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CREDIT SYSTEM ITEMS:

SSN Verifications, ID Verifications (credit headers), and Personal Credit Histories are retrieved online and made available to you in about 15-30 minutes.   This includes the time for the bureaus to "wash" the SSN of your request against the current Quarter's master tape from the Social Security Administration to check for any of 17 classes of fraud.

DRIVER'S LICENSE HISTORIES:

These are pulled fresh from the states each night.   Some states are automated and some are not.   California for instance takes 24 Hours, Texas takes 48 hours, many states take 2-5 days, but a few states can take up to 3 weeks.   Click here to see the DL TURN-AROUND TIMES for all the states.

EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATIONS:

Usually the turn-around time is 2-3 days.   However, if the employer requires that the request be submitted in writing, or in writing accompanied by a signed Release, then the turn-around time will be significantly extended.

EDUCATION VERIFICATIONS:

Here too, the turn-around time is usually 2-3 days unless the institution requires that the request be submitted in writing, or in writing accompanied by a signed Release.   In those cases, the turn-around time will be significantly extended.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSE VERIFICATIONS:

Professional License Verifications come from State Boards or Commissions, and usually take from 1-2 days.

DRUG TEST RESULTS:

Because this computer network is tied in to the national NIDA approved lab network, if a drug test is taken today, the results are usually available the next day if it comes back as Negative.    However, if a drug test is Positive for one or more categories or panels, then the results are delayed for up to 1-2 additional days so that the GC/MS verification can be carried out.

THE EXAMINER (TM) REPORT GUIDES:

This interview preparation tool is online, and hence the results are available for the interviewer in less than 5 minutes after the applicant completes the session.

CRIMINAL CONVICTION HISTORIES:

We can get any county of any state for you.   Of the 50 states, 39 states currently offer statewide coverage in a single request; however, 4 of those states (see below) require that we submit a set of fingerprint cards that you provide.

COUNTY, FEDERAL, and CIVIL CHECKS:

COUNTY Criminal Conviction History checks, FEDERAL DISTRICT Criminal Conviction History checks, and CIVIL Litigation History checks normally take 1-3 days, with the current average being 48 hours.   There are many highly automated counties that tend to be very prompt, and then there are remote counties that can sometimes take longer, because the manual records department is only staffed by a particular county employee.   There are 3,100+ counties, and we try to stay abreast of response times on a daily basis.   Most of the response times are a function of the budgets of the respective departments, and those budgets are subject to political fluctuations.   If a particular county is currently taking an inordinate amount of time to respond, and if we know about it, we will tell you at the time that you place your request.   Also, those political budget pressures are the driving force behind the increased access fees, and the newer "surcharges" that we are seeing (which surcharges, in about 94 of 3,100+ counties, we pass along to you at cost).

STATE-WIDE CRIMINAL CHECKS:

STATE-WIDE criminal conviction history checks are currently available in 39 states, but 4 of those states require a set of fingerprints be submitted.   On average, they are slower than county checks, but of course, cover the entire state.   The current response times listed below represent each state's processing time, and if the state does not have an online capability for us to use, the times do not include the time spent in the mail.   We have all of the required forms here and will provide them as needed.    We have a direct computer connection to many of these states if they have it available, and that speeds things up.   Often though, it is just an electronic work order system.


STATE TURN-
AROUND
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
AL 2-3 days  
AR 4 weeks  
CO 10-12 days  
CT 1 week  
DC 6 weeks Requires notarized release form.
FL 1-2 days  
HI 10-12 days  
ID 3-5 days  
IL 2-3 weeks Requires a form with applicant's signature.
IN 12-14 days  
IA 7-10 days Requires 2 forms with applicant's signature.
KS 2 weeks  
KY 1-2 days  
ME 4-6 weeks  
MA 1 week  
MI 2-4 weeks  
MN 1 week  
MO 2-4 days  
MT 10 days  
NC 2-3 days  
ND 7-10 days Requires a release signed by applicant.
NE 7-10 days If record, 2-3 weeks.
NH 5-10 days Requires a letter signed by applicant and notarized.
NJ 2 days  
NM 1-2 days  
NY 2 days  
OK 10-14 days  
OR 2 days 2-4 weeks if a record
PA 3-4 weeks  
RI 3 weeks Requires a notarized release form and Photo ID.
SC 2 days  
TX 2 days  
VA 2-3 weeks Requires a form (must be notarized twice).
WA 2 days  
WV 3-5 days Requires a form with applicant's thumbprint.
WI 7-10 days  


The following states can be done at your request if you are able to provide FINGERPRINT CARDS from the applicant.   Call for turn-around times and special form requirements.

   Delaware
   Georgia
   Maryland
   Ohio
   South Dakota
   Wyoming

The following states are NOT processing state-wide searches for public use at this time.

   Alaska
   Arizona
   California
   Louisiana
   Mississippi
   Nevada
   Tennessee
   Utah
   Vermont

COMMON CAUSES FOR COURT SEARCH DELAYS:

Search results can be delayed for several reasons:

Sometimes, the Jurisdiction does not allow our researchers direct access to the criminal index, and we must rely on the "professionalism" of the civil servant of the court to perform the actual search.    In these cases, our only option is to have our researcher inquire of the clerk daily until the results are ready.

Another frequent cause for delay is that our researchers have found SOME matching search criteria, but the record information is incomplete, does not have sufficient identifiers, or is too abbreviated to be of use.   Older cases are typically stripped to their bare essentials and the actual hard copy is then stored in the court's archives, or in some cases destroyed.   In those cases where they are stored in the court's archives, we have to order the case from the clerk of the court thus incurring time delays and extra fees.

Finally, we have tried to construct the software that drives our client interface so that most common request errors are eliminated.   However, sometimes we still receive partial, mis-spelled, inverted, or incorrect identifiers, including nick-names.   These errors can be dangerous because clerks, if they are doing the search, take all input literally.   And our researchers, no matter how experienced, clever, or insightful, will still have the possibility of record information not being reported.


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