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US OneTrace
backgroundchecks.com will run an individual’s social security number (SSN) against a multi-jurisdictional database that includes information provided by hundreds of public and private sources. The result is our US OneTRACE search that details available names and addresses associated with the provided SSN.
The backgroundchecks.com system goes through the following steps to create the report for a US OneTRACE:
The information returned is a very broad list of names and addresses associated with an SSN. This information can be used to compare against the name and address history provided by the subject and can be the basis for deciding to order additional criminal history searches for certain names or jurisdictions. This information must not be used to make an adverse decision about the subject of the report.
Do take into account that while our goal is to update our instant database with new counties and new county records regularly, it is possible that a traditional on-premise court house search would provide more up-to-date information and could, for example, show that a criminal record with a pending case status in our instant data base has been recently dismissed.
The ins and outs of social security number driven name and address history
The US OneTRACE check is the fastest, easiest and most cost effective way to retrieve the best possible address history for a subject, aside from asking the subject for the information and relying on their comprehensive listing of their past address history. Employers frequently desire to order county criminal record searches in all counties where the subject lived in the past seven years. If you want to make that selection based on an independent listing of addresses, the US OneTRACE is your best option. The US OneTRACE check is included as part of our US AliasSEARCH or US AliasVERIFY instant criminal database searches.
Additional benefits of providing a social security number as part of an instant criminal database search:
When you provide a full name including first, middle and last name, and the social security number (SSN), we report the state and the approximate date of issuance of the SSN for Social Security Numbers issued prior to the Social Security Administration's (SSA) randomization initiative started in June 25, 2011 and we run the SSN through the SSA Death Master Index and alert you if the SSN belong to a deceased person. This allows you to better identify and prevent identity fraud.