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  "description": "This API offers access to 3 different criminal report options, including the **US Criminal Database Report** (nationwide database), **US Criminal County Report** (manual/direct county court search) and **US Criminal Statewide Report** (manual/direct statewide court search). The combination of database and direct court searches available through the US Criminal Report API ensures users have comprehensive access to felony and misdemeanor court records and convictions, sex offender registries, incarceration records and traffic violations across the United States. Coverage may vary by jurisdiction.\n\n \n\n**Why are 3 criminal report options needed?**\n\n \n\nThe U.S. criminal court system is fragmented and does not offer centralized access to criminal records from different Counties and jurisdictions. Rather, U.S. courts operate in a segmented manner that file records within their own jurisdictions, counties and states, thus making it challenging to search an individual’s background for possible criminal records. This creates a problem for prospective employers, property rental and leasing businesses, businesses selecting vendors or entering into business partnerships, and many other types of businesses that need to ensure people they are working with do not have a criminal history that could put them at risk for exposure or worse. To solve for the above challenge, our **US Criminal Report** offers access to both national database records aggregated from multiple jurisdictions and sources, while also offering direct manual County and Statewide search options to search for criminal records filed in the locations an individual may have previously lived or been associated. The combined use of database and direct court search options allows users to complete a thorough and reasonable background check to minimize risk and exposure.\n\n \n\n**How do the 3 criminal report options work together?**\n\n \n\nUsers should leverage the combination of searches and queries that best fits their business risk, compliance needs, and legal requirements. However, each report offers unique value and coverage that should be considered.\n\n \n\n* **US Criminal Database Report**:  This report is sourced from one of the most comprehensive, national databases of aggregated criminal    court records, sex offender registries, incarceration records and traffic violations available in the U.S. The data is sourced from an extensive network of data collection specialists and sophisticated technology to aggregate the broadest coverage possible into a central database. The value of this report is most realized by allowing users the ability to uncover hard to find records that may exist in jurisdictions that boarder areas where the subject is associated in their past, or may uncover records in jurisdictions completely unrelated to their traceable residence history.\n\n \n\n* **US Criminal County Report**: This report allows users to directly search County court records using a network of court researchers that manually search the court indexes and records filed with each County requested. This practice ensures that records not available for return in the national database report are adequately searched directly in the areas where the subject would most likely have a criminal history, thus further reducing liability and exposure related to reasonable background check practices.\n\n \n\n* **US Criminal Statewide Report**: This report allows users to directly search Statewide repositories that offer centralized access to various criminal court filings that exist within a given State. It is often used as an alternative option to searching multiple Counties within each State within States that offer this option. This practice ensures that records not available for return in the national database report are adequately searched directly in the States where the subject would most likely have a criminal history, thus further reducing liability and exposure related to reasonable background check practices.\n\n \n\nAll criminal reports will attempt to return Felony Convictions without date restrictions, along with up to 7 years of history on Misdemeanors, Arrest Records, and Traffic Violations. Return of all records is dependent on coverage and availability.\n\n \n\n**How do I request each criminal report via the API?**\n\n \n\nEach report is specified in the Request using the “ProductID” field as follows:\n\n* US Criminal Database Report……Specify ProductID ”USCRMD”\n* US Criminal County Report………Specify ProductID ”USCRMC”\n* US Criminal Statewide Report…...Specify ProductID ”USCRMS”",
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  "created": "2026-04-11",
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