Kansas Criminal Records

Kansas Criminal Records

There are many sources of Kansas criminal records. One of the best places you can start
searching for Kansas criminal records is the Criminal History Record Information or CHRI. Each
state in the U.S. has a single central repository that is responsible for maintaining that state's
CHRI. The State of Kansas also has its own CHRI database containing the summary of Kansas
criminal records of arrests and prosecutions for criminal charges. The central repository for
Kansas criminal records is responsible for providing copies of portions of their records to the FBI
for inclusion in the national criminal history record database.

It is the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) that is responsible for the operation of the central
repository of Kansas criminal records stored in the CHRI database. Kansas CHRI consists of
summary information about violations of Kansas law that are considered as felonies or class A or
class B misdemeanors. Kansas criminal records involving class C misdemeanor assaults are also
part of the CHRI. The same can be said of juvenile offender data for the same violations as these
types of Kansas criminal records are also included in the CHRI.

Other Kansas criminal records information contained in the CHRI include violations of municipal
ordinances or county resolutions that are equivalent to a class A or B misdemeanor. Under state
statue, class C misdemeanor assault may also be considered as Kansas criminal records for the
CHRI when that violation results in a court conviction. Additionally, the CHRI also contains
dispositions of violations as reported by the prosecuting attorney, dispositions in Kansas
municipal and district courts, and incarcerations by Kansas Department of Corrections.

The Kansas criminal records stored in the CHRI database are filed by subject or person. The
offenses they contain are also filed chronologically within the Kansas criminal records. CHRI
documents are based on fingerprint identification. When CHRI is released, it is printed in an
abstract document commonly referred to as rap sheet.

A substantial portion of the Kansas criminal records stored in the CHRI database is available on
line and is fully automated. But not all information is accessible through the Internet. Full-
automation of Kansas criminal records was adopted in order to speed up the processing of these
files and allow the public to access them instantly through their website. If the Kansas criminal
records you seek is available online and fully automated, the rap sheet will displayed on your
computer screen and you may read it from there or download and print it for your records.

Who can get Kansas criminal records from CHRI?

The Kansas criminal records contained in the CHRI database are considered as public records;
hence, they are accessible to the general public. Aside from that, here are the categories of
people that have access to Kansas criminal records:

- Criminal justice agencies - law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, and confinement
facilities are entitled to CHRI Kansas criminal records for the administration of criminal
justice.
- Agencies with statutory entitlements may receive CHRI Kansas criminal records as
defined in the Kansas statute enabling that access. One of these statutory entitlements in
stated in the Kansas statute (K.S.A) 38-1618. This statute permits the release of both
adult and juvenile CHRI Kansas criminal records to the Kansas Department of Social and
Rehabilitation Services (SRS) for certain persons under SRS care.
- Persons reviewing their own Kansas criminal records are entitled to all adult and juvenile
CHRI in their own files.