Public Records

The Open Records Act or Freedom of Information Acts (FOIA) has allowed for the proliferation of PPI, financial, property, marriage, divorce and criminal records to be published online for any individual to search. Florida and Texas have especially strong laws on the books.

Updated 2023: A comprehensive list of mugshot removal laws state by state.

Mugshots from law enforcement sites are reposted on commercial sites, a number of which charge a fee to get the pictures removed. Pictures will be removed by some websites at no cost for those that are able to demonstrate that they were found not guilty or that charges were dropped; fee charges. People who’d charges …

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Pinellas County Sheriff Hides Mugshots

Thursday January 9, 2014 the new year started off with another blow to mugshot website publishers. The Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced that today booking photos will no longer be online. Names, addresses and pending charges will still be available online. This is a direct response to mugshot profiteers ?I think it is extortion,? …

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Remove Mugshots from Arrests.org

Many people ask how to remove your mugshot from Arrest.org which is one of the original mugshot websites that pioneered the whole idea of showcasing mugshots to the public via a website and monetizing the website with display advertising. Updated 4/12/23 Ironically you won’t see any buttons to remove your mugshot from arrests.org since their …

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