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How to Do a Background Check on Yourself

by Spokeo

Everyone has Googled themselves to see what comes up. Usually it is your social media profiles – Facebook, Twitter, the usual suspects. But what else is out there? How much of it is true? How much of it is just plain embarrassing?

If you need to put your best foot forward, you have to know what is out there and if anything can come back