CRIMINAL RECORDS DATA DESCRIPTIONS

Alabama
- Statewide felony convictions since 1987. Approximately 230,000 records.


Alaska
- Court records of statewide felony and misdemeanor convictions since 1987. Records on approximately 216,000 persons.


Arizona
- Statewide felony criminal convictions and guilty pleas on persons who have been sentenced to serve time at a state facility since 1985. Approximately 120,000 records.


Arkansas
- Statewide felony and state-level misdemeanor dispositions since 1987. Approximately 410,000 records.


California
- Felony convictions and guilty pleas from the following counties.
Alameda, Butte, Fresno, Indio, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Riverdale, Sacramento, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Ventura


Colorado
- Statewide felony and misdemeanor dispositions, including traffic cases from 1995 - Dec. 31, 2000, from District and County Courts. Approximately 666,000 records.


Connecticut
- Statewide felony and misdemeanor dispositions including motor vehicle citations dating to 1995; felonies date to 1989. Approximately 362,000 records.


District of Columbia
- Felony convictions and guilty pleas


Florida
- Statewide criminal convictions and guilty pleas (mainly felonies) on persons who have been sentenced to serve time or community service, or have received a suspended sentence or probation at a state facility since 1979. Approximately 1.2 million records.
- Dade Co. (metro Miami)
Court records of felony and misdemeanor dispositions since 1980. Approximately 397,000 records.
- Duval Co. (metro Jacksonville)
- Misdemeanor and felony dispositions dating back to 1988. Approximately 555,000 records.
- Hillsborough Co. (metro Tampa)
Felony and misdemeanor charges since 1988. Approximately 225,000 records.
- Orange Co. (metro Orlando)
Felony and misdemeanor dispositions since 1990. Approximately 225,000 records.
- Palm Beach Co. (metro Palm Beach)
Misdemeanor and felony dispositions dating back to 1990. Approximately 153,000 records.
- Pinellas Co. (metro Tampa)
Felony dispositions since 1990. Approximately 220,000 records.


Georgia
- Statewide felony criminal convictions and guilty pleas on persons who have been sentenced to serve time or community service, or have received a suspended sentence, parole or probation at any state facility since 1979. These records include persons guilty of felonies and some state-level misdemeanors.


Illinois
- Statewide felony convictions on persons found guilty and sentenced to serve time and/or subsequent probation in a state penal institution. Includes probation and parole information where applicable. Approximately 188,000 records dating to 1986.
- Cook Co. (metro Chicago)
Felony, misdemeanor, code violations and traffic cases filed since 1984. Includes cases disposed and pending. Records on approximately 2.6 million persons and/or businesses.


Indiana
- Statewide criminal records on persons who have been convicted of felonies as and sentenced to serve jail time since 1962. These records include persons guilty of felonies and some state-level misdemeanors.


Idaho
- Statewide records of persons convicted of felonies and sentenced to serve time in a state facility, probation, or parole or suspended sentence since 1995. Approximately 43,000 records.


Iowa
- Felony and high-level misdemeanor since 1982. Approximately 38,000 records.


Kentucky
- Statewide criminal records on persons who have been convicted of felonies as defined by Kentucky state law and sentenced to serve jail time since 1982. Records on approximately 70,000 persons.


Maine
- Corrections records of statewide felony and state-level misdemeanor convictions on persons who have been sentenced to serve time at a state facility since 1985. Records on approximately 13,000 persons.


Los Angeles, CA
- Felony case filings since 1980. This database is an index of case filings only, no dispositions are shown. Records on approximately 1.2 million persons.


Maryland
 - Felony convictions and guilty pleas


Michigan
- Statewide felony convictions on persons who have been sentenced to serve time in a state institution or probation since 1982. Records on approximately 350,000 persons.


Mississippi
- Felony convictions from all counties' Circuit Courts since 1976 of persons sentenced to probation or time in a state institution; includes records on parolees. Records on about 142,000 persons.


Minnesota
- Statewide criminal convictions on persons who have been convicted of felonies and/or gross misdemeanors as defined by Minnesota state law and sentenced to serve jail time, or probation, or parole or suspended sentence since 1982. Records on approximately 200,000 persons.


Missouri
- Statewide felonies on persons who have been sentenced to serve time in a state institution, or probation, community service or diversion since 1980. Records on approximately 505,000 persons.


Montana
- Corrections records of persons who have been convicted of felony and state misdemeanor offenses and sentenced to serve time or suspended sentence in a state correctional facility since 1994. Records on approximately 25,000 persons.


Nebraska
- Felony and high-level misdemeanor records on persons sentenced to serve time in a state correctional institution since 1935. Contains records on approximately 29,000 persons.


Nevada
- Felonies and state-level misdemeanors and sentenced to serve time in a state correctional institution. Records on approximately 73,000 persons.


New Jersey
- Statewide felony convictions of persons incarcerated in all state facilities since 1977, including those who have been released or paroled. Records on approximately 210,000 persons.


New York Boroughs
- Felonies and misdemeanors (1985 - March 31, 2000) from Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk and Erie; felonies ONLY from Westchester, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland (since June 1993). Approximately 1,600,000 distinct cases.


New York State
- Statewide felony convictions of persons incarcerated in one of 70 state facilities and who have been released since Jan. 1, 1990. Records on approximately 291,000 persons.


North Carolina
- Statewide felony and misdemeanor AND traffic filings AND disposition records from all counties' district and superior courts. Contains records on more than 3 million persons.


Ohio
- Statewide felony convictions of persons incarcerated in a state facility since Jan. 1, 1990. Records on approximately 342,000 persons.


Oklahoma
- Statewide corrections records on persons who have been convicted of felonies and state-level misdemeanors and sentenced to serve time in a state correctional institution since 1997. Records on approximately 67,000 persons.


Oregon
- Corrections records on persons sentenced to serve time in a state institution since 1987. Records on approxinately 260,000 persons.


Rhode Island
- Superior and District Court records of statewide felony and misdemeanor cases disposed since 1984. \ Records on approximately 176,000 persons.


South Carolina
- Statewide felony and gross misdemeanor records on persons found guilty and sentenced to serve time and/or subsequent probation in a state penal institution. Includes probation and parole information where applicable. Records on approximately 188,000 persons dating to 1986.


Tennessee
- Statewide felony convitions from all 95 counties since 1990. Approximately 900,000 records
- Shelby County (metro Memphis)
Booking and arrest records since 1990. More than 1,000,000 records and county court misdemeanor dispositions on more than 581,000 persons.


Texas
- Department of safety State of Texas felony and state-level misdemeanor convictions from all counties since 1990. Records on approximately 2.1 million persons.
- Dallas Co. (metro Dallas)
- Court records on persons who have been convicted of felonies or misdemeanors since 1988. Records on approximately 255,000 persons.


Utah
- Statewide felony and gross misdemeanor records on persons found guilty and sentenced to serve time and/or subsequent probation in a state penal institution. Includes probation and parole information where applicable. Records on approximately 140,000 persons dating to 1986.


Virginia
- Statewide and/or county-level felony and misdemeanor, including motor vehicle citations generally dating to 1993, from General District and Circuit Courts. Records on approximately 3,000,000 persons.


Washington
- Felony, misdemeanor and traffic case filings since 1985 from all and superior courts. Court dispositions from county and superior courts since 1995. Contains records on more than 3 million persons.


Wisconsin
- Corrections records of statewide felony convictions on persons who have been sentenced to serve time at a state facility and/or released on parole since 1970. Records on approximately 50,000 persons.