Florida Background Check


Conduct a thorough criminal background check in Florida by searching criminal history, Florida court records, find current past addresses, check Florida prison, jail inmate records, and Florida department of corrections records. Also check Florida professional licenses and other credentials.



Free Background Check in Florida



In order to maintain the highest level of service, and to better meet the needs of criminal history record check customers, Florida's Legislature has implemented criminal history record check fees. The fee for public requests is $24.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), Division of Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS), is the central repository for criminal history information for the state of Florida. In addition to maintaining criminal history information, it is our responsibility to provide public access to this information when requested.

FDLE is the central repository of criminal history information for the State of Florida. This site allows you to perform a search of FDLE’s Computerized Criminal History (CCH) files which include State of Florida criminal history information only. FDLE's CCH files are continuously updated to provide you with the most current information. Results of your search may be used to screen criminal history records for potential employees or other persons of interest. The information you receive today, could be outdated tomorrow as additional arrests and related information are added

Please note that certified criminal history results will not be provided to you for searches performed through this internet site. Certified results are generally required for the purposes of immigration and national/international adoptions. Criminal history requests required for these purposes should be mailed to FDLE for processing.



Cost of obtaining a background check from Florida government

There will be a charge of $24 against your credit card for each name search of the Florida criminal history database, regardless of search results. A search may return as many as five possible matches or candidates. If you request the record of more than one candidate, an additional charge of $24 PER RECORD will be billed to your credit card.

Information Required to get a background check

The application will first ask for information about you and the credit card that you will use to pay for the services. The purpose for this information is to validate the credit card payment and to allow FDLE to fulfill its requirements for criminal history dissemination. For security purposes, FDLE does not retain your credit card information, and for that reason you will be required to reenter credit card information for each session.

After submitting your customer and credit card information, you will continue to the entry of search criteria. The accuracy of the information you provide is critical to the search results since we search our records based on your submission information.

Upon submitting the search criteria, you will confirm the information and accept the $24 fee for the search. You will be presented a receipt which you can e-mail and/or print for your convenience. We strongly encourage you keep the receipt for your records in case you experience problems with the internet service.

What Is an Florida Background Check?

An Florida Background Check offers a comprehensive search in public records for:

  • Vital records, like births, deaths, marriages, and divorces
  • Current contact information and previous addresses
  • Criminal records, convictions and prison records or sex offender registration
  • Civil court filings, like civil judgments
  • Tax liens and bankruptcies
  • Records of real estate ownership and registered assets
  • Professional and business licenses

Florida background check is available through the state or through premium data aggregation services who conduct public record data searches and provide you with a report.. Each state, and sometimes each county, has different rules on how much information is available and who can access background check data. Therefore a background check may still not contain every record about a person, however in most cases it is very thorough. Most premium background check services use multiple databases of public records in order to provide you with their background reports.


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