Federal courts are responsible for adjudicating all federal felonies and civil cases. ERS's federal court check searches these federal court records to find records of cases concerning employees and applicants. See our Criminal History FAQ for more information.

When a case is located, ERS uses the subject's name, date of birth, social security number and/or address to verify that the subject of the case is the same person as the subject of the search. Not all of these identifiers can be found on all cases. The most commonly used identifier for federal cases is the subject's date of birth and address.