Free Mugshot Removal Analysis

Your Arrest Record Can Be Removed Online

RemoveMyMugshot offers a free comprehensive mugshot removal analysis to examine the scope and depth of your online exposure in terms of published criminal arrest records that appear when you search for your name in your geographic location, where you may have been booked into a facility.

We search across the major search engines to see what types of content appear in search results. Sometimes, results can be mixed or different depending on whether or not you are logged into the browser, the type of browser you are using, the user agent of the device, the IP address associated with the device, and your prior search history, all of which can influence the search results for your name.

Mugshot Publishers

Several major third-party websites scrape and publish online content containing personal information, court records, arrest data, booking information, crime blotter stories, and other information that can be considered public record. They include:

• Unicourt
• Radaris
• Mugshots.zone
• Arrests.org
• BocaNewsNow
• BustedNewspaper
• BustedMugshots
• RecentlyBooked
• Georgia Gazette
• JailBase
• Illinois PrisonTalk
• TomsRiver.org
• Palm Beach Busts
• Domestic Violence Registry
• JailRecords.Info
• Broward County Busts
• Broward Public Records
• TBCrimes.com
• Crime Informer
• TriCounty Busts
• South Florida Records
• TriCountyBusts
• DrunkDrivers.org
• Palm Beach Mugshots
• Wake County Mugshots
• STLMugshots.com
• Arre.st
• Wake NC Busts
• SpaceCoastDaily
• MecklenburgPublicRecords
• Mugshots.com

Regional Websites and Multi-Site Operators

Some websites scrape information from specific geographical locations, regions, or states. These websites will generally only rank for people searching in the area where they scrape personal information or arrest records. This means that if a searcher is not geo-located by IP or GPS on a mobile device in that area, the negative information may not appear online or be visible to searchers outside the region.

Crime Blotter Websites

Crime blotter websites publish stories that can be sensationalized and are typical of crime-focused tabloids. These websites focus on crimes that involve high-profile individuals, exotic vehicles, or unusual circumstances. Most criminal activity is not interesting enough to make crime blotter sites, but some sites, like Boca News Now, will include most criminal stories that take place in South Florida. The Montgomery Police Reporter is another website that focuses on criminal activity in the Conroe, Texas, area. There are also random blogs that publish crime stories related to their areas.

Local New Story

These are the most difficult records to remove or suppress. Most of the time, if the local news decides to write about an incident involving an alleged crime or arrest, you are at the mercy of the editor. Sometimes, editors empathize with the individuals depicted in their stories, even though they have not been convicted of a crime; other times, they are ignored entirely. Lastly, some editors will edit the existing story, leaving the harmful content online.

Crime Specific Websites

Some websites focus on specific crimes or register domain names particular to those crimes. Filtering out certain types of arrest records generally requires more effort, so you will most likely see individuals who have been arrested for all kinds of crimes on these websites, regardless of their title or perceived interest. Some examples of crime-specific websites are drunkdrivers.org or the domestic violence registry.

Sister Sites

The same individuals operate these websites and generally use similar design elements or standard text across them. They may also share other digital footprints, such as DNS information, CDN providers, or the same IPs. Examples of sister sites would include mugshots Sarasota and tbcrimes. Both of these websites are visually identical, except for regional differences, even though the Tampa Bay area is directly north of Sarasota County.

Municipality, Law Enforcement, or Sheriff Websites

No mugshot removal service can erase mugshots published on municipal websites by local sheriffs and police departments. Any company telling you that this is a possibility is lying. Your only option for content removal would be to suppress the arrest record from publication. Some municipalities use New World Systems software powered by Tyler Technologies to run inmate search databases. If your image is posted on one of these websites, I would advise contacting the law enforcement agency that posted it to see whether it has a retention policy that stores an inmate’s record in its database for a specific period. Generally, these timeframes range from 30 to 90 days to balance the public’s need to know with an individual’s right to privacy. Below is an example of the KOOL database, the Kentucky online offender lookup tool. This is used to display inmates currently in the custody of the Kentucky Department of Corrections.

Flagler County New World System: All local municipalities have the same interface.

Factors That Can Affect Removal

Removing mugshots from the internet is a pretty straightforward concept, but many factors go into removing such content. First, you need to understand the mindset of someone who chooses to parade around others online for personal financial gain, when there are so many ways to earn money online. Some websites and even removal companies hide their domain information. Some websites lay out a clear removal policy with links; other sites have no information. Some websites become dormant and turn into zombie sites.

Case Disposition

Depending on the outcome of your criminal proceeding, you will reach a disposition in your case. The result may be decided by a jury, a judge, or possibly negotiations between your lawyer and the prosecution or a public defender and the district attorney.

Dismissed, Dropped, Nolle Prosequi

Basically, the state has decided not to move forward with prosecution.

Acquitted

You were exonerated of your charges.

No Contest

You do not admit guilt or say you are innocent. Generally, a judge is more lenient when the defendant chooses this option, which is typical for minor traffic offenses or misdemeanor cases.

Sealed, No Record

The courts have not disclosed the resolution of your case.

Expunged

Your case was sealed under the laws of the state where the charges were brought.

Pending

You may be in a pending status if your case is still pending resolution. This is after an arrest but before the court reaches a final disposition or resolution of the charges or alleged criminal activity.

Status

Depending on the website, they remove an image if a person is of a certain status. The statuses listed below are the most common.

Minor or Juvenile

Some mugshot websites have scraped the records of people who were juveniles or minors when they were arrested and booked into a facility. If that is the case, the website may remove the image, and Google will certainly do so. Check out more information on how to remove content from Google.

Documentation

If you can provide specific documentation and are comfortable doing so, some websites will remove arrest records upon receipt of court documentation confirming the disposition of your case. If you decide to go this route, be sure to delete personally identifiable information listed on any of the paperwork you submit. You never know who is looking at the documentation you submit, and you do not want to place yourself at risk of identity theft.

Certified Letter

Some Mugshot Removal Laws recently passed by states require that the person requesting the booking information be removed to send a certified letter with a return receipt and tracking. This will, of course, be needed as proof if a website does not comply with the law and removes the arrest information published online.

Zombie Websites

Zombie websites are websites that are no longer being maintained for whatever reason. Sometimes, the websites face litigation and shut down. Website operators like Paul Grant get doxxed and decide that they no longer want to risk their personal safety by publishing the arrest records of people getting booked into jail. Some operators, like Jason Steen, stop operating their websites because they do not rank well or become profitable. Other website operators shut down their sites and relaunch under new URLs. Mugshots.zone seemed to appear mysteriously after BailbondsHQ, Rapsheetz, and Rapsheets went offline.