Search criminal records at the county court.
Felonies and misdemeanors are prosecuted in county (or parish, or borough) court, which holds the charges, dispositions, and amendments. A county criminal search is a researcher or portal asking that court about a name — it is the primary-source search that can support a decision.
Also called county court search, county records search, NatCrim county confirmation, 7-year county criminal.
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How it runs on vID
Identity verified
Search runs
Report returned
What it covers
Felony and misdemeanor filings in the specific county searched, including pending cases- Charges, dispositions, and sentencing information as recorded by the court clerk
- Address-history counties (current or 7-year) plus hit-confirmation counties the database pointed at
This product covers two jobs: searching the address-history counties from the SSN trace (current county, or seven years of residences), and confirming national-database hits at the court of origin. Partner CRAs — JDP’s researcher network plus electronic access, 3rd Degree’s 3,400-plus jurisdictions, NCSI’s local-county-on-every-check, DataFacts’ county reports — already work in those courts, and Synapse dispatches confirmations through TazWorks.
What it covers
- Felony and misdemeanor filings in the specific county searched, including pending cases
- Charges, dispositions, and sentencing information as recorded by the court clerk
- Address-history counties (current or 7-year) plus hit-confirmation counties the database pointed at
- Provided-name, developed-name, and maiden-name searches when the package includes them
What it doesn’t cover
Say anything about the next county over; each county is a separate search and fee- Cover federal offenses; those are U.S. District Court
- Cover arrests without filings, sealed records, or cases the clerk will not release
- Return instantly. Online counties can be same-day; clerk-assisted counties take days
Where the data comes from.
County court indexes
Online portals where they exist; court runners and clerk requests where they do not — which is why turnaround varies.
TazWorks confirmation path
When a national hit needs a primary source, Synapse can dispatch the county search through TazWorks automatically.
Residence history from SSN trace
The list of counties to search comes from the SSN-trace address history.
Why identity comes first.
A one-character typo in a date of birth is a missed case or a false one. vID captures the legal name and DOB from the document, and developed names from the trace start from that bound identity.
How the network fulfills it.
Some counties are a portal; some are a person at a counter. Partner CRAs and TazWorks exist because that mix is a full-time business. Custom scopes — extra years, extra counties, other courts — are a conversation; see custom integrations.
This is the wrong search if…
You only want to search the current county and call it done
People move; seven-year residence history exists because of that. A current-county-only search covers only the current county.
You needed federal or statewide coverage
Add those products. More counties in one state are not a statewide repository, and no number of counties is a federal district.
The database was quiet and you assume the person is clean
Quiet databases miss contributing counties. Address-history county searches cover the places a person actually lived.
Commonly ordered with.
- National criminal search
Finds counties you would not have picked from the résumé.
- Statewide criminal search
In strong-repository states, a complement — not a replacement — to the counties.
- Federal criminal search
The other courthouse, in the same geography.
Add County criminal search to your next check.
Identity-verified, fulfilled through the partner network.
Frequently asked questions.
If it must hold up, go to court.
Plus puts a 7-year county search on an identity-verified candidate. National hits can be confirmed at the clerk of court.
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