| Are you trying to find criminal records so you can | | | | Hiring a private investigator will save you a ton of |
| do background checks on your employees? There | | | | time because you will not have to spend any of |
| are easy ways to do this and there are hard | | | | your time looking up criminal records. However, |
| ways to do this. It does not have to be a time | | | | this will cost you a few hundred dollars if not |
| consuming or an expensive process if you know | | | | more. The good thing about a private investigator, |
| what you are doing. Here are the ways to find | | | | though, is you can find out more than just what |
| the criminal records you are after. | | | | the criminal records show if you want to. |
| 1. Use the free databases | | | | 3. Use an online database |
| This is not the fastest way to look up criminal | | | | There is a better way to do a background check |
| records, but it is free. You can search and find all | | | | and find criminal records. Using an online database |
| the different databases for criminal records in | | | | will cost you a small fee, but it is not that much |
| each state. Then you just go through them one | | | | compared to your other options. Plus it will take |
| by one to find out if someone has committed and | | | | you less than a half an hour to do the actual |
| been convicted of a crime in that state. This is | | | | check. This is by far the best option for criminal |
| very time consuming, though and will take you | | | | background checks and you should use it when |
| quite some time to go through all the states. | | | | hiring all employees at work and at home. |
| 2. Hire a private investigator | | | | |