Who records public information and what are the main types of public information?

Public records vary according to the body that maintains them and the type of information they contain. A public record may be federal (if a federal agency is responsible for these records), state (if the state is responsible for their collection), county public records (maintained by the US counties), court public records (maintained by courts), and so forth.

Each of the above records may be of different nature due to the type of information stored in them. For example public county records may be criminal public records or public marriage records, etc; state public records can be public arrest records or property public records and so on.

How to search for free public records?

Once you know what kind of information you want to find you will know what kind of public records search you need. Searching for free public records is not hard at all. In fact public records search has become so simple due to the advance in technology that made internet searches available.

An online public records search allows anyone to search millions public records - public court records, public criminal records, divorce public records, public death records and so on. In addition you can access public records regardless of their origin and actual location - public Florida records, public Texas records, NC public records, CA public records or any other public state records will be right in front of you while you are still at home or at your office.