REPORTSTANDARD REPORT
STATEWIDE CRIMINAL RECORD CHECKS
In order to reduce your costs and to provide the most comprehensive search, our policy is to run a statewide check where possible and not run the county search.
However, as time is always of the essence, there are some states where we only run a state police check if there is a valid reason for doing so, or if specifically requested.
And, in some of states, the state authorities have told us that their files are far from complete
, hence, one has to run both a state and a county search. It is the policy of many states to only release convictions of felonies and pending cases. Others release information on all types of cases. Each has a different policy.The states listed as SLOW in the following list take from 1-3 weeks to respond.
There are a few other states that also allow statewide checks, but the roadblocks are such that we don't find it useful. Some require special notarized authorizations; others take too long and some release only a slight portion of what is in their files so that it is not worth doing the STATE search.
In all cases, you have to keep in mind that none of the state repositories contain records of ALL cases on a person in that state. And, their restrictions on reporting information sometimes are such that to be prudent one should order both a statewide AND a county check on the applicant.
The following is a list of states where we can run statewide criminal record checks. In some of the states below, we also run county searches as added leads because the state files are so incomplete.
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NAME OF STATE |
HOW SEARCHED |
HOW LONG |
STATE FEE | |
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ALABAMA |
Statewide court system |
fast |
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ALASKA |
Statewide court system |
fast |
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COLORADO |
* |
Colorado Bureau of Investigation and courts |
fast |
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CONNECTICUT |
Proprietary Superior court database |
fast |
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DELAWARE |
All 3 County Criminal Courts |
fast |
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FLORIDA |
* |
Florida Department of Law Enforcement (Not complete). |
fast |
yes |
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GEORGIA |
* |
GA Bureau of Investigation |
fast |
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IOWA |
State repository |
fast |
yes | |
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KANSAS |
State repository |
slow |
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MAINE |
* |
Maine State Police |
fast * when there is no record. $25 state fee |
yes |
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MARYLAND |
District courts and some circuit courts |
fast |
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MICHIGAN |
State Police (not complete) |
fast |
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NEW JERSEY |
New Jersey State Police |
slow |
yes | |
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NEW YORK |
-NEW
YORK STATEWIDE CRIMINAL CHECK Conducted through the State Unified Court system. |
fast | yes | |
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NORTH CAROLINA |
State District & Superior Courts and State Department of Corrections |
fast |
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OREGON |
State Police and state courts |
fast |
yes | |
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PENNSYLVANIA |
* |
State Police & statewide common pleas court system |
Courts fast. State police slow. | |
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RHODE ISLAND |
State repository or Statewide Courts System |
fast |
yes | |
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SOUTH CAROLINA |
State repository |
fast * (plus $25 state fee) |
yes | |
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TENNESSEE |
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation |
fast (plus $29 state fee) |
yes | |
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TEXAS |
Texas Department of Public Safety Not complete. |
fast |
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WASHINGTON |
State police and statewide District court system |
fast |
yes | |
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WISCONSIN |
* |
Statewide Court System, plus State Department of Justice |
fast | yes |
* In these states, we automatically check the State Police (or equivalent) records.
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SWCRIM last updated 05/01/08.