Criminal Records

Criminal Records Searches return felony, misdemeanor convictions, and pending cases. The information usually includes the date, nature of offense, sentencing date, disposition, and current status. Searches typically go back seven years; however, some states allow longer periods.

Criminal Court Records
A search of the county seat for any criminal records. Information returned includes: Felony, Misdemeanor, and Criminal Traffic. It also may include the individual's name as it appears in court records, date of birth, social security number, address, driver's license number, file date, charge(s), and disposition of each charge, sentence and disposition date. Where applicable, each search conducted will incur a county repository fee.

Federal Criminal Courts
Retrieves current information about current federal cases. There are 189 district courts, 136 bankruptcy courts, and 13 circuit courts of appeals. There are only 6 district courts, 15 bankruptcy courts, and 5 circuit court of appeals not indexed. This system provides lists of cases, searched by name or filing date, as well as electronic case summaries and dockets. The United States district courts are the trial courts of the federal court system. Within limits set by Congress and the Constitution, the district courts have jurisdiction to hear nearly all categories of federal cases, including both civil and criminal matters. This search is done by jurisdiction; each hit produced from a search will give party name, the court where the case was filed, the case number, and the filing date. The actual record will give all party names, date of birth on a criminal record, case number, date case filed, attorney names, docket entries and verdict information.

National Criminal Database
The largest national criminal database available with over 200 million records from over 36 states currently online. This can be used to determine if an applicant has been through the judicial system or criminal justice facilities of that state, county, or state's department of correction. Also, includes check against the national sexual offender database of all states.

OFAC (Office Foreign Asset Conrol) - AKA Patriot Act
Federal law and various government agencies have implemented screening requirements for certain industries prohibiting Americans and businesses to conduct transactions with individuals designated by the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC).  The OFAC provides a list of business, entities, and persons from which NAVICUS searches against.

State Criminal Database
Provides instantaneous real-time access to the largest criminal database available with over 200 million records from 38 states currently online. Includes search of National Sex Offender Registry too.

State Department of Law Enforcement
Report, usually from the state law enforcement bureau, that reveals criminal arrest history. Turnaround time varies. Release requirements vary. A report of this nature has limited uses and may not reflect public records at the county level. Reports also contain many entries that are not public record. Where applicable, each search conducted will incur a state repository fee.

Sex Offender Registry
A search of a single or all fifty states for known and listed sexual offenders. Rules vary from state to state regarding the dissemination of this data. Information returned may include: Subject's name, date of birth, social security number, address, race, sex, height, weight, hair and eye color, distinguishing marks, aliases, FBI and state offender number and offense.