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VolunteerSelect's product components are heavily weighted toward criminal and sex offender convictions. This tool was designed to retrieve only the most relevant information for volunteer purposes thus protecting each volunteer's privacy and minimizing the cost to charitable organizations. Additional searches are recommended for pre-employment purposes, and these products are available through ScreenNow, click here for more information.

Product Description Time Service
Social Security Screen Social Security Number Verification is achieved through a search of more than 190 million consumer records contained in the credit bureau files / credit header information. Our social security number search warns when a Social Security number may never have been issued, may have been issued to a person who has been reported deceased, is currently being used by other individuals (lists up to four names using the number) or has been issued so recently that the number may belong to a child.

As an additional feature of the Social Security Number verification, the report discloses any addresses associated with the Social Security Number for credit application purposes. Many employers utilize this information to determine if the applicant has truthfully supplied all relevant residential address history on the employment application. Addresses revealed by the Social Security Number verification, but not supplied by an applicant, may be used to expand a criminal record search. These undisclosed addresses may lead to a criminal conviction record the applicant has attempted to shield from a prospective employer. 		Instantaneous
ChoicePoint National Criminal File The ChoicePoint National Criminal File provides a database search of more than 200 million criminal records representing more than 62 million individuals. Records are gathered from across all 50 states, from multiple criminal record repositories.

This innovative nationwide search complies with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and instantly covers a considerably broader geographic search scope than the typical seven (7) year search of counties of residences lived and worked. A standard one or two county background check will not typically find a record if the person has moved, or committed a crime in another county or state. Serious offenders move from state to state, and sometimes do not provide complete address history when applying for employment. Local courthouse searches are an appropriate supplement to ChoicePoint National Criminal File searches.

Database Repositories include:
  • Department of Corrections (Inmates & Release files, Probation & Parole)
  • Administrative Office of Courts
  • Individual County Courts
  • State Specific Criminal Record Repositories
  • ChoicePoint Proprietary Criminal Record Data
  • Sex Offender Registry Records (50 States Plus Washington, D.C.)
    [AL, AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY and District of Columbia.]
ChoicePoint National Criminal File is not the same search as the FBI's file (NCIC) search, but offers instant results on a search against approximately 200 million criminal records, significantly lower cost and doesn't require fingerprints. The number of criminal records contained in the database varies from state to state (for more details of state coverage please contact VolunteerSelect Customer Service and Support at 1-866-399-6647). The ChoicePoint National Criminal File Instant Search is a search against all repositories in the database. Local courthouse searches are an appropriate supplement to ChoicePoint National Criminal File searches and are described below.

For more information about the ChoicePoint National Criminal File, please contact VolunteerSelect Customer Service and Support at 1-866-399-6647 or via email at employment.support@choicepoint.com . 		Instantaneous
Sex Offender Search Manual single component current search of individual state Sexual Offender Registries to provide information on sexual offenders that are required to register as Sexual/ Violent Offenders in the state where they currently reside.

Information returned may contain:
  • Name
  • Date of birth
  • Year of birth
  • Age
  • Current registrar address
  • County
  • Offense requiring registration
Turnaround time for Idaho: 5-7 days; all other states: 24 hours. Some states may take longer to process requests.

Sexual/ Violent Offender information is currently available from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. 		Varies
County Criminal Search ChoicePoint's trained staff that specialize in on-site criminal record research and verification at individual courthouse locations. The County Level Criminal Record Search involves a search of the primary court within a county for any record of a Felony Including Misdemeanor criminal conviction or pending criminal charge.Our current policy for reporting criminal record information includes the reporting of convictions or arrests for pending trial. We do not report pretrial diversions or adjudication beyond the probationary period.

Additional state access fees may apply. We must charge these fees where applicable in addition to the cost of the report. 		48-72 Hours
Motor Vehicle Record ChoicePoint utilizes our Motor Vehicle Record Information System to obtain the driving record report from the specified state's Department of Motor Vehicles. All motor vehicle records obtained through the ChoicePoint system have a user friendly, readable format that interprets the various state codes and provides a report that is uniform across all states. Currently, the following states allow access to motor vehicle records through VolunteerSelect:
AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MN, MS, MO, NV, NM, NY, NC, ND, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX and VT.

Provides verification of specified state operator license through the Department of Motor Vehicles. Information can include:
  • Name(s)
  • State of issue
  • Previous state of issue
  • Violation
  • Points
  • Current license status
Instantly reporting results in most states.

Additional state access fees may apply. We must charge these fees where applicable in addition to the cost of the report.

CA Motor Vehicle Checks must be ordered in conjunction with another search. 		24 Hours (12 days for Hawaii)