July 11, 2025

Product

County Criminal Background Search

$24.95 + county fee if applicable

Criminal Background Searches are especially important when you rent or sell your houses on terms. If you are renting, holding a mortgage, using a Lease Option, Land Contract, or Agreement for Deed your tenant/buyers, criminal history is of paramount importance to you as the owner of the property. The obvious reason being that you don't want to put criminals in your houses if you can avoid it. At $24.95 for a County Criminal Report there's just no excuse not to run one on every applicant. And when you consider the liability you potentially face if the tenant/buyer you have chosen commits a crime, it's crazy not to use the best information available to you. The best defense is to show that you used the "Best Available Means" to check the applicant's background prior to approving the prospective resident's application.

Tenant Screening & Background Checks

Screening your tenant/buyers carefully includes running a Criminal Background Report during the application approval process. Remember that once you adopt any policy as a part of your approval process, you must run the same background checks on EVERY applicant. Not doing so might be considered a form of discrimination. All professional Investors and Property Managers charge an application fee to offset the cost of properly screening each applicant too.
Then there's the importance of knowing the Criminal Backgrounds of your employees, contractors, handy or repair men, baby sitters, nannies, cleaning persons, etc. Let's face it... in today's world, you just can't be too careful. Take comfort in really knowing who you are allowing into your properties, office and home. At $24.95 per individual there's no excuse not to check everyone.

Notice: National and State Level Limitations

The following states do not disclose their criminal records at the national or state level. These states require a County Criminal Background Search for the counties they have resided in. For individuals living in these states, and because of the transient nature of our society, it is recommended that you still run a National Criminal Search to seek records in the other 42 states. A person may have committed a crime in another (reporting) state, which would appear in the National Criminal Report.

CA: (The National and State Criminal Background Search contain some counties for CA, but not all.)
CO
DE
HI
LA
NH
VT
WV
WY

County Criminal Background Search - Available in ALL 50 States!

All US counties for all 50 states are available in the County Criminal Background Search. This search will provide the most up to date information as it requires a visit to the county courthouse to attain the results.

Some counties incur an additional fee however, most do not. This will appear in the shopping cart when you place your order if the additional fee is applicable for your search.

We recommend that you include attaining a copy of the Drivers License with your Application Paperwork for renting, leasing etc. This is recommended so that you can verify the date of birth for the National Criminal Order Search. If the DOB does not match when doing the search including dates of birth, no records will be found. It is possible that an applicant may give you the wrong DOB in order to hide their criminal records. Please keep in mind that if you make this a requirement in your application process, you must do so with all applicants so you will not be in jeopardy of discrimination.

Other Names Used

It is important to run a criminal search on all Aliases, AKA, or other known names the person has used.The applicant may provide other names they have used on their application for rental or lease.

You can also find other names they have used in association with their SSN on your National Criminal Report.

Each different name requires a separate order submission and search to be performed. This is necessary because the searches are on NAME + DOB. It is possible that a person could have criminal records on a name they have used in the past. This could put you and your property in potential jeopardy by not doing your best to find this information.

Although this may cost you a little more up front, it will help you ensure that you are not placing criminals in your home, property, or business and can potentially save you a lot of money and grief in the end.

States where this service is available:
 

AL

Alabama

    

ME

Maine

    

OH

Ohio

AK

Alaska

    

MD

Maryland

    

OK

Oklahoma

AZ

Arizona

    

MI

Michigan

    

OR

Oregon

AR

Arkansas

    

MN

Minnesota

    

PA

Pennsylvania

CA

California

    

MS

Mississippi

    

RI

Rhode Island

CT

Connecticut

    

MO 

Missouri

    

SC

South Carolina

FL

Florida

    

MT

Montana

    

SD

South Dakota

GA

Georgia

    

NE

Nebraska

    

TN

Tennessee

ID

Idaho

    

NV

Nevada

    

TX

Texas

IL

Illinois

    

NJ

New Jersey

    

UT

Utah

IN

Indiana

    

NM

New Mexico

    

VA

Virginia

IA

Iowa

    

NY

New York

    

WA

Washington

KS

Kansas

    

NC

North Carolina

    

DC

Washington, DC

KY

Kentucky

    

ND

North Dakota

    

WI

Wisconsin