Civil Record Searches
Bankruptcy Search
Real ID provides the most current search nationwide for bankruptcy filings on a person or business within just 2 days of a filing and returns Trustee, attorney for filer, assets, liabilities, chapter, and date of creditors meeting and disposition.
Motor Vehicle Search
You should use a Motor Vehicle Search as an additional search for locating an individual, verification of application information or to get motor vehicle information. When trying to locate someone, many in the industry use this product to check for address updates around the individual's birthday. This is when most tags and driver's licenses are up for renewal. This method provides the most up-to-date address available.
Driver Record Search
Over 120,000,000 U.S. drivers have some sort of violation on their driving record. If you are screening for positions related to transportation, it is important to get any known driving violations to prevent costly litigation. A negligent suit finds the company itself in fault in the majority of cases.
Credit Checks
Equifax
The Equifax Credit Profile Report is the most common and standard type of report accessed. It contains information from credit grantors, courts, and collection agencies regarding the historical loans by the consumer.
Experian
The Experian Credit Profile Report is the most common and standard type of report accessed. It contains information from credit grantors, courts, and collection agencies regarding the historical loans by the consumer.
Trans Union
Criminal Background Checks
County Court Report
The County Court Report provides a very thorough criminal history check for a particular instance or county. This product is also great if one of the instant for manual database products is not available in your area. This data comes directly from court and county records searched by court researchers and is one of the most reliable sources.
National Sex Offender Report
If you are looking for a low-cost solution to quickly search multiple states for an individuals criminal history, the National Criminal Report is an ideal product. However, this product does not include sex offenses. If you wish to also receive sex offenses, the RAPSHEET Criminal Report and MultiCRIM both include this information.
MultiCRIM™ National Criminal Report
A MultiCRIM™ National Criminal Report is the most comprehensive on-line criminal database available. This report is comprised of data from court records, Department of Correction records, law enforcement records and sex offender databases numbering in excess of 175 million criminal records. The report includes felonies, misdemeanors, sex offenses, DUI tickets, and other offenses from the most comprehensive source available online. This report should be used as your primary criminal search when screening an applicant's background. While this report is not as thorough as a manual public record search, it offers the best results of instant on-line databases. If you are searching for felony convictions only, this product covers 94% of the nation.
Identification
Credit Header (Address) Search
This product should be used in place of traditional credit bureau header searches, i.e. social searches. This search is not only a fraction of the cost of credit bureau products, but it also searches multiple credit bureaus, including Equifax and Trans Union.
People Search
You should use a people search as your primary search for skip tracing or verification. Over 100 data sources are searched — including Equifax's Consumer Credit database, Trans Union's Consumer Credit database, Telephone Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) database, state & city public records — at a fraction of the cost of similar products. A Trace Detail report can be requested from this search to give an even greater detail of verified and non-verified addresses, associates, neighbors, neighborhood and relatives.
SSN Validation
The SSN Validation product confirms the validity of a social security number.
SSN Verification
An SSN Verification confirms an applicant's name as provided, social security number, date of birth, and any additional information on file with the Social Security Administration. If you are concerned or have doubts about whether your applicant is providing a valid Social Security Number, Real ID's SSN Verification product will confirm the accuracy of the provided information for you.
SSN Trace Detail
If you are having trouble contacting a skipped account or just need to verify references or application information, the Trace Detail Report is a great asset. This report provides an in-depth trace on the individual or address. This will result in verified addresses, neighbors, relatives and many other means of contact or references. Adhering to state laws, neighbors may be contacted to locate the individual. Neighbors are usually very willing to cooperate and sometimes able to provide a wealth of information. As an alternative approach, contacting a third party may help in locating the individual. Spouses, parents, roommates, siblings, former boyfriends or girlfriends that currently live our have previously lived with the individual can be very willing to assist in locating or verifiying information as well. This is often very successful where other methods have failed.
Verification
Education Verification
The Education Verification product is a manual product for verification of education history. Basic information, e.g., college, degree, is verified in addition to up to 15 customizable questions. Verifications are sent to our call center for fulfillment and then an e-mail is sent when the report has been completed. The entire process usually takes just a few hours.
Employment Verification
The Employment Verification product is a manual product for verification of employment history. Basic information, e.g., position, salary, is verified in addition to up to 15 customizable questions. Verifications are sent to our call center for fulfillment and then an e-mail is sent when the report has been completed. The entire process usually takes just a few hours.
License Verification
With a Driver's License Verification, you can quickly search for individuals or validate applications against multiple state DMV databases. When skip tracing, this is a great search for hard-to-find individuals. Address information is usually updated when a license expires. It may be beneficial to check for address updates around an individual's birthday when other searches have failed.