C.A.U.S.E. Certified Guidelines

SSN Trace

Validates distinct aspects of a Social Security Number and immediately provides:

• State of SSN Issuance.
• Year of Issuance.
• That the number has not been reported to the SSA as belonging to a deceased individual.

Address Trace

Includes information on an applicant’s past addresses and movement patterns based on name and social security number. Report should include names associated with the provided social security number and addresses applicant has lived for the past seven years. Additional items may include dates at listed addresses, age/date of birth, and available phone information.

County Level Criminal

Direct search of up to date records held within local county courts (or if outside of US – local jurisdictional courthouse in that region) to determine if applicant has a record. Records should be searched for past seven years in counties (jurisdictions) applicant has lived, worked or attended school. All names revealed in Address Trace relating to applicant should be searched. These searches can be performed directly with Courts or through current database searches.

Multi-jurisdictional/”National” Criminal Database

Search of an industry instant nationwide criminal records database containing millions of records from participating states. The search must also include information from the following sources: Department of Corrections records, FBI terrorist list and Federal/State/Local Wanted Fugitive Lists.

National/State Sex Offender Registry

The National Sex Offender Public Registry Website – coordinated by the Department of Justice – the latest information from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for the identity and location of known sex offenders. This search may be combined with Multi-jurisdictional/”National” Criminal Database search if record are included in that specific search.