Massachusetts has strict rules about releasing criminal records to the public. They will not transmit their data to online companies, nor allow their data to be resold elsewhere.
No one other than the Massachusetts Department of Criminal Justice Information Services may offer Massachusetts criminal searches, therefore we cannot include this as a statewide option in our Premium Criminal Records search.
For Massachusetts searches you have three options:
1) Massachusetts Warrants and Most Wanted Directory. Search for criminal wants and warrants in Massachusetts.
2) Free searches – listed below. What you can search online in Massachusetts: Department of Corrections inmate databases, federal inmate databases, Supreme and Appeals Court databases, registered offender databases, federal criminal court records (through the inexpensive PACER service), and arrest logs and police incident databases in various cities and towns. All of those resources are listed below.
3) Massachusetts Department of Criminal Justice Information Services. To obtain a criminal history of misdemeanor and felony convictions, you can order the report through the Massachusetts Department of Criminal Justice Information Services. The cost is $30 per search, and results are mailed back in 3-5 days. They have restrictions on the types of records available and the persons who may order them.
4) Local researchers. You can hire a court researcher or private investigator to go into local court houses to search superior court records. Many process server companies will also do court research.
Beyond Massachusetts -- If you are interested in a nationwide search, we offer Search Systems State, National, and International Criminal Records. Be advised, a nationwide search will only include one database from Massachusetts - their registered offender database. Outside of that, it includes over 550 million criminal records from the other 49 states, plus over 75 national and international terrorist, debarred persons, and most wanted databases. The cost per search is $14.95 and results are immediate. See Inside Edition's report on YouTube.
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| Court Records | PACER U.S. District Federal Pay Site Provided by: U.S. District Court of Massachusetts. Register with the fee-based PACER system to search for Federal civil & criminal court records by case number, party name, filing date, or last update. Provides dockets and documents. |
| Court Records | Supreme Court and Appeals Court Supreme Judicial Court and Appeals Court of Massachusetts case records. |
| Criminal Histories (info) Find information here on how to obtain criminal histories from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Criminal Justice Information Services. |
| Inmates | Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Bureau of Prisons inmates from or in Massachusetts. |
| Inmates | VineLink Massachusetts Department of Corrections and Essex County Sheriff's Office inmate search. |
| Level 3 Offender Registry Commonwealth of Massachusetts Offender Registry Board database of level 2 and 3 offenders. Search by name, city, county, or postal code. |
| Amherst | Arrests Previous week or month arrest logs from the Amherst Police Department. |
| Billerica Arrests Use this Billerica, Massachusetts Police Department service to browse their arrest logs by date. |
| Chicopee Arrests Chicopee Police Department arrest logs. |
| Holyoke Arrest Logs Browse through the Holyoke, Massachusetts Police department's daily arrest logs or call logs. PDF format. |
| Springfield | Arrest Logs Daily arrest logs from the Springfield Police. |
| Tewksbury Arrests Tewksbury Police Department arrest logs. |
| Waltham Arrest Log Browse the Waltham, Massachusetts Arrest Log by date. Provides date, name, date of birth, address and city of suspect. |
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