Los Angeles County Removes DOBs from County Criminal Records Search Index.
On February 23, 2024, the Superior Court of Los Angeles County California will no longer include month and year of birth as a search field in its criminal search index. This follows their decision earlier to remove the day of birth. This action will cause considerable backlogs in conducting records searches as researchers will no
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Regulations Impacting Employee Background Checks in California. Are You Compliant?
Introduction: In a constant effort to strike a balance between protecting employee rights and ensuring workplace safety, California has recently implemented new regulations that significantly impact how employers conduct background checks on their workforce. These changes, designed to enhance transparency and fairness, come with challenges for employers seeking to maintain a compliant and secure work
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Michigan Clean Slate Laws
Michigan’s Clean Slate Laws, signed into law on October 12, 2021, with an effective date of April 11, 2023, provide individuals with criminal records the opportunity to have their records expunged, or cleared, in certain circumstances. These laws are aimed at helping people with criminal records to move on from their past mistakes and have
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Nevada Changes To Traffic Violations
Changes to NRS 484A.703 dictate certain minor violations in Nevada have become civil infractions instead of criminal misdemeanors. A Criminal Misdemeanor is an offense that is punishable generally by no more than 6 months incarceration and/or$1,000 fine (NRS 193.150) A civil infraction is NOT a criminal offense. The penalty for a civil infraction is generally
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California proposes bill to effectively ban background checks
California continues to be a challenging jurisdiction for background checks. Efforts are continuing to require court clerks to include the date of birth as a search query. Last year courts began removing the date of birth, the standard identifier used across the nation. When conducting criminal records searches, without this identifier we can only search
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Beware the “Instant”, or “National” Criminal Background Check
Many background screening firms offer a National Criminal, Nationwide Criminal, or even an instant criminal search product. They are quick and inexpensive, however, there are considerations to using such products. What is a National/Nationwide Criminal Search? A powerful, virtually instant multi-jurisdictional search of hundreds of millions of state and county criminal records. This database is
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Social Media Investigations
What is a Social Media Investigation? With a combination of software automation utilizing Artificial Intelligence and experienced social media analysts, a candidate’s potentially problematic online activity is identified and provided to you in an FCRA compliant report to use in your hiring decision. It does not involve you logging into a candidate’s social media with
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COURTHOUSES
Clark County Regional Justice Center Las Vegas, Nevada The Clark County Regional Justice Center in downtown Las Vegas was opened in 2005. The 19-story building houses the Justice Court, Las Vegas Township, and the 8th Judicial District Court plus associated traffic, civil, specialty courts, offices of the court clerks, and administrative offices. In addition to