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A registry check on a named person in seconds: one search across all 58 US registries, a plain verdict, a photograph to verify against, and the whole check stored on file. A Background Check is $9.99, paid once.
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How to run a sex offender registry check, step by step
Five steps from a name to a check you can keep on file. For hiring and tenant decisions, the check runs as an FCRA workflow instead.
Enter what you know about the person. A first and last name starts the check. Add the date of birth whenever you have one — it is the detail that turns a name match into an identification — and a city, state or ZIP if you know where they live. Misspellings and nicknames are handled for you.
Let one check cover the whole country. The check runs across all 58 US registries at once — every state, DC and the territories. That matters because people move: a registration in another state is exactly what a single-state check misses.
Read the verdict, then the evidence. You get a plain answer first — no match found, or possible matches to review. Each possible match explains itself: whether the date of birth verified, which fields matched and how, so you know the difference between a confirmed identity and a shared name.
Verify against the photograph and record. Open the profile: registry photograph, addresses, physical description and offense history, with the official registry record linked. The photograph is how you confirm the person in front of you is — or is not — the person on the registry.
Keep the check on file. The check is stored automatically: what you searched, when, and what you saw. If the decision is ever questioned, you produce the record — not a recollection.
Sex offender registry check results: photo, record and the official link. Open a possible match to see the person and the record to confirm it.
- Registry photograph, aliases, age and physical description
- Registry status, tier, listed address and the offense
- A link to the official registry record on every line, so you can double-check it with the state
What a sex offender registry check covers — and what it doesn't
Covered
- All 58 US registries: the states, DC, the five territories, and national and tribal registries
- About 1,560,000 registry records on our index (August 2026)
- Aliases and common misspellings of the name
- Photo, addresses, offense and tier where the registry publishes them
Not covered
- Convictions that do not require registration; see criminal record search
- People whose registration period has ended and who have been removed
- Tiers a state does not publish on its public registry
- Arrests or charges that did not end in a registrable conviction
Why date of birth matters in a sex offender check
A name alone matches every person who shares it. A date of birth is what separates them, but registries publish it differently. 39 of the 56 jurisdictions with a reference page publish a full date of birth, so a date you enter can verify exactly. The other 17 publish a birth year, an age, or a full date for only part of their roster, so the best possible match there is a year or age agreement.
Every result says which one it reached: a full date-of-birth match, a birth-year match, an age match, or no date on file to compare, instead of hiding the difference inside a single score. Each state’s precision is listed on the registry-by-state page.
Reading a sex offender check result: no match vs. possible match
No registry record matched what you entered. Re-check the spelling and add a date of birth if you left it out.
The name matched but identity is not settled: a year or age agreement, or nothing on file to compare. Verify against the photo and details.
The full date of birth matched as well as the name. Confirm with the photograph before acting on it.
The photograph is the last step for a reason: 96% of the registry records we measured nationally carry one. A match on paper and a face you can compare are two separate pieces of evidence, and the check keeps both on file.
Why a one-state sex offender check misses people
Registration follows the person. Under federal law (SORNA), a registrant must register in each jurisdiction where they live, work or go to school, and must update the registry when they move. Someone who moved from one state to another can appear on the new state’s registry, the old one’s, or both, and a check of only the state you are in can miss the record that matters.
Overlap runs the other way too: a person can be listed by a state and by a tribal registry at the same time. Checking all 58 registries together, with duplicates merged into one person, avoids both problems. To see where registrants are concentrated, the state ranking lists every jurisdiction by count.
Sex offender check for hiring or housing: making a hiring or tenant decision? Use an FCRA workflow.
If a result will help decide whether to hire someone or rent to them, the check has to run as an FCRA-regulated consumer report, with a permissible purpose, consent, accuracy controls and a dispute path for the person. Our standard search is not a consumer report. FCRA workflows run through FCRA Partner Access, for background check companies and screening platforms under a written FCRA agreement.
Sex offender registry check: common questions
How do I check if someone is on the sex offender registry?
Enter their name and where they live or work, and run one check across every US registry at once. You get a plain verdict, and for any possible match, the photograph, record detail and official registry link to verify against. A Background Check is $9.99, paid once.
Why not just check my state’s website?
A state website answers for that state only, and people move. One check here covers all 58 US registries — the 50 states, DC and the territories — and it is stored with its results, which a public website will not do for you.
What if two people share the same name?
That is what the scoring is for. Add a date of birth and every match tells you whether it verified — a full DOB match, a year match, an age consistency, or nothing on file to check against. You act on the evidence, not on a name collision.
How fast is a check?
Seconds. Type the name, read the verdict, open the profile. A whole list can be checked at once by uploading a CSV, and developers can run the same check as one API call inside your own system.
Can I use a registry check for hiring or housing decisions?
Standard results are not a consumer report, so they must not be used for FCRA-covered decisions; FCRA-regulated screening runs through FCRA Partner Access. A registry check is one signal in a screening process, not a substitute for one. Use is subject to our acceptable-use terms and applicable law.
Does a sex offender check show other criminal records?
No. A registry check answers one question — is this person on a sex offender registry. Convictions that do not require registration are in court and corrections records, which a criminal record search covers separately.
What does “no match found” mean?
That no registry record matched the details you entered at the time of the check. It does not mean the person has no criminal history, and a misspelled name or a missing date of birth can hide a match — so check the spelling and add a date of birth when you have one.
Sex offender registry check: check a name in the next two minutes
Sign up, type the name, read the verdict. A Background Check is $9.99, paid once; CSV screening when one person becomes a whole list.