Federal Criminal/Civil and Bankruptcy

Federal Criminal

A Federal Criminal check covers US Federal Districts and jurisdictions only. These types of crimes can include white collar crimes; such as kidnapping across state lines, drug trafficking, organized crime, etc. It does NOT cover state or county jurisdictional crimes which can include robbery, larceny, drug sale or possession, sex crimes, assault, and other more common crimes.

You can choose to search at the national or district level. This search is a NAME MATCH ONLY and will return records that will include case number, district, name of the case, date charges were files and conviction information.

Federal Civil

Federal civil cases involve violations of Federal Statutes in relation to EEOC, EPA, Civil Rights, etc., as well as civil cases across state lines that exceed $10,000.

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a federal matter, and knowing if your potential employee or client has filed bankruptcy in the past can help you protect your business.

Civil Records

Civil Records Search (Lower/Upper)

Criminal Records

County Criminal

This report is run at the county level and will return the most up to date information on criminal convictions. Includes felony and misdemeanor charges over the past sevel years.

State Criminal

Repository:

State repositories hold criminal records provided to them from the local municipalities (counties). There is no consistent formula or time frame for when that information is transferred from the local level to the state level. It can run as current as daily, or can be as behind as several months, depending on the state and counties involved.

Report includes information on criminal convictions for at least the last seven years and contains both felony and misdemeanor information.

Database

A database search will return results on individuals charged AND convicted in the state. Information is derived from various sources such as the Department of Corrections, Sex Abuse Registries, counties, etc., on criminal convictions for the past seven years. Report will detail all sources searched. 

National Wants and Warrants

National Criminal Database

The National Crime Index is a powerful, multi-jurisdictional search of various types of county, state and federal criminal records (see below). Results are immediate.

A compilation of criminal databases that access millions of offense records throughout the United States; includes currently registered sex offenders with felony conviction records as well as all foreign national individuals and entities that currently carry sanctions by the US Government.

Note: Although the National Crime Index report covers certain jurisdictions in every state, it does NOT cover every jurisdiction in every state; therefore, this report is highly recommended as a cursory or in addition to a state or county court search. It is NEVER recommended as a stand alone search as the only criminal information used to offer or deny employment.



AKA National Criminal Database

AKA National Crime Index is a multi-faceted search combining our National Criminal Database (see jurisdictions searched below) with the known aliases provided from a Social Security Trace. Using the name, date of birth and Social Security number, then run through the Death Master Index. We subsequently run a social security trace to obtain a list of alias names, including maiden names. This information is then ran through our National Criminal Database.

Motor Vehicle Records

Sex Offender Registry

An absolute must for any applicant expected to work with or around children. Many states also require businesses with employees going into personal residenses (such as air conditioning contractors, electrical contractors, pest control, alarm and security companies, etc.) to run this report. With employers held responsible for their employees' actions, this is a must for any business owner with employees.

Information is coordinated by the Department of Justice and is the culmination of individual state information. The level of sex offenses included in each states' Sex Offender Registry can vary by state, based on the related laws governing that state. Generally, there are three levels of sex offenders and each state authorizes which levels will be included in that states' Sex Offender Registry. Any information obtained from all jurisdictions is included.

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Terrorist Registry

Our terrorist registry search is run through the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), Denied Persons List, OSFI Terrorist List, and Extended Range Search to ascertain if the name of an individual or a company is on one of these goverment lists, which would prohibit an organization from conducting business in the United States.

OFAC administers a series of laws that impose economic and trade sanctions against targeted foreign countries, terrorism sponsoring organizations, individuals and international narcotics traffickers to further US Foreign Policy and National Security objectives.

In response to the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, George W. Bush by Executive Order required that all property and interests in property of those designated persons that are in the United States, or that hereafter come within the United States, or that hereafter come within the possession or control of US jurisdictions, are blocked or frozen.

Our Terrorist Registry search is a tool that correctly identifies blocked entities.

OFAC posts new identities whenever a new individual or organization has been identified as a threat to the United States. Within 24 hours of posting, we make any and all updates available for inclusion into our Terrorist Registry search.

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This search complies with Section 314(A) of the USA PATRIOT ACT.