North Dakota Background Check


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



Free Background Check in North Dakota

By law, North Dakota criminal history record information can be obtained only from BCI. There are two types of requests for a criminal history record check – “criminal justice” and “non criminal justice.”

A criminal justice agency (i.e. law enforcement, state’s attorney) receives all information on the criminal history record. All other requests for criminal history information, including requests from private investigators, are considered “non criminal justice” requests. State law limits the criminal history record information available for release for non criminal justice (public) purposes. For example, dismissed charges may only be released for non criminal justice purposes for 3 years.

A criminal history record check may be name-based or fingerprint based. A name-based search will NOT identify records if the individual was arrested under a different name from the name(s) listed on the record request form. A fingerprint-based search will identify arrest records EVEN if the individual used an unknown alias.



What Is an North Dakota Background Check?

An North Dakota 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

North Dakota 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.