for a PACER account
Registration itself is free.
Open PACER
Use PACER Case Locator when the district is unknown
Search the nationwide index to identify the federal court and case number.
Once the court is known, search that court directly
Court-specific PACER provides the most current docket information.
Read the docket before buying documents
Identify the complaint, indictment, judgment or order actually needed.
Limit date ranges when possible
PACER charges for search-result pages as well as viewed documents.
Use the courthouse terminal when free viewing matters
Federal courthouse public-access terminals can be used to view federal case information without PACER online-access fees.
Current PACER pricing in August 2026
| Service | Current charge | Important detail |
|---|---|---|
| Online access | $0.10/page | Applies to search results and viewed case information. |
| Most individual documents | Maximum $3/document | Equivalent to 30 billable pages. |
| Quarterly usage | $30 or less waived | If charges do not exceed $30 in the quarter, the account is not billed. |
| No-match name search | Can still generate a charge | PACER search-result pages are billable even when no case matches. |
| Court opinions | Free | PACER does not charge for judicial opinions. |
| Courthouse terminal viewing | Free to view | Printing can carry a per-page charge. |
Scheduled January 1, 2027 change: the federal judiciary has approved a temporary increase from $0.10 to $0.12 per page. The automatic quarterly waiver threshold is scheduled to rise from $30 to $40 at the same time.
Use the Bureau of Prisons locator for federal inmates
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator covers federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to the present.
Open the BOP inmate locator
Search federal inmates
Search by federal identification number when possible
BOP supports BOP Register, DCDC, FBI and INS-number searches.
Otherwise search name
Add age, race or sex filters when needed to distinguish results.
Read the custody location and projected release information
Treat release dates as informational.
Search PACER for the actual federal conviction
BOP custody is not the court judgment.
BOP currently warns that some release dates may change as sentences are recalculated under First Step Act Federal Time Credit rules.
If BOP says “Released” or “Not in BOP Custody,” that does not necessarily mean the person is free from all criminal-justice supervision. The person may be in another correctional system or on supervised release.
Use an FBI Identity History Summary for fingerprint-based personal review
This is not a public name lookup for another person. The FBI Identity History Summary process verifies identity through fingerprints and provides the subject with their own FBI-maintained record.
Open the FBI Identity History Summary process
Request your FBI Identity History Summary
Choose electronic or mail submission
Follow the current FBI application instructions.
Submit current fingerprints
FBI requires fingerprint identification rather than a name-only check.
Pay the current $18 FBI fee
The fee is the same for an electronic or mail request.
Review arrests and dispositions carefully
Compare any disputed entry to the official local or state court record.
Use the challenge process when information is wrong
FBI does not charge a challenge fee.
$18
Current FBI Identity History Summary fee.
$0
FBI fee for challenging an Identity History Summary.
About 45 days
FBI’s currently stated average response time for a challenge.
An FBI Identity History Summary requested for personal review may not be the correct channel for a U.S. employment, licensing or adoption background check. The requesting employer, licensing body or government agency may require an authorized state or federal background-check process.
Use the National Archives for older federal criminal court records
The National Archives holds more than two centuries of federal judicial records, including criminal case files, dockets, minutes and related federal court materials.
For newer federal cases, start with PACER and the federal court
NARA states that federal court records less than approximately 15 years old generally remain with the individual court.
For older records, search the National Archives court-record guide
Open National Archives Court Records
Identify the federal district, division and approximate year
Historical records are stored by court and archival location.
Use the NARA Catalog or contact the holding facility
Many descriptions are online even when the underlying record itself is not digitized.
Do not call every arrest-record request “FOIA”
Federal executive agency
The federal Freedom of Information Act can apply to executive-branch agency records, subject to exemptions.
State or local agency
Federal FOIA does not apply. Use the state’s open-record, sunshine, public-record or freedom-of-information law.
Federal court
Federal courts are not subject to FOIA. Use PACER or the court clerk.
State or local court
Judicial record access is governed by the applicable state court rules and state law.
FOIA.gov specifically states that the federal FOIA does not apply to state or local governments, federal courts or Congress.
Public availability does not mean unrestricted background-check use
Criminal-record rules for employment, housing, licensing and other eligibility decisions can differ from ordinary public-record access. State and local “ban the box,” fair-chance and background-screening laws may impose additional restrictions.
Separate arrest from conviction
Never treat an unproven arrest as a conviction.
Verify the current disposition
A background report based on stale arrest information can be misleading.
If an employer uses a background-reporting company, FCRA rules apply
The FTC states that the employer generally must provide notice and obtain written permission before ordering the report.
Before an adverse employment action based on a consumer report
The employer generally must provide the report and required summary of rights so the applicant can review and dispute information.
Check local law
The FTC notes that states and cities can impose additional criminal-history restrictions.
