What to Expect From Your Criminal Background Check
Once you have placed your order for a criminal or simple background check, you may be wondering what kind of results you will get back. While the amount of results will depend on the person that you are following up on, as well as the type of report that you have purchased, here is a general idea of what you can expect. Your individual results may vary, based on the above criteria, as well as your particular state of residence.
Criminal Records - If the person you are running has been arrested in your state, this information will be returned to you. If you have selected to run a nationwide criminal check, data from other states may be included. While this is not official, it will give you an idea of the history for this person. In some cases, only serious crimes are logged in criminal records, so you may not get the full picture.
Incarceration Records – If a person has spent time in prison, this data will be returned to you. It may include the actual crime that was committed, as well as the amount of time that was served, depending on the report.
Litigation Records – This is typically used for employers who are concerned about potential employees filing lawsuits in the future. If an applicant has a history of filing lawsuits against their employers this will show up in their history. This is an important step in learning more about an applicant.
Military Records – If the person has spent time in the military, this information will appear. This may not appear on the report, depending on your state as it has fallen out of use in recent years. This may assist you in learning more about someone who was dishonorably discharged, or if you need to make sure that the information provided to you was accurate.
Social Security Number – You will be able to see if the social security number that was provided to you is fraudulent. This is very important for employers as well as individuals who need to make sure that the person they are dealing with does not have a history of using false numbers.
Employment Records – Many employers report on the employment history of past workers, and this information should be included in a report. In a nationwide report, you can get a better idea of someone’s past history by seeing how many jobs they have held over the years.
County Records – This can be very useful in obtaining more information for crimes that are logged by your county of residence. This may help you learn more about someone who has not necessarily committed severe crimes in their past.
Federal Crime Records – If you have selected the federal crime record report, you can expect to see results from a nationwide search. This can be helpful if a crime was not logged by the state or the county of residence and can alert you to a serious problem.