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Federal Sites
How to Get Free Federal Background Checks:
Public records are after all, public records. What this means is
that these records are maintained by government agencies that are open without
restriction to public inspection, either by statute or by traditional means. There are
three places you can find public records:
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At a government agency: You may view them directly from the
physical source which includes courthouses, county recording offices, police
departments, state departments and many more government facilities. It means travel,
time and expenses with no guarantee that you will find the records you are looking
for.
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In today's information age, many government agencies offer
information sites free and open to the general public to search for public records.
We have provided a sample of phrases or keywords to search for in any major search
engine that will at least lead you in the right direction should that particular
government agency offer any of their records online. It just takes a little bit of
time and patience while testing and perfecting your researcher's skills. Please bear
in mind that internet culture is based not on offering all available information
cluttered into one single page, but by following links to specific topics.
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Online public records private databases: If you cannot find what
you are searching for, then you may want to try our fee-based services whereby we
collect billions of records from both government and private records repositories.
Being a consumer reporting agency business, we have to pay for obtaining and
reselling those bulk records and pay our programmers to categorize and format them
for your intended use.
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Tip: Please be aware and obey all
federal and local privacy laws when conducting background checks on your own or if
you are going to make an online public records based hiring or renting decision. You
can learn more about it in our personal and business background checks
page.
Federal Sites
- US - Aircraft Pilots
- US - Aircraft Registration
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US - Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms - (ATF) Most Wanted
- US - Attorney Locator
- US - Bureau of Justice Statistics
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US - Cemeteries
- US - Census Data - 2000
- US - Consumer Product Recalls
- US- Drug Enforcement Administration Fugitives
- US - Environmental Databases
- US - FBI Most Wanted
- US - Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator
- US - Federal Consumer Information Center
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US - Government Resources
- US - Immigration & Customs Enforcement Most Wanted
- US - Legislative Data Center
- US - Missing & Exploited Children
- US - Missing Children
- US - Most Wanted Terrorists
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US - National Archives & Records Admin
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US - National Sex Offender Search
- US - Optometrists
- US - Organized Crime - Crime Statistics Site
- US - Post Office ZIP Code Look-up
- US - Postal Service Most Wanted
- US - Real Estate Appraiser
- US - Real Estate/Bank Foreclosures
- US - Registered Trademarks (Federal Level)
- US - SEC Filings (EDGAR)
- US - Secret Service (Treasury Dept) Most Wanted
- US - Securities Class Action Clearinghouse
- US - Sex Offender Registry Dept of Justice
- US - Substance Abuse Facility Locator
- US - Unclaimed HUD/FHA Mortgage Insurance
- US - US Marshall's Most Wanted
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