Jail booking and incarceration record searches.
An incarceration and bookings search queries jail and department-of-corrections custody records. Some bookings become county court cases; some do not, or not yet — this product covers that gap.
Also called incarceration search, bookings records, jail records, DOC search.
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How it runs on vID
Identity verified
Search runs
Report returned
What it covers
Custody events in contributing county jails and state DOC systems- A fast no-records result that can shrink the court research a file needs
- Leads a court index has not caught up to, including recent bookings
3rd Degree’s Smart Screen is the clearest version: an incarceration network covering 1,900-plus county jails and 30-plus state prison systems, used as an instant first pass before court research. A bookings hit still needs identity corroboration and usually a court follow-up before anyone makes a decision.
What it covers
- Custody events in contributing county jails and state DOC systems
- A fast no-records result that can shrink the court research a file needs
- Leads a court index has not caught up to, including recent bookings
What it doesn’t cover
Replace a county criminal search for dispositions; jail is not a verdict- Cover every jail; networks are wide, not universal
- Mean the person was convicted; booking is booking
Where the data comes from.
County jail / booking networks
Including Equifax-powered incarceration networks used by partners such as 3rd Degree.
State department of corrections
Prison custody and, in some states, supervision; often already a slice of national files.
Why identity comes first.
Jails record the name they are given. vID’s document identity keeps two people who share a first name and a county from being merged into one custody record.
How the network fulfills it.
Not every CRA in the network offers a dedicated incarceration product. The ones that do — 3rd Degree’s Smart Screen among them — are why we fulfill through a network instead of one national SKU.
This is the wrong search if…
You wanted a conviction history
Go to county court. Use incarceration as a lead and a current-custody check.
You plan to treat a booking as a hiring bar without more
Many jurisdictions restrict the use of non-conviction data, and a booking without a disposition is exactly that. Talk to counsel.
Commonly ordered with.
- County criminal search
Where a booking that became a case will have a disposition.
- National criminal search
The broader compiled file, which may already include some DOC data.
- Wants & warrants
Open issues that may not have produced a booking in a contributing jail.
Add Incarceration & bookings to your next check.
Identity-verified, fulfilled through the partner network.
Who orders this
Frequently asked questions.
Custody is a lead; court is a case.
Use the jail network to see who was held, then confirm what it became. Identity-verified, through the partners who actually hold the feed.
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