| Q1. | What is required to perform an instant criminal background search on an individual? | |
| A1. | The name, date of birth, SSN, address, and written consent of the person you are screening are required. | |
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| Q2. | Do I need to get permission from the person I wish to perform an instant criminal background search on, before I go ahead and perform it? | |
| A2. | Yes, InstantCriminalChecks.com requires you to get written consent from the person you are screening. | |
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| Q3. | What information is contained in an InstantCriminalChecks.com report? View Sample Criminal Report | |
| A3. | A criminal record typically includes the defendant’s name, date of birth, case number, date of offense, date filed, charge, the parties involved, county and state of incident, description of crime committed or accused of, alias names used by offender, the status of the case, disposition, disposition date, sentence, and unique characteristics of the individual including height, weight, eye color, race, and sex and when available their pictures. The information contained in a criminal background record report will vary depending on the state or county being ordered. Regulations, rules and filing practices vary in each jurisdiction, and as a result the information contained in a record from one state/county in the country could significantly differ from that in another. | |
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| Q4. | Will I be charged for an order that returns “no criminal records found”? | |
| A4. | Yes. We have to charge our customers for the order regardless of whether or not criminal records are found, because we incur costs every time we process an order. When your order has been completed, you will be either given the criminal records we found or told that no criminal records were found. . | |
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| Q5. | How soon will I receive the results of my instant criminal background search? | |
| A5. | Instantly! Well… Almost instantly, depending on how robust your connection to the Internet is, and how busy traffic is, and how many records were found, it typically takes between 3 seconds to 2 minutes. | |
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| Q6. | Why are some states not available on your site? | |
| A6. | Some states either do not have a statewide criminal data repository or the data they do have is very poor in quality and not worth using. We prefer to offer state criminal searches in states that we have access to up-to-date and accurate information. If we do not have such access and information, we do not promote using such a service. We have access to the largest network of criminal background researches, investigators and repositories in the United States. As new means of accessing information become available, we will be the first on the Internet to deliver it to you. | |
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| Q7. | How far back does the data from InstantCriminalChecks.com go? | |
| A7. | Typically all our searches go back at least 7 years. To get more precise information on the state and/or county that you wish to perform a search in, simply click on that state on our interactive map, and a description of that search will become available. | |
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| Q8. | How is an instant state criminal check performed? | |
| A8. | Most state criminal checks are conducted through the use of computerized repository systems whose data is updated on either a daily, monthly or quarterly basis. State criminal checks are only as reliable as the people updating the new data into the central repository. A state criminal background check could find records from various counties in the state, records which wouldn’t be found just by searching in one county. To cover more ground its best to perform a state criminal check or a national criminal background check in addition to the county criminal background check.. | |
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| Q9. | Do you offer background checks for Nanny Screening or Nanny Criminal Background Checks? | |
| A9. | Yes, our Criminal Background Records can be used for pre-employment screening including Nanny Background Checks, Childcare Screening and Household Employee Background Checks. Some people also refer to these services as Midwife Background Check, Au Pair Background Check or Au-Pair Criminal Search. Other terms used are: Baby Nurse, Doula, and Governess. | |
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