Background Screening
Records confirmed, scoped to your criteria.
Criminal, civil, registry, and credential searches, scoped to the jurisdictions and criteria your organization sets—not one fixed package applied to every applicant.
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Criminal records
- County criminalComplete
- State criminalComplete
- Federal criminalIn progress
Civil & registries
- Eviction searchComplete
- Sex offender registryComplete
Scoped to your criteria
Which searches run, and at which jurisdiction levels, follows your organization's written criteria.
- County, state & federal searches
- Scoped to your written criteria
- One record per applicant
At a glance
What Background Screening covers.
What it covers
Criminal record searches at the county, state, and federal level, plus civil records, eviction history, and sex offender registry searches.
Also included
Credit reports, sanctions searches, education verification, and professional license verification, when your configured package calls for them.
How it's scoped
Which searches run, and at which jurisdiction levels, is configured against your organization's written criteria—not applied as one fixed package to every applicant.
Delivered as
Results are organized into one record per applicant, not a separate report per search type.
What's included
Searches grouped by record type.
Each group can be included on its own or combined into one configured package.
Criminal records
Searches run at the jurisdiction levels your criteria call for, rather than defaulting to a single national database search.
- County criminal search
- State criminal search
- Federal criminal search
Civil & financial records
History a criminal search alone wouldn't surface.
- Eviction search
- Credit report
- Civil court records
Registries & sanctions
Run alongside the criminal record searches your criteria call for.
- Sex offender registry search
- Sanctions search
How it runs
From your criteria to one organized record.
- 01Criteria configuredSearches and jurisdiction levels are set against your written criteria.
- 02Applicant authorizesDisclosures and consent are completed online.
- 03Searches runEach search in the package runs at the levels configured for it.
- 04ISS report QACompleted results are reviewed for accuracy and clarity before delivery.
- 05One record deliveredResults arrive organized into one record per applicant.
Your organization applies its own criteria and makes every decision.
Credentials & additional searches
Each search, in more depth.
Most of the searches a background screening package can include have a page of their own.
Credit Reports
Organized for consistent review where your criteria call for it.
Learn moreEviction Searches
Prior eviction filings and outcomes.
Learn moreSex Offender Searches
National and state registry searches.
Learn moreMotor Vehicle Records
Driving history for the roles that drive.
Learn moreEducation Verification
Confirms degrees and credentials with the issuing institution.
Learn moreProfessional License Verification
Confirms license status with the issuing board.
Learn moreSocial Media Screening
Publicly available social media and web content, with source context.
Learn moreInternational Reports
Whether they run, and at what scope, is configured with ISS as part of your package.
FAQs
Common questions about Background Screening.
County, state, and federal criminal records can all be included, scoped to the jurisdictions relevant to the applicant's history and your written criteria.
Ready to configure a Background Screening package?
Get started, or see how background screening fits into the rest of the platform.