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| Some offenses are violations of Federal law as
opposed to state or local law. A record of these crimes can be located in
the US District Courts. Each state has at least one US District Court,
while others are divided into as many as four districts in separate
geographical regions.
Federal violations generally will not appear in
either a county or statewide criminal check. Only a small percentage of
criminal cases are violations of Federal law. However, Federal offenses
can be very severe involving kidnapping, drug trafficking, interstate
transportation of stolen goods, bank robbery, and embezzlement. |