Thursday, February 01, 2007

About do-it-yourself background checks

The Seattle Times recenty wrote an article about conducting do-it-yourself background checks. We recommend you use Corra Background Checks to locate your subjects past history and provide you the details you need to make an informed decision, whether you are thinking about dating, or going into business, etc. An excellent quick way to determine if your subject has a criminal past is to run Corra's Nationwide Criminal Database Search for criminal records nationwide.


People leave footprints behind as they move through life, tracks etched in public records — property bought and sold, marriages launched and dissolved, blog musings and rap sheets.
Sometimes, their secrets are hiding in plain sight. You can run the name or address of a prospective date, nanny or housekeeper through the databases listed (see the attached chart) and get a pretty good picture of the public-records trail they've created.
Public records aren't perfect — bear in mind these databases could contain inaccurate information or be missing data.
While you can learn a lot, don't take any of it as gospel without double-checking