What Shows Up on a Criminal Background Check - Sample Background Checks


by Steve Gee - Date: 2009-06-01 - Word Count: 521 Share This!

What can you expect in an online criminal records check?

It's very easy to get background checks done on people online but it's not so easy to find out what shows up on a criminal background check without actually signing up to one of the online public records web sites. You can always get a refund if you aren't satisfied of course - Make sure that the site has a good guarantee - but it's still a lot of bother if you have to do that. A much better way is to examine some sample reports from such a web site before you join the site. That way you can decide if it's worth a try before you get your credit card out.

Don't expect to find everything in a background check

Don't get me wrong here because I think that there are some online public records web sites that do an absolutely amazing job of providing you with all kinds of interesting information about almost anyone that you can think of. The databases aren't perfect however. They use hundreds if not thousands of databases from all over the place and you can't expect them to have everything.

Having said that, I have personally managed to find several old friends and check the criminal record of someone recently. In fact I found the information that I was finding to be just a little intoxicating. I didn't want to stop searching because I was finding all sorts of interesting stuff. I was getting hooked.

What comes up on a criminal background check

When you talk about a criminal background check you should think about a background check that includes any criminal history. The person that you are checking up on may not have a criminal history at all but there is probably still a lot of information for you to find. Here is a brief list of just some of the things that might show up.

State criminal records check, email addresses, name and address, address history, civil filings, relatives and associates, neighbors, arrest warrants, property ownership, neighborhood check.

Find out what to expect using sample background check reports

If you take a look at some sample reports from the web site that you are thinking of joining before you sign up then you can get a good idea of what to expect once you are in the members area.

When I was trying to work out which public records site to use I found it very difficult to find any information at all to indicate what I might find if I joined up. That's why, when I found a good site, I secretly copied all the sample reports and put some of them up on a web site so that everyone could see them.

When you've had a good look at the reports and decided that it's the kind of information that you are interested in you can go ahead and join the web site. As I said you can't expect to find out everything but there's a good chance that you will find more than enough information to make it more than worth your while. It's fun too so give it a go.


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