Coverage Area

	Database: Background Check (includes Bankruptcy Records, Judgments, Lawsuits, Liens, and UCCs).
	Background Check Coverage Areas
	Database: Bankruptcy Records
	Source: U.S. Federal District Bankruptcy Courts
	Coverage: 50 states including District of Columbia.
	See the chart below to determine how far back the records go.
	State Available Courts Beginning Filing Dates Alabama Montgomery 04-02-1993   Birmingham 12-26-1991   Mobile 10-10-1993   Anniston 01-05-1993   Decatur 09-23-1992   Tuscaloosa 07-23-1992 Alaska Anchorage 03-02-1993 Arizona Phoenix 01-23-1993   Tuscon 01-22-1993   Yuma 11-29-1993 Arkansas Little Rock 02-13-1993   Fayetteville 12-03-1993 California Fresno 01-01-1993   Los Angeles 01-02-1993   Modesto 12-03-1991   Oakland 01-24-1993   Sacramento 06-20-1986   Riverside 01-20-1993   San Diego 06-29-1993   San Francisco 12-02-1991   San Jose 01-09-1993   Santa Ana 01-20-1993   Santa Barbara 11-26-1993   Sonoma 11-18-1993   Los Angeles #2 03-23-1994 Colorado Denver 01-21-1992 Connecticut Hartford 08-04-1993   Bridgeport 07-27-1993   New Haven 04-12-1991 Delaware Wilmington 10-19-1993 District of Columbia Washington 09-21-1993 Florida Miami 02-13-1993   Jacksonville 11-26-1993   Pensacola 11-24-1993   Tampa 09-26-1993   Tallahassee 11-29-1993   Orlando 03-22-1993   Fort Lauderdale 01-07-1993   West Palm Beach 11-29-1993 Georgia Atlanta 07-30-1992   Augusta 12-07-1992   Rome 09-23-1992   Gainesville 01-07-1992   Savannah 01-04-1993   Columbus 06-30-1993   Macon 11-03-1993   Newnan 01-04-1993 Hawaii Honolulu 11-26-1993 Idaho Boise 01-04-1993   Coeur d'Alene 01-02-1996   Pocatello 01-02-1996 Illinois Benton 12-20-1993   Chicago 10-05-1992   Danville 10-18-1993   East St. Louis 12-13-1993   Peoria 11-27-1989   Rockford 12-06-1993   Springfield 12-03-1993 Indiana Evansville 12-16-1993   Fort Wayne 04-21-1992   Gary 09-13-1991   Indianapolis 02-13-1993   Lafayette 11-17-1993   New Albany 12-06-1993   South Bend 01-03-1993   Terre Haute 12-06-1993 Iowa Cedar Rapids 09-10-1993   Des Moines 07-18-1989 Kansas Kansas City 11-08-1991   Topeka 01-30-1993   Wichita 04-09-1993 Kentucky Lexington 12-01-1993   Louisville 12-06-1993 Louisiana Shreveport 09-26-1991   Baton Rouge 07-11-1993   New Orleans 12-06-1993   Alexandria 11-26-1993   Opelousas 11-24-1993 Maine Bangor 02-19-1993   Portland 01-26-1993 Maryland Baltimore 12-20-1990   Greenbelt 12-28-1990 Massachusetts Boston 05-01-1992   Worchester 06-28-1993 Michigan Bay City 04-08-1993   Detroit 01-07-1993   Flint 11-19-1993   Grand Rapids 05-12-1992   Marquette 01-07-1993 Minnesota Duluth 12-06-1993   Fergus Falls 11-19-1993   Minneapolis 10-22-1992   Saint Paul 01-11-1993 Mississippi Aberdeen 01-13-1993   Biloxi 06-30-1993   Jackson 12-13-1993 Missouri St Louis 12-10-1993   Kansas City 09-05-1991 Montana Butte 01-12-1993 Nebraska Lincoln 12-13-1993   Omaha 12-13-1993 Nevada Las Vegas 07-03-1993   Reno 12-13-1993 New Hampshire Manchester 09-09-1993 New Jersey Camden 01-02-1993   Newark 01-29-1993   Trenton 01-23-1993 New Mexico Albequerque 08-01-1946 New York Brooklyn 09-21-1994   Westbury 05-07-1993   Utica 09-02-1993   New York City 11-16-1994   Hauppage 10-12-1993   White Plains 04-22-1994   Poughkeepsie 09-24-1996   Albany 09-02-1993   Buffalo 12-30-1994   Rochester 12-27-1995 North Carolina Greensboro 02-07-1992   Charlotte 03-26-1991   Wilson 01-12-1993   Raleigh 11-29-1993   Winston 03-01-1993 North Dakota Fargo 11-26-1993 Ohio Columbus 02-27-1993   Akron 08-17-1993   Canton 01-22-1993   Cincinnatti 04-08-1993   Cleveland 07-20-1989   Dayton 12-13-1993   Toledo 01-30-1993   Youngstown 12-14-1993 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 12-30-1993   Okmulgee 12-13-1993   Tulsa 10-09-1990 Oregon Portland 