Address Checks

Address Checks

Address checks can assist during the employee background check or tenant screening process to help determine which counties and states criminal background checks should be run in. County criminal records are the most up-to-date reports available. They take a couple of days to complete, but this turn-around time ensures the most detailed, precise information on record for an applicant.

County criminal records only covers the specified counties for the reports to be run in, and while state-wide reports cover the whole state, they may not provide every county, if that county is slow in reporting to the state records. The same goes with nationwide reports, not all states and all counties report to the national database. This is where prior address checks come into play.

Employers and Landlords often request applicants to write down the past 7 years of employment and addresses since credit reports and criminal background checks from a consumer reporting agency goes back 7 years. If an applicant knows that they committed a crime in a certain county, they will often omit the address for that county in their application and it is likely that without a prior address check, you will not know the difference.

A prior address report provides information about an applicant's address from utility bill records, US Postal Service records, voter registration, creditors and other comparable sources. This can then be compared to their application and the address provided on the credit report to get an accurate history.

This report is used only as a tool to determine the counties in which criminal reports should be run for the applicant in question.

For Employers and Landlords to get the most comprehensive report of an applicant's criminal history, the prior address check, county criminal records and another - federal criminal records (provides cases created in the federal court system).

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