Identified - Expected Fix Date: TBD
11/12/2020: Orange County, CA is experiencing delays with searches, as all the branches are now closed and all work is going through the main courthouse. Our researchers can still complete work, but please expect delays until all branches reopen. At this time, there is no ETA for the branch re-openings.
Nov 13, 00:16 UTC
11/12/2020: Orange County, CA is experiencing delays with searches, as all the branches are now closed and all work is going through the main courthouse. Our researchers can still complete work, but please expect delays until all branches reopen. At this time, there is no ETA for the branch re-openings.
Nov 13, 00:16 UTC
Identified - Expected Fix Date: TBD
11/5/2020: On Monday, November 2nd the Kentucky Chief Justice put out an emergency order requiring all "red zone" counties to shut down court hearings and other non-essential in person services. This is a result of a color coding system the state has implemented for each county based on the number of new COVID cases. There are four possible colors - green, yellow, orange, and red - with green being the least amount of new cases and red being the highest amount. At this point in time, over half of Kentucky counties are in the “red zone.” However, our researchers have observed that this doesn’t necessarily mean that all “red zone” counties are closed. Similarly, researchers have observed that there may be limited access in some “green zone” counties. This is because each county is determining whether or not to allow public access, which so far has varied greatly by county.
The Chief Justice’s emergency order has no indication as to the length of time that courts are required to be closed. As such, this entire week our researchers have been trying to obtain as much information from the courts to prepare for the potential impact. However, the court's next status update may not be available until Monday, November 9th.
We are tracking all Kentucky court closures here: https://courts.checkrstatus.com/. The website will be updated as we become aware of new closures. Please make sure to check the website for updates on which Kentucky counties are closing and reopening.
A map of all of the zones in Kentucky can be viewed here: https://govstatus.egov.com/kycovid19
Nov 5, 22:20 UTC
11/5/2020: On Monday, November 2nd the Kentucky Chief Justice put out an emergency order requiring all "red zone" counties to shut down court hearings and other non-essential in person services. This is a result of a color coding system the state has implemented for each county based on the number of new COVID cases. There are four possible colors - green, yellow, orange, and red - with green being the least amount of new cases and red being the highest amount. At this point in time, over half of Kentucky counties are in the “red zone.” However, our researchers have observed that this doesn’t necessarily mean that all “red zone” counties are closed. Similarly, researchers have observed that there may be limited access in some “green zone” counties. This is because each county is determining whether or not to allow public access, which so far has varied greatly by county.
The Chief Justice’s emergency order has no indication as to the length of time that courts are required to be closed. As such, this entire week our researchers have been trying to obtain as much information from the courts to prepare for the potential impact. However, the court's next status update may not be available until Monday, November 9th.
We are tracking all Kentucky court closures here: https://courts.checkrstatus.com/. The website will be updated as we become aware of new closures. Please make sure to check the website for updates on which Kentucky counties are closing and reopening.
A map of all of the zones in Kentucky can be viewed here: https://govstatus.egov.com/kycovid19
Nov 5, 22:20 UTC
Identified - Expected Fix Date: TBD
10/12/2020: The Marin, CA court has reopened, but there is limited capacity allowed in the courthouse. In addition, researchers utilize the PAT to locate case information, but must rely on the clerks to confirm DOB and case details. The clerks are severely delayed due to months of closure, which has caused us to develop a backlog in this county. Unfortunately, clerks will not respond to our researchers' requests to expedite searches and in fact, become less helpful the more our researchers reach out. As a result, possible case details in Marin are extremely delayed.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you and hope that you understand that we - and the rest of the research community - are at the mercy of the clerks.
*Please note that this delay does not affect clear results, only searches with possible cases.*
Oct 12, 18:46 UTC
10/12/2020: The Marin, CA court has reopened, but there is limited capacity allowed in the courthouse. In addition, researchers utilize the PAT to locate case information, but must rely on the clerks to confirm DOB and case details. The clerks are severely delayed due to months of closure, which has caused us to develop a backlog in this county. Unfortunately, clerks will not respond to our researchers' requests to expedite searches and in fact, become less helpful the more our researchers reach out. As a result, possible case details in Marin are extremely delayed.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you and hope that you understand that we - and the rest of the research community - are at the mercy of the clerks.
*Please note that this delay does not affect clear results, only searches with possible cases.*
Oct 12, 18:46 UTC
Identified - ETA: Unknown
10/6/2020: As many of you have noticed, possible case details out of Gwinnett, GA are severely delayed. Increased TAT was already an issue because of the pandemic, but starting last week our researchers ran into even more challenges that are impacting their ability to complete work. In addition to a high number of individuals requesting files, the court has implemented the following restrictions:
- The clerks have instituted a 10 file-pull *per day* limit for each person. This was already a standing rule, but is now being strictly enforced.
- Clerks are providing researchers with entire files and all court documentation when files are ordered, researchers must sort through and locate the required case information needed.
- Researchers are limited to 30 minutes to view files.
- Researchers are now prohibited from taking pictures of documents in the files. All information must be handwritten.
- The number of public access terminals (PATs) has been reduced from 4 to 2.
