What Is Arrest.org
We will explain how to remove your mugshot from arrest.org, a long-standing mugshot publisher that publishes mugshots online and has been doing so for over a decade. They are one of the few sites that still manage to bypass the Google filter intended to suppress mugshot websites in search results, a measure enacted in 2013 after the Wired exposé highlighted the mugshot publishing industry’s reliance on Google search results, which drive traffic and generate ad revenue for these publishers.
Arrests.org Was Florida.arrests.org
From early 2011 until 2015, Arrests.org only displayed mugshots in Florida. From 2015 until 2016, the subdomain of Arrest.org was redirected to arrests.org, and due to a misconfiguration, the site displayed an error message for an entire year. After that year, arrest.org returned online with subdomains for multiple states and began publishing mugshots, generating immense traffic by posting the booking photos of people across the nation. Many of our clients, including our founder, have their images on arrests.org. Fortunately, they are responsive and will remove your mugshot upon receipt of the appropriate documentation. They once had an email address listed on their website of info@arrests.org. We recommend using the removal form directly instead of the email address, as we have seen greater success in removing records through the use of the form compared to the email.
Why Am I On Arrests.org
When a person is arrested and booked into a correctional facility, a picture is taken and they are assessed before being placed into custody. Law enforcement will make the roster of arrested individuals public in many metropolitan areas and some rural areas. There is a need for the public to know about dangerous inmates, child predators, and criminals who escape police custody or who may be wanted as fugitives.
Public Safety and the Right To Know
Due to this initial open-record stance, booking information has been publicly available for many decades. Prior to the internet, there was a barrier to access that required motivated individuals to physically obtain these records in order to view them. Now that process has been automated and monetized; first by the Tampa Tribune or Tampa Bay Times in a model designed to recoup lost revenue from declining newspaper subscriptions and now by mughsot publishers who seek to exploit misfortune and bad luck of the majority of nonviolent people who get tangled up with their local sheriff office or police department.
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How To Remove Yourself From Arrests.org
Option One
A step-by-step guide to opting out.
Below are the steps to opt out of Arrests.org. Arrest org requires supporting documentation to complete a removal request. It is not guaranteed that your information will be removed from this site.
Step 1 – Navigate To Arrests.org
Arrests.org has a variety of reasons to remove someone. Each reason requires specific documentation.
Step 2 – Search For Your
Arrests.org has a variety of reasons to remove someone. Each reason requires specific documentation.
Step 3 – Click On Record Removal
Arrests.org has a variety of reasons to remove someone. Each reason requires specific documentation.
Step 4 – Opt-Out: Choosing Your Reason For Removal
Arrests.org has a variety of reasons to remove someone. Each reason requires specific documentation.
- “The arrests were sealed or expunged.” You will need a copy of the expungement order.
- “The charges were dropped/dismissed/adjudicated not guilty.” Requires proof of identity and proof of disposition.
- “Remove address and birth date.” You will need proof of identity.
- “Other.” This includes if the person is deceased, active military, not a US citizen, or a law enforcement/government official. You will need to provide supporting documentation to verify.
Step 5 – Allow Time For Removal
Arrests.org can take 5 to 30 days to process the removal request. Generally, we see content removed faster than the 30-day timeframe, sometimes as fast as a few days, and other times it may take 30 days with a few removals even requiring our team to resubmit removal requests.
Step 6 – De-Index Your Mugshot
Once you have verified that your mugshot has been removed from Arrests.org’s database, you need to let the search engine know that the page no longer exists, so they remove it from their index. Google has an outdated content removal tool, and you can use Bing Webmaster Tools to remove outdated content still appearing in search results.
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Option Two
Arrest Record Removal Using Email
Arrest.org has an email address published on their website (info@arrests.org) – You can email arrest.org with the following information:
- A screenshot of your arrest information on arrests.org.
- Your full name as published on arrests.org.
- Date of birth.
- Document your case disposition, expungement order, nolle prosequi, dismissal information, etc.
- A redacted copy of your identification or documentation that proves your identity.
- Reason for the removal of your personal information.
Learn more about arrests.org
The contact page does not provide much information about Arrests.org and its practices. You will also find an admission on the site, below the contact information, stating that they do not take responsibility for the accuracy and that some of the people featured may not have been convicted. Site owners refuse to accept responsibility for comments made by users. Arrests.org lacks sufficient information regarding the site’s owners or intentions. Arrests.org is one of many sites that claim to provide a public service, “informing the general public” about background information. The site’s statements strongly suggest that it is purely for entertainment purposes.
You can tag and search for mugshots using the following criteria:
- Beat up
- Celebrity
- Handicap
- Grills
- Hair
- Hunks
- Hotties
- Scary
- Get tatted up
- Transgender
- Wino
- WTF
Arrests.org makes damaging photos from an arrest available and highly visible in search results. People who have never been charged, or have had their charges overturned, dismissed, sealed, or expunged, or are pardoned, or have served their sentence in full, still suffer from the adverse effects of an arrests.org search result depicting a mugshot online in Google.
What states does Arrests.org cover?
States with open records laws.
Alabama.arrests.org
The Alabama arrests.org database has been growing rapidly over the last few years. It now includes 18 counties, up from 5 counties previously.
