Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Finance and Business: [header] How to access criminal court records [title] Look in the right place. [step] Your first impulse might be to look for a criminal record wherever the person you're researching lives. That's a good starting point, but courts file their records where the offense.

Ending1: If you know where a specific crime took place, look for the record in that state or county. [substeps] Many states don't allow you to access juvenile records if they're sealed. Ending2: [substeps] For example, many states have developed a free electronic criminal record system. In this system, a prosecutor must destroy an existing criminal record while prosecuting a misdemeanor violation. Ending3: Instead, you might just get a criminal record out of your local law library, or in the county courthouse. [substeps] Another good option is to look at the criminal record office in the county where you know the person you're researching has lived, and maybe in the county where the person you're researching lives. Ending4: Therefore, research the courthouse where the person lives. Also try checking private records, like bank records or savings accounts.

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