- Chairs have been removed from the PATs.
- Researchers are limited to 30 minutes at the PAT. If this rule is broken after the third warning, researchers stand to be banned for a week. If this rule is broken after the fourth warning, researchers stand to be banned for 30 days.
Our researchers are meeting on the issues in Gwinnett daily in an attempt to devise a plan to increase capacity, but do not have an update at this time.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may cause and will continue to work with our researchers to try to increase capacity as quickly as possible.
*Please note that this delay does not affect clear results, only searches with possible cases.*
Oct 6, 20:35 UTC
10/6/2020: As many of you have noticed, possible case details out of Gwinnett, GA are severely delayed. Increased TAT was already an issue because of the pandemic, but starting last week our researchers ran into even more challenges that are impacting their ability to complete work. In addition to a high number of individuals requesting files, the court has implemented the following restrictions:
- The clerks have instituted a 10 file-pull *per day* limit for each person. This was already a standing rule, but is now being strictly enforced.
- Clerks are providing researchers with entire files and all court documentation when files are ordered, researchers must sort through and locate the required case information needed.
- Researchers are limited to 30 minutes to view files.
- Researchers are now prohibited from taking pictures of documents in the files. All information must be handwritten.
- The number of public access terminals (PATs) has been reduced from 4 to 2.
- Chairs have been removed from the PATs.
- Researchers are limited to 30 minutes at the PAT. If this rule is broken after the third warning, researchers stand to be banned for a week. If this rule is broken after the fourth warning, researchers stand to be banned for 30 days.
Our researchers are meeting on the issues in Gwinnett daily in an attempt to devise a plan to increase capacity, but do not have an update at this time.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may cause and will continue to work with our researchers to try to increase capacity as quickly as possible.
*Please note that this delay does not affect clear results, only searches with possible cases.*
Oct 6, 20:35 UTC
Identified - Tentative ETA: 10/13/2020
10/2/2020: Over the past several weeks, San Bernardino's public access system has become increasingly unresponsive. At first it would go down for a few minutes. Unfortunately, the situation has worsened recently and the public access system is now unavailable for hours at a time. The entire research community is affected and these search requests are further delayed as researchers compete for court resources. As a result, possible case details in San Bernardino are heavily delayed.
Our researchers addressed the issues with the court, but the clerks and supervisor only told them that the IT team is aware of the problem and is working on it. The court told our researchers that the public access system is in need of software upgrades and the lack thereof is causing the system to crash. The court is tentatively aiming to install the needed updates over the next court holiday, October 12th (Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day). Unfortunately, the system will continue to have outages until the necessary upgrades are installed. Please expect heavy delays on possible cases out of San Bernardino.
We apologize in advance for the inconvenience and will continue to work with the court to try to resolve this delay as quickly as possible.
*Please note that this delay does not affect clear results, only searches with possible cases.*
Oct 2, 17:38 UTC
10/2/2020: Over the past several weeks, San Bernardino's public access system has become increasingly unresponsive. At first it would go down for a few minutes. Unfortunately, the situation has worsened recently and the public access system is now unavailable for hours at a time. The entire research community is affected and these search requests are further delayed as researchers compete for court resources. As a result, possible case details in San Bernardino are heavily delayed.
Our researchers addressed the issues with the court, but the clerks and supervisor only told them that the IT team is aware of the problem and is working on it. The court told our researchers that the public access system is in need of software upgrades and the lack thereof is causing the system to crash. The court is tentatively aiming to install the needed updates over the next court holiday, October 12th (Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day). Unfortunately, the system will continue to have outages until the necessary upgrades are installed. Please expect heavy delays on possible cases out of San Bernardino.
We apologize in advance for the inconvenience and will continue to work with the court to try to resolve this delay as quickly as possible.
*Please note that this delay does not affect clear results, only searches with possible cases.*
Oct 2, 17:38 UTC
Update - Please be aware that we have updated the link to the court closure page. We are no longer using the spreadsheet. Instead, we are using the link listed below.
Apr 9, 17:04 UTC
Apr 9, 17:04 UTC
Identified - Due to the volume of court closures, we will be updating the below link with newly identified closures in real time. Please refer to the link below for all identified court closures going forward.
https://courts.checkrstatus.com/
Mar 17, 19:13 UTC
https://courts.checkrstatus.com/
Mar 17, 19:13 UTC
[Delay - Coronavirus] International Criminal Searches and Employment/Education Verifications
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Update - Please expect delays for criminal orders out of: China, Guam, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and Poland.
Apr 2, 00:53 UTC
Apr 2, 00:53 UTC
Update - In addition to delays in China and Italy, please expect delays for criminal orders out of Poland.
Mar 17, 22:53 UTC
Mar 17, 22:53 UTC
Identified - Expected Fix Date: TBD
Please expect delays for criminal orders out of China and Italy. International employment/education verifications may also be intermittently delayed depending on school/business closures at the time verification attempts are being made.
Mar 13, 20:19 UTC
Please expect delays for criminal orders out of China and Italy. International employment/education verifications may also be intermittently delayed depending on school/business closures at the time verification attempts are being made.
Mar 13, 20:19 UTC