Desk A
Court records
Municipal, county, state, and federal files, plus nationwide warrant searches and requests for Canadian and international courts.
Criminal records deskPublic record research office
Read the record before you decide.
Court files, credit histories, and company registries arrive in fragments. Our specialists locate the underlying documents, confirm that a file belongs to the right person or business, and return a report you can rely on.
- Municipal
- County
- State
- Federal
- Canada
- International
01 / Method
A record is only as good as the ground it covers.
What a report leaves out can matter as much as what it contains.
One courthouse search answers one question. People move, change names, and cross state lines, so a single county check can miss the file that decides the matter.
We begin with an address history and use it as a search plan. From there the request moves outward through the counties and states where the subject actually lived, not just the jurisdiction that is easiest to reach.
The same discipline applies to companies. A registered agent address is not proof of operations, and a credit score is not a substitute for reading the file. We pull the records behind the summary rather than stopping at a score.
02 / Work
Four desks, one standard of care.
Desk B
Screening reports
Employment and tenancy files built from court work, with address history, bankruptcies, liens, and judgments added where the record supports it.
Screening deskDesk C
Business research
Entity backgrounds, ownership and affiliations, asset searches, and reports on companies registered in Asian markets.
Business checks deskDesk D
Credit files
Consumer, employment, business, and international credit files, requested for a lawful purpose and released to the requester.
Credit reports desk03 / Sequence
How a request travels.
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Establish the subject
A legal name, a date of birth, and any earlier names give us a starting point. The identifiers are checked before a single search is ordered.
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Map the jurisdictions
The address history becomes the search plan, county by county, so the report reflects where the person lived rather than where it is convenient to look.
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Retrieve the file
A specialist requests the record, reads the docket, and separates a true match from a namesake before anything is written up.
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Return the report
Findings go back by email to the address that placed the request.
04 / Use
Who asks us to look
A decision about a person or a company should rest on the file, not on a hunch. A request can begin in one of four places.
- Employers Hiring teams that need a lawful, documented look at an applicant before an offer is confirmed.
- Property managers Landlords and managers reviewing an applicant against court and credit records.
- Attorneys Counsel who need public records assembled for a matter, a filing, or a negotiation.
- Companies Teams vetting a vendor, a partner, or an acquisition before money changes hands.
Screening desk
Background checks
Employment and tenancy files, with the address history assembled before the search begins.
Open the screening desk →Court desk
Criminal record research
Court files in the places a person has lived, from municipal filings to international requests.
Open the criminal records desk →Business desk
Business background checks
Registrations, ownership, affiliations, and assets for the companies you rely on.
Open the business checks desk →Credit desk
Credit reports
Consumer, employment, business, and international credit files, read for the decision in front of you.
Open the credit reports desk →05 / Contact
Have a person, a company, or a credit file in mind?
Call the records desk and describe the question. We will tell you which searches fit it and what details the file will require.