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Most employers understand the importance of a good background check as part of the Pre Employment Screening process for new and existing employees. Where some people get stuck is how and where to conduct the criminal searches.

 Let's take a quick look at where criminal records are located and how to search these areas. The most up to date and accurate way to search for criminal records is at the county level. Searches are conducted at the county courthouse where the researchers have access to actual case dockets and can view multiple identifiers on the case if the need should arise to do so. If you want to know more about this, check out COUNTY CRIMINAL SEARCH. Very recent and pending cases are located at the county level. Searches can also be conducted using a state's central repository or central criminal justice agency. The repositories are much like a database provided by the state with information collected by participating counties. It is important to note that the not all repositories are updated daily, some are updated weekly, biweekly or monthly depending on the state.

 These two types of searches are quite useful and can be used depending on where your applicant has lived in the past 7 years. The best approach is to either conduct a social security number trace going back 7 years or ask your applicant to provide their address history. Your background screening company should offer a social security number trace product which will provide accurate results. It is best to conduct a trace rather than relying on the applicant to be truthful about their past address history. Some applicants may leave out an address where they were convicted of a crime. Based on the address history provided by the social security number trace you can get an idea of where the applicant has lived and conduct your criminal searches. If you notice your applicant has lived in one state and county for his entire 7 year history you can opt for a county criminal search for an accurate and up to date search. If your applicant has lived in multiple counties, moving around the state it may be more cost effective for you to conduct a statewide criminal search.

 Criminal searches are based typically only on name and date of birth, therefore it is vital that when placing orders for criminal searches with your background screening company you are providing correct spelling of names and correct dates of births. It is also important to search for any aka's or maiden names that the applicant may have held in the past. For example, if Trisha Smith was convicted of a crime two years ago, but was married last year and changed her name to Trisha White you could miss criminal records if only the Trisha White name is searched. Typically social security numbers and other personal information are not provided on cases for privacy reasons. If you are in need of additional identifiers on a case in a situation where a common name is searched, you can conduct a county criminal search. The researcher is often able to obtain additional identifiers such as address or physical identifiers such as height, weight and hair color.

 In short, when deciding on where and how to conduct a Criminal background check note where the applicant has lived in the past 7 years and be sure to search all names the applicant has used for a complete and accurate search. For more info, visit COUNTY CRIMINAL SEARCH.