Proprietary New York Criminal Record Search

What is Cursory Indicator New York?

Cursory Indicator New York (CI NY) is a NY State criminal record search exclusive to Commercial Investigations LLC (CI), which allows us to access conviction records in conjunction with the NYS Sheriffs’ Association.

This proprietary criminal record search reveals misdemeanor and felony information in New York State without requiring an expensive OCA (Office of Court Administration) state criminal record search for $95 plus financial transaction fees for each name searched.

Cursory Indicator New York saves clients the cost of running an OCA state criminal record search on 9 out of 10 applicants. If investigators reveal the potential for a criminal history record (approximately 10% of the time), they will run the appropriate county criminal record search.

Most importantly, CI NY makes a 100% positive identification for a subject before additional criminal record searches are run based upon name match and additional identifiers (date of birth, social security number, and address) before any adverse information is relayed to the client and subject.

At a cost savings of 30% on average, Cursory Indicator New York takes only 2-4 hours to complete on most searches. When additional criminal record search measures are needed, it takes just 1.5 business days on average, well below industry standards.


How Does it Work?

Commercial Investigations will run an Origin™ search (SSN Trace) to confirm the subject's social security number, name, and date of birth.  From there, an investigator will check the subject’s address history.  

If they have lived in New York state within the past 10 years, CI will run a Cursory Indicator New York criminal record search to see if they have ever been booked throughout the state.


Is it Comparable to the New York State Office of Court Administration (NYS OCA) State Search?

Yes!  In addition, on average, clients save 30% or more by using Cursory Indicator New York by avoiding third-party fees that are added when running an OCA search. 

There are no third-party fees when there are no criminal records found on the subject in Cursory Indicator New York. Download our cost-saving whitepaper today!


Do you Need to Run Additional Criminal Searches when using Cursory Indicator New York?

Yes, but only when Cursory Indicator New York reveals previous criminal convictions, conviction records, or other adverse information on the subject. If that happens, CI will do a primary source verification to obtain the most up-to-date court criminal record disposition data.

Commercial Investigations only delivers misdemeanor and felony criminal record convictions to our clients.  Any violations or dismissed cases do not get reported.  When these additional searches need to be run, third-party fees may be incurred.


Will the Subject’s SSN be identified when booked?

Most of the time, the subject’s Social Security Number (SSN) is included in the Cursory Indicator New York results, thus leading to a positive identification before needing to perform any additional criminal record searches. However, depending on the jail, there are very few instances when a SSN may not be included.


What if the Subject lived outside of New York State for the past 10 years?

We recommend that all of our clients perform a thorough background investigation.  If the subject has lived outside of New York State, CI recommends that you run a criminal record search in the appropriate counties based upon the subject’s address history.  

Our investigators will determine the correct jurisdictions to run a criminal record search based upon the client’s policy and Origin inquiry results.


Does this search reveal Criminal Data outside of New York State?

Cursory Indicator New York is an inquiry exclusively covering New York State.


What Percentage of my Background Investigations will need more Comprehensive Inquiries?

On average, eight to ten percent of subject’s will need additional criminal record searches based upon the Cursory Indicator New York results to comply with the Primary Source Verification requirements of the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).


How long does it take to Receive the Results?

The average turnaround time for Cursory Indicator New York is less than one business day. Usually within 2 - 4 hours!


Does Cursory Indicator New York reveal Misdemeanor and Felony convictions?

Yes. Cursory Indicator New York has access to Federal, State, County, local, town, and even city court data.


How is this search proprietary to Commercial Investigations?

Commercial Investigations LLC is the only background screening company that can offer Cursory Indicator New York to their clients by that name and with CI’s proprietary research tiers.  This is due to CI’s extensive knowledge and experience with the data since 1999.

The Sheriffs’ criminal data is not part of public records, making us uniquely positioned to help your hiring process.

CI also offers the data to other PBSA member background screening companies.  Through its exclusive partnership with the NYS Sheriffs’ Association, CI has proprietary access to Cursory Indicator New York data.


Is Cursory Indicator New York compliant with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)?

Yes, when no adverse information is found, Cursory Indicator New York is compliant with the FCRA.