New York Criminal Background Check Bundle (For Any New York County)

When requesting a background check in a New York county, the New York Criminal Background Check Bundle will be used. New York background checks incur an additional cost due to the mandatory record access fees assessed by the New York counties.

Much like the Criminal Background Check Bundle, the New York Criminal Background Check Bundle includes a record search at the highest court at up to three counties outside the state of New York where the individual has lived, worked or gone to school in the previous 7 years. The bundle also includes a statewide search of criminal records at the New York Office of Court Administration.

We discourage families from relying solely on online background check services which use databases that may be incomplete, outdated and/or contain errors. Instead, the New York Criminal Background Check Bundle includes a search of the National Criminal Record Locator to identify jurisdictions where the applicant potentially has a criminal record, and then dispatch a researcher to the jurisdiction to search the court records. The result is a comprehensive, complete and accurate search.

As with any background check, you should not assume that the information found provides a complete or accurate history of any person's criminal history. The information should only be used as part of an overall investigation of any person.

Below are detailed descriptions of the checks included in the New York Criminal Background Check Bundle:

Criminal, Statewide (NY) New York: Criminal records are searched at the New York Office of Court Administration. If non-conviction information is found within the past seven or ten years, a check at the appropriate county will be ordered to verify whether there has been a conviction, or whether a case is still open or pending. Reported activity is generally limited to 7 years, but older convictions will be reported if requested and/or available. Open arrest warrants are also reported when available.

Criminal, County: Criminal records are searched at the highest court in each county where the individual has lived, worked or gone to school in the previous seven years. All felony convictions, misdemeanor convictions, and related activity on record are reported. Reported activity is generally limited to seven years, but older convictions will be reported if requested and/or available. Open arrest warrants are also reported and generally include cases awaiting trial or charges for failure to appear.

National Criminal Record Locator: A search of a proprietary criminal database containing more than 275 million records. The records comprising the database are obtained from county, state, and federal entities as well as incarceration and law enforcement records. In addition, the database includes OFAC lists, FBI Most Wanted, Fugitive Lists from ten federal agencies (such as US Marshals, US Secret Service, US DEA), and fugitive lists from numerous state and local law enforcement agencies. This search is a "locator" device designed to identify jurisdictions in which an applicant potentially has a criminal record or is a registered sexual offender. Because decisions should not be made based on this potentially incomplete, inaccurate or out-of-date database information, a search will automatically be conducted in the originating jurisdiction if one or more possible records are found. This locator searches records from the past 7 years using the applicant's first name, last name, and date of birth.