05-01-1990   Eugene 11-13-1990 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 01-05-1993   Harrisburg 01-01-1993   Erie 02-01-1993   Wilkes 07-01-1993   Philadelphia 01-01-1993   Reading 06-01-1993 Rhode Island Providence 01-01-1993 South Carolina Columbia 01-15-1991 South Dakota Pierre 11-26-1993   Sioux Falls 11-29-1993 Tennessee Nashville 01-06-1993   Chattanooga 05-09-1991   Knoxville 04-12-1991   Memphis 07-23-1992   Jackson 01-02-1993   Greeneville Texas Houston 12-20-1993   Amarillo 12-20-1993   Austin 12-20-1993   Beaumont 12-20-1993   Corpus Christi 12-27-1993   Dallas 04-08-1992   El Paso 10-23-1992   Fort Worth 12-20-1993   Lubbock 07-23-1992   Midland 12-28-1993   Plano 12-20-1993   San Antonio 01-20-1993   Tyler 12-17-1993   Waco 12-01-1993 Utah Salt Lake City 09-24-1993 Vermont Rutland 09-16-1993 Virginia Alexandria 03-31-1993   Richmond 02-01-1993   Norfolk 11-26-1993   Newport News 02-14-1993   Harrisonburg 09-24-1993   Lynchburg 01-12-1993   Roanoke 02-08-1993 Washington Seattle 01-14-1993   Spokane 01-08-1993   Tacoma 09-24-1991 West Virginia Wheeling 10-19-1993   Charleston 09-05-1990 Wisconsin Madison 12-20-1993   Milwaukee 01-27-1993 Wyoming Cheyenne 11-26-1993
	Database: Judgments
	Source: Various courts throughout the U.S.
	Coverage: 50 states including District of Columbia and Guam.
	To determine which counties are covered in a state, select from the following links:
	Judgments - States beginning with letters A - C
	Judgments - States beginning with letters D - K
	Judgments - States beginning with letters L - O
	Judgments - States beginning with letters P - Z
	Database: Lawsuits
	Source: Various courts throughout the U.S.
	Coverage: 50 states including District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
	To determine which counties are covered in a state, select one of the following links:
	Lawsuits - States beginning with letters A - C
	Lawsuits - States beginning with letters D - K
	Lawsuits - States beginning with letters L - O
	Lawsuits - States beginning with letters P - Z
	Database: Lien Records
	Source: Various courts throughout the U.S.
	Coverage: 50 states including District of Columbia and Guam.
	To determine which counties are covered in a state, select from the following links:
	Liens - States beginning with letters A - C
	Liens - States beginning with letters D - K
	Liens - States beginning with letters L - O
	Liens - States beginning with letters P - Z
	Database: UCCs
	Source: State offices throughout the U.S.
	Coverage: 49 states including District of Columbia. Note: Washington records are not available.
	See the chart below to determine how far back the records go.
	State Beginning Filing Dates Alabama 01-03-1983 Alaska 01-03-1983 Arizona 01-03-1983 Arkansas 08-13-1981 California 01-04-1965 Colorado 06-01-1966 Connecticut 01-25-1965 Delaware 01-07-1983 District of Columbia 07-05-1983 Florida 12-02-1966 Georgia 05-29-1962 Hawaii Illinois 01-05-1961 Indiana 08-09-1971 Iowa 05-06-1961 Kansas 01-01-1966 Kentucky 11-09-1979 Louisiana 09-09-1983 Maine 01-04-1965 Maryland 04-07-1964 Massachusetts 07-14-1970 Michigan 08-11-1967 Minnesota 05-20-1961 Mississippi 04-01-1968 Missouri 02-15-1965 Montana 10-03-1968 Nebraska 11-05-1963 Nevada 03-01-1967 New Hampshire 03-25-1975 New Jersey 01-03-1966 New Mexico 06-07-1966 New York 01-01-1978 North Carolina 07-03-1967 North Dakota 08-21-1961 Ohio 06-26-1962 Oklahoma 05-17-1965 Oregon 08-09-1963 Pennsylvania 06-29-1954 Rhode Island 01-05-1977 South Carolina 04-07-1960 South Dakota 02-27-1962 Tennessee 03-11-1980 Texas 05-27-1964 Utah 01-04-1983 Vermont 02-17-1981 Virginia 01-01-1983 West Virginia 07-21-1977 Wisconsin 07-01-1965 Wyoming 01-03-1983

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