Whether you’re a landlord vetting a potential tenant or a business owner hiring new staff, today’s background check services ...

Companies like Airbnb say they use background checks to help protect the community. Background checks have proliferated but there are common flaws in the system, experts say. Here's what criminal ...

Legislation in the NC House would rrequire people applying for a teaching license to be fingerprinted and receive a criminal records check Calling it a matter of school safety, state lawmakers could ...

The Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry (NMLS), a mortgage licensing system owned and operated by state financial regulators, will begin processing federal criminal background checks for ...

For many leaving prison, it is one of the most frightening days of their life. While embracing family and friends, eating a good home cooked meal, and sleeping in a good bed are the best in life on ...

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System, also known as NICS, is intended to identify people prohibited under federal law from purchasing firearms from a licensed dealer. However, there ...

The state health commissioner says the department lacks authority to run criminal checks through law enforcement, relying ...

When Kenneth Hall, the former Office of Residential Life and Learning administrative assistant recently convicted in Suffolk County as a sex offender, applied to work at Tufts, the university did not ...

A courtroom at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles. The court announced changes in February that limit the criteria that can be used for public searches of records.