Arizona.arrests.org
Only four counties are listed on the Arizona arrests.org Page (Cochise, Maricopa, Mohave, and Pinal).
Arkansas.arrests.org
One of the larger databases on the site, the Arkansas arrest .org page includes 23 counties. If you are a state resident and have been charged, it is essential to conduct thorough research.
California.arrests.org
Surprisingly, there are only 7 counties listed on the California arrests.org page, but each is pretty thorough.
Colorado.arrests.org
This is one of the smaller pages on the site, with only two counties. It is worth exploring if your state has one. However, Colorado arrests.org contains far fewer listings and mugshots than other state pages, so you have a better chance of finding the right person.
Florida.arrests.org
The arrests.org Florida database includes 52 counties, significantly increasing your chances of being included here. Your mugshot is also more likely to be picked up by another website.
Georgia.arrests.org
The Georgia Arrests.org database features a comprehensive page that covers 37 counties.
Idaho.arrests.org
Only four counties are listed on the Idaho arrests.org Page (Ada, Bingham, Canyon, and Elmore).
Illinois.arrests.org
On the Illinois arrests.org page, seven counties are listed, but it is updated regularly and features an active comment community, which means the chances of someone seeing your mugshot when visiting the page are higher than in other states.
Indiana.arrests.org
Indiana’s arrests.org Page covers 24 counties and has some pretty active engagement around their listings.
Iowa.arrests.org
Only eight counties are listed on the Iowa arrests.org Database with moderate activity from visitors.
Kansas.arrests.org
The Kansas arrests.org page lists nine counties, but has very little engagement.
Kentucky.arrests.org
There are a whopping 70 counties in the Kentucky arrests.org database, although given the quantity, engagement and comments across all Arrests.org KY listings are actually on the low side.
Louisiana.arrests.org
19 counties comprise the Louisiana arrests.org page, with moderate engagement throughout the site.
Maine.arrests.org
Only Somerset is in the Main arrests.org database
Maryland.arrests.org
Allegany and St. Mary’s counties are the only two on the Maryland arrests.org database page.
Michigan.arrests.org
7 counties comprise the arrests.org Michigan database, with lower-than-average engagement and activity.
Minnesota.arrests.org
There are 26 counties in the Minnesota arrests.org database with moderate activity and comments on their listings.
Mississippi.arrests.org
The Mississippi arrests.org page has 19 counties, but very low activity and engagement.
Missouri.arrests.org
The Missouri arrests.org page features 23 counties with high engagement and comment rates on their listings.
Montana.arrests.org
Missoula and Ravalli are both counties that you will find on the Montana Arrests.org page.
Nebraska.arrests.org
Gage, Lincoln, and Sarpy are the counties listed on the Nebraska arrests.org page with low engagement.
Nevada.arrests.org
This page is currently unavailable. This page will be updated once it is made available to the public again.
New Jersey.arrests.org
Only four counties are listed on the New Jersey arrests.org Page (Essex County, Ocean County, Salem, and Sussex).
New Mexico.arrests.org
Five counties in New Mexico have above-average activity and comments.
North Carolina.arrests.org
The North Carolina arrests.org page has 30 counties with above-average engagement.
Ohio.arrests.org
36 counties comprise the Ohio arrests.org database with an above-average level of engagement across all listings.
Oklahoma.arrests.org
The Oklahoma arrests.org database contains 11 counties with moderate activity.
Oregon.arrests.org
Eighteen counties are listed on the Oregon arrests.org page. They have much higher than average activity levels and attract more visitors.
Pennsylvania.arrests.org
There are only seven counties in the Pennsylvania arrests.org database, and below-average engagement.
South Carolina.arrests.org
The South Carolina arrests.org page lists 22 counties, and the listings receive above-average activity and engagement.
Tennessee.arrests.org
The Tennessee arrests.org database has 20 counties and above-average engagement.
Texas.arrests.org
51 counties comprise the Texas arrests.org database, but the listing’s activity level is lower.
Utah.arrests.org
You can find seven counties on Utah arrests.org, but the database has moderate activity.
Virginia.arrests.org
The arrests.org VA database covers 13 counties with significantly above-average activity and visitor engagement.
West Virginia.arrests.org
Ten counties are included in the West Virginia arrests.org database, but the engagement level on this page is extremely low.
Wisconsin.arrests.org
Although the Wisconsin arrests.org page only includes 6 counties, engagement across the state database is slightly above average.
Wyoming.arrests.org
Goshen and Sweetwater are the only counties listed on Wyoming arrests.org. Engagement is also very low.
Final Actions After Submitting Aa Arrest Opt Out Removal Request
Trust but verify. We recommend setting up a reputation monitoring service that can survey your search results for negative information like booking and arrest records that appear online, or a specific service that will monitor a particular URL for changes to a specific HTML element or the webpage itself for a 404 or 410 error.
RemoveMyMugshot.org has a proven track record of deleting arrest information appearing on arrest dot org and a multitude of websites that exploit public record laws to shame and profit from the arrests of individuals across the country. Other websites scraped and copied our YouTube video after we exposed and made transparent the techniques they sought to keep hidden in their mission to extract money from individuals in the name of reputation management.