What is a Live County Criminal Search?
Criminal background checks are an important part of the hiring process. Live county-level searches are an essential part of a comprehensive employment background check to supplement a
criminal database search. A live county criminal search is a thorough search of criminal records available at the specified county level. With varying access to courthouse records, many counties records are digitized for online access while some are available for in-person request. The records that are retrieved directly from the courthouses are more accurate and up-to-date compared to the criminal database.
Live county criminal searches are typically ordered based on where the applicant currently resides. The search may expand to include past counties of residence during the past seven years depending on the package that is ordered.
National Crime Search’s featured packages all include county criminal searches. The Essential package includes one county criminal search; the county is chosen by the employer when ordering. The Enhanced and Expanded packages contain up to six county criminal searches. Three are based on the applicant’s address history during the past seven years. The other potential three counties verify database hits and obtain more details.
Information yielded from a county criminal background search could include:
- Pending case(s) information
- Convictions
- Active warrants
- The offense level
- Sentencing received
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