Correct the source of the arrest-record error first
Identify the exact incorrect field
Is the error the person, charge, arrest date, disposition, sentence or expungement status?
Determine which agency owns the mistake
Jail, police, prosecutor, court, state repository and FBI are separate systems.
Obtain authoritative proof
A certified dismissal, judgment or corrected agency report is stronger than a third-party screenshot.
Correct the local source
Ask the court or originating agency to correct its record if that is where the error began.
Correct the state repository
Use the State Identification Bureau’s review/challenge procedure.
Challenge the FBI entry when needed
FBI asks users to identify the inaccurate or incomplete information and include available supporting documentation.
Recheck downstream records
Verify that the court, state and federal systems eventually reflect the correction.
The FBI states that many state-record changes must first be processed by the respective State Identification Bureau before the FBI information can be updated.
Sealing and expungement rules depend on the state and disposition
No charges filed
Some states provide special arrest-sealing or expungement procedures when prosecution never followed.
Dismissal or acquittal
These outcomes often have different eligibility rules from a conviction.
Conviction
Eligibility may depend on offense level, sentence completion, waiting period and later criminal history.
Federal arrest
State expungement law does not automatically remove a federal record. Federal relief follows federal law and court procedure.
Get the exact final disposition first
Do not evaluate eligibility from a booking charge.
Check the court where the case was filed
Search that judiciary’s self-help or criminal-record-cleaning materials.
Check the state’s criminal-history agency
State repositories often publish instructions explaining what happens after an order is granted.
Keep a certified order
It can be essential if an old public or commercial record remains visible.
Verify the change across systems
Recheck court, law-enforcement, state criminal-history and—when applicable—FBI records.
The FBI instructs people seeking sealing or expungement of nonfederal arrest information to contact the State Identification Bureau for the state where the offense occurred because state laws vary.
Five public-arrest-search mistakes that create bad information
Stopping at the mugshot
A photograph does not tell you whether charges were filed or dismissed.
Searching only one county
The person may have been arrested, jailed or prosecuted in separate jurisdictions.
Using name alone
Common names generate false matches. Add DOB, booking number or court case number.
Calling release a dismissal
Leaving jail only means custody ended; the criminal case can continue.
Using a commercial page as proof
Verify every consequential claim against the current government record.
Ignoring expungement
An old cached result can conflict with a later court order restricting or removing public access.
Use these government sources only for the task they actually perform
| Official source | Use it for | Do not use it as |
|---|---|---|
| USAGov Courts | Finding federal, state, territory, county and municipal court systems. | A criminal-record database itself. |
| USAGov Local Government | Finding the correct county or city government. | A live jail roster. |
| PACER | Federal criminal court cases and documents. | State or county arrests. |
| Federal BOP | Federal prison custody from 1982 to present. | A nationwide arrest database. |
| FBI Identity History Summary | Your own fingerprint-supported FBI criminal-history review. | A public search of another person’s rap sheet. |
| FBI State Identification Bureau Listing | Finding the state’s official criminal-history agency. | A combined 50-state name search. |
| FOIA.gov | Federal executive-agency public-record requests. | State/local or court-record requests. |
| National Archives | Older federal judicial records. | Today’s jail custody status. |
Public information arrest-record questions answered
How do I search public arrest records?
Start with the official sheriff, jail or detention website where the booking occurred. Save the arresting agency and case identifiers, then search the criminal court for the final outcome.
Is there one free nationwide arrest database?
No. Local bookings, police reports, state criminal histories, state court cases and federal records are kept in separate systems.
Does an arrest record mean conviction?
No. An arrest is an accusation or custody event. Prosecutors and courts determine whether a criminal charge proceeds and how it ends.
Where do I find recent booking information?
Search the official county sheriff, county jail, city detention or corrections website where the person was physically booked.
How do I get the police report?
Request it from the arresting or investigating agency under the applicable state or local public-record law. Federal FOIA does not govern state and local police records.
How do I determine the final outcome of an arrest?
Search the criminal court using the case number or defendant’s legal name and find the final disposition for each count.
How do I search a federal criminal case?
Use PACER. In 2026 the electronic access rate is $0.10 per page, most individual documents are capped at $3, and quarterly charges of $30 or less are waived.
Can I search another person’s FBI rap sheet?
No. The FBI Identity History Summary process is fingerprint-based and provides an individual with their own FBI-maintained criminal-history information. The current FBI fee is $18.
How do I correct a wrong arrest record?
Identify the system containing the error, obtain the official court or agency proof, correct the originating record, then use the state repository or FBI challenge procedure when necessary.
Can public arrest information be expunged or sealed?
Sometimes. State laws differ by arrest outcome, offense, waiting period and later criminal history. Check the court and State Identification Bureau for the jurisdiction involved.
