Who is the source of criminal check data in the United States?
County, National, and Federal Courts.
What details are required from the candidate to submit the check?
- First Name
- Last Name
- Date of birth.
- Current or Last registered Address in the USA
- Social Security Number
- Identity document (passport/ID card).
- Consent.
What's the service covered on the check?
The Criminal History verification in the United States offers comprehensive nationwide
coverage, including both federal and local jurisdictions.
Federal coverage includes searches of records from authorities such as the Department of
Justice, the FBI, and the National Sex Offender Registry, ensuring consistency for crimes
prosecuted under federal law. Concurrently, local coverage spans state criminal records and
county courts, accommodating the diverse legal frameworks and judicial practices of each
state.
A Social Security Number (SSN) Trace verifies the input name is associated with the input SSN in a proprietary database, and provides an alias and address history for the name and SSN. The searches are performed at more than 3,100 county criminal courts across the United States
by the Zinc team via online access and some in-person court contacts.
The verification process includes records from the National Criminal Database (NCD), which aggregates data from various counties, state departments of corrections (DOC), and state administrative offices of the courts (AOC). It also encompasses federal-level checks for severe offenses and state and county-level checks for more localized crimes.
except those deleted by rehabilitation laws or considered spent:
- Robbery
- Identity theft
- Tax evasion
- Counterfeiting
- Embezzlement
- Illegal firearms sales
- Kidnapping
- Murder
- Lynching
- Child pornography
- Computer crimes
- Federal hate crimes
- Animal cruelty
- Illegal wiretapping
- Damaging or destroying public mailboxes
- Electoral fraud
The sentencing for criminal offenses in the United States varies depending on the nature of the offense and the specific sentencing guidelines in place.
Generally, offenses such as traffic violations, petty theft, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, curfew violations, loitering, and minor assault are classified as spent or minor offenses under applicable state criminal laws and federal statutes.
These offenses typically carry lighter penalties and generally do not have lasting legal implications on an individual's criminal record.
What is the expected turnaround time?
6 business days.
Period covered by the check:
7 years back.
Privacy statement:
The details contained in this report should not be used as the sole reason for making a decision. Zinc Work Ltd is not liable for any inaccuracies or incompleteness in the information appearing in this report since it is provided to Zinc Work Ltd by third parties. This report has been produced for the purchaser of the report and Zinc Work Ltd will have no liability to loss.