Name-based check
Also called database search · commercial background check
Definition
A search of records by name and identifiers rather than by fingerprints, typically performed by a commercial data provider.
Context
Not the same product as an Identity History Summary and generally not accepted where a police certificate is required. It is included here because the two are routinely conflated in marketing material.
Government sources
Where this term comes from.
- Identity History Summary Checks
Federal Bureau of Investigation · reviewed 2026-08-01
fbi.gov returns 403 to all retrieval, so this page was read from the Internet Archive snapshot of 31 July 2026 (web.archive.org/web/20260731011046). That snapshot carries the “Current Processing Time” block, the $18 fee, and the channeler eligibility restriction quoted on this site.