Saturday, April 18, 2009

Sex Offender Record Search

The link below will take you to the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender website which is maintained by the Federal Department of Justice.

This website will allow the user to search nationally by name sex offenders all over the United States.

If you see an offender's name more than once, please check all links because they may have more than one record in different states. Once you click on the name of the sex offender you will be taken to that state's individual sex offender website where they have or had a record.


http://www.nsopw.gov

Friday, April 17, 2009

State of Wisconsin Misconduct Registry - Caregivers

The link below provides a record of caregivers who have claims of abuse and neglect against them usually resulting in loss of license and having their names removed from the registry.

http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/caregiver/misconduct.htm


This site also provides a hypelink called "Wisconsin Internet Based Nurse's Aide Registry" which provides the user with:
RegistrationNumber
Name
Birth Date
Inclusion Date
Employment Eligibility Expiration Date
Basis for Inclusion
Registry Comments

The direct link is http://www.asisvcs.com/services/registry

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Wisconsin Background Checks Available On-Line

There is a fee for this service. The cost of the background check is less if done on-line. There is a $5.00 fee for background checks requested by mail or fax. The link to access records on-line is http://wi-recordcheck.org, but you must go to http://www.doj.state.wi.us/dles/cib/forms to get the application forms so that you can access the Department of Justice General Requests for a criminal background check and Caregiver or Daycare Requests.

Fees for on-line background checks are as follows:

For DOJ General Requests
$2.00 Non-Profit Organizations (you must show proof of this status)
$5.00 Government Organizations
$13.00 General Public Requests

Caregiver or Daycare Requests
$5.00 Non-Profit Organizations (you must show proof of this status)
$8.00 Government Organizations
$16.00 General Public Requests

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Better Business Bureau - Search Businesses and Charities

The Better Business Bureau allows a user to seach businesses and charities to see if there were any complaints and/or kudos listed about the business. Go to www.bbb.org for further information.

ZABA Search - National and Regional Public Information Search

http://www.zabasearch.com/ is a very basic public information search. You can search nationally or by individual state.

This site will give you addresses and phone numbers of the person you are searching for. In some cases it will also provide you the month and year of the person's date of birth which is another way for your to filter out the person you are looking for.

Federal Bureau of Prisons - Search for Federal Prisoners Past and Present

The Federal Bureau of Prisons website provides you with information regarding the status of federal inmates. You can either search by name or id number of past and present inmates. It will allow you to search for inmate records as far back as 1982.



http://www.bop.gov/

Friday, April 3, 2009

National Inmate Search - Search for Inmates by Individual State

http://www.vinelink.com/ is a wonderful tool to use when you want to determine if someone you are looking for is locked up. This is a national website, but the drawback is that you have to know what state the person is in. There is not a way to conduct a national search. You have to click on the state you think the person is incarcerated in.