Available packages and add-ons

Packages

Checkr offers the packages below:

• Basic+
  • Social Security number trace
  • Sex offender registry search
  • Global watchlist search
  • National search
• Essential
  • Basic+ package
  • County search (7-year)
• Professional
  • Essential package
  • Education verification
  • Employment verification
• International Basic+
  • International search (or adverse media search)
  • Global watchlist search
• International Professional
  • International Basic+ package
  • Education verification
  • Employment verification
• International Professional+
  • International Professional package
  • Identity document validation

As of June 1, 2022, Checkr no longer offers standard and premium packages. If you bought these packages, your account will continue to show them.

If you need a different package, you can create a custom one.

Add-ons

Admin and restricted admin roles can add searches to a package.

Civil searches

• County civil search (7-year): Search county courts for civil records. This search returns county-level lawsuits that name the candidate as a plaintiff or as a defendant.
• Federal civil search: Search the federal record database for civil records in federal district courts. This search returns federal lawsuits that name the candidate as a plaintiff or as a defendant.

Clinic-based drug tests

• Drug tests: Add clinic-based drug tests that your account already has. To add drug tests to your account, contact Checkr. Common drug tests include the ones below:
  • 5-panel
  • 5-panel hair test
  • 5-panel no THC
  • Instant 5-panel
  • 7-panel
  • 7-panel hair test
  • 9-panel
  • 9-panel no THC
  • 10-panel 
  • Non-DOT breath alcohol test
• The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has additional tests.

Credit reports

• Credit reports: Add a search for publicly available financial information, such as the types below:
• Accounts in collections
• Amounts owed
• Bankruptcies
• Credit and payment history
• Tax liens

Criminal searches

• County search (7-year): Search for records in relevant county courts as indicated by pointer searches, such as an SSN trace or national criminal search.
• State search (7-year): Search for records in relevant state criminal records databases as indicated by pointer searches, such as an SSN trace or national criminal search.
• Federal search: Search the federal record database for criminal records in federal district courts.

DOT physical and drug tests

• In the United States, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has stringent regulations for the tests below:
  • DOT physical evaluation
  • DOT drug test
  • DOT breath alcohol test

Global searches

• Global watchlist search: Search government and regulatory databases that list individuals who are either prohibited from certain industries, such as healthcare and finance, or who are on “most wanted” criminal lists.

Healthcare sanctions

• Fraud Abuse Control Information System (FACIS) Level 1: Search databases for records of adverse actions against individuals and entities in the healthcare field. This search meets minimum federal requirements.
• FACIS Level 3: Search databases for records of adverse actions against individuals and entities in the healthcare field. This search exceeds minimum federal requirements.

Motor vehicle records

• Motor vehicle record (MVR) report: Search driving history from a given state’s department of motor vehicles or similar government entity. This search includes driving-related records for all license types that a criminal search might not show.

Occupational health screenings

Select a section below to show the list of available tests:

Verifications

• Education verification: Confirm the candidate’s provided education or certification history.
• Employment verification: Confirm the candidate's provided work history.
• Personal reference verification: A researcher asks people the candidate chooses a series of questions about the candidate's relationship and character.
• Professional reference verification: A researcher asks people the candidate chooses a series of questions about the candidate's relationship and work ability.
• Professional license verification: Verify that the candidate has an existing professional license that’s active and in good standing.

International searches

These searches apply to candidates who live outside the United States (US):

• International search: Search for criminal records outside the US. If no records are found, an adverse media search happens. Additional charges might apply.
• International education verification: Confirm the candidate’s provided education or certification history outside of the United States.
• International employment verification: Confirm the candidate’s provided work history outside of the United States.
• International identity document validation: Confirm the authenticity and validity of a candidate’s passport, national ID, or driver's license and cross-checks against government databases.
• International global watchlist: This search identifies whether a candidate is on domestic or international watchlists. This search includes several international, government, and regulatory databases that identify individuals who are either prohibited from certain industries, such as healthcare and finance, or are on criminal lists.

Out-of-country searches

These searches apply to candidates who currently live in the US but used to live outside the US:

• Out-of-country history search: Search for criminal records outside the US. If no records are found, an adverse media search happens. Additional charges might apply.
• Out-of-country history education verification: Confirm the candidate’s provided education or certification history outside the United States.
• Out-of-country history employment verification: Confirm the candidate’s provided work history outside of the United States.

Play the Checkr Academy video below to learn the advantages and limitations of an out-of-country history search.