Federal
Criminal Records
(National Availability)
Includes information from federal districts
in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Input
criteria is limited to name only. There is no provision
for indexing by name and date of birth, or by social security number.
For that reason, whenever possible, a full name, including middle name
and other designation (Jr., Sr. II, III etc.) should be provided.
Periods of time covered vary, depending upon when individual federal
districts joined the system. Five to seven year coverage can usually be
expected.
Note:
The federal system is separate and completely apart
from Florida statewide criminal records maintained by
FDLE or any county records system.
You
will not find information on arrests by federal
agencies unless you run a check of the federal system.
When
should you do a federal criminal record check?
The
answer is whenever you want to be sure you’ve done a
thorough search.
Here
are some considerations.
Most arrests occur at the city/county level. By
comparison federal authorities arrest fewer offenders,
so chances of finding a record in terms of the total
number of arrests made by all law enforcement agencies
aren’t as good in the federal system. Nevertheless,
there are tens of thousands in federal prisons or on
parole.
Also, records are indexed by name only. The
federal system still doesn’t provide for verification
by date of birth or social security number. Which means
when you request a check it helps to have the most
complete information possible, including a middle initial. This
helps eliminate confusion when there are numerous
returns on the same name.
The best feature of the federal criminal
system is that it’s the closest thing to an
all-encompassing nationwide search you can get. That’s
because a single inquiry scans the entire system in all
50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Here
are some of the types of criminal offenses that can be
found in the federal system:
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Arson
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Assault
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Bank
Fraud
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Bribery/Graft
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Burglary
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Civil
Rights Violations
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Conspiracy
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Crimes
Against Children
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Counterfeiting
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Domestic
Violence and Stalking
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Drug
Trafficking and Manufacturing
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Espionage
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Extortion
or Threats
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Forgery
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Gambling
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Health
Care Fraud
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Homicide
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Immigration
Violations
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Internet
Crimes
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Kidnapping
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Lotteries
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Mail
Fraud
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Malicious
Mischief
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Obscenity
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Perjury
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Pornography
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RICO
Violations
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Robbery
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Securities
Fraud
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Sexual
Abuse
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Stolen
Property
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Tax
Fraud
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Telemarketing
Fraud
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Terrorism
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Trafficking
in Contraband Goods
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Torture
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Wire
Fraud
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Wiretapping
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Weapons
Violations
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Violations
of certain State Motor Vehicle Laws
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Any of the above criminal violations resulting in
arrests by federal authorities will never be found in
the Florida statewide system. They will also not be
found at the county level in Florida or in other state
systems.. They will only be found by checking the
federal system.
The
fact is most people never check federal criminal
records, possibly because they expect a check of the
statewide system in Florida will include all
arrests that have occurred within State boundaries.
It will not!
Federal felons know this and count on the fact
that almost nobody ever checks federal criminal records,
so if asked many will take the chance and lie to get a
job, or for whatever reason they might have.
Avoid nasty surprises. Order a Federal
Criminal Record Search whenever you want to be
certain you’ve done a thorough check.
Copyright
2005 Factel, Inc.®
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