Local Criminal Background Check Services
When it comes to obtaining the most useful information about the criminal background of your applicant, there is no better source than local criminal records. The local court system is where most criminal proceedings begin and end. Therefore, when performed properly a local criminal records search will give you the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date information on local-level crimes.
A local criminal records search seems straight-forward until you consider there are more than 3,300 local jurisdictions and 7,000 significant courts in the United States. Add to that the varying structures of the court systems from state to state and you’re left with a situation where an inexperienced researcher might fail to discover that your applicant for a home security sales position is a convicted burglar.
Description of Service
Our local criminal background check services can be conducted in any jurisdiction but are typically focused on jurisdictions where your applicant has lived, currently resides, or in places where we have found potential criminal activity on a broad-level search (such as in a statewide records search or nationwide records search). Our experienced research team obtains local criminal records straight from the authoritative source, where we can uncover felony convictions, misdemeanors, bench warrants, and other local-level court actions.
State Criminal Background Check
A statewide criminal background check is among the most comprehensive and broad-scoped type of criminal records search available. A statewide criminal records search is generally conducted through a central repository that includes information from the state’s participating jurisdictions. A state’s central repository primarily houses information provided by county courts and law enforcement.
Understanding the value of a state criminal background check requires recognition that the quality and completeness of state data relies entirely on what information is reported, how it is reported, and when it is reported by the local authority.
Description of Service
Proforma offers statewide criminal background checks for states that offer such access. Records include arrests and disposition information. Typically, a state crime records search is combined with local criminal records searches to verify potential criminal activity.
- Turnaround Time:
96% within 3 days
Federal Criminal Background Check
Your applicant could have a serious criminal or civil record that might not be discovered in a state or local criminal search. Federal crimes, such as kidnapping, financial fraud, immigration violations, terrorism, drug trafficking, and even bankruptcies are found only in the federal court system.
For positions of significant trust, including federal government contracts, financial services, executive management, and others, a federal criminal background check is essential.
Description of Service
Proforma's federal criminal background check offers reported information from each of the applicable 93 districts that handle federal criminal cases.
CrimNet National Criminal Background Check
With more than 3,300 jurisdictions in the U.S., there are plenty of locations for criminal information to reside (and hide). You can surely imagine the time and expense one would incur in searching all 3,300 jurisdictions separately. With CrimNet, you can cover a large majority of those jurisdictions with a single search.
Description of Service
CrimNet offers a dynamic search of a database containing more than 400 million criminal records from counties, Department of Corrections (DOC), and Administration of the Court (AOC). Additionally, CrimNet includes data from 50 states, and U.S. government and international debarment, sanctions, and watch list data.
Sex Offender Registry Check
One of society’s least forgivable crimes, sexual offense, can become a company’s worst nightmare. To unknowingly hire a registered sex offender and place that individual in a high risk position can create extraordinary damage to your employees, your customers, and your business -- not to mention your reputation and legal standing.
Megan’s Law, passed in 1996, is an amendment to the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offenders Act. Megan’s Law establishes that each state and the federal government are required to maintain a registry of individuals who have been convicted of sex crimes against children. Furthermore, states are required to make personal and private information of convicted sex offenders available to the public and for certain crimes, proactive community notification is required.
Description of Service
Proforma’s sex offender check is conducted through the Department of Justice portal, which offers access to data from each state’s registry. Reported information includes the offender’s name, description of the offense, personal description, photograph, address, place of employment or name of school, and description of the offender’s vehicle and license plate number.
International Criminal Background Check
An increasingly global society paired with the reality of global terrorism and violence has brought security to the forefront of critical issues for companies that seek to hire candidates from other countries or establish operations abroad. Not surprisingly, international criminal background checks are an important component of the security programs for such companies.
Description of Service
Proforma’s international background checks cover employees who have worked, lived, or studied outside the country in which your organization is based. We partner with trusted vendors worldwide to provide you with information that is complete, accurate, and useful. Our international background screening service can be conducted in over 90 foreign countries.
- Turnaround Time:
Varies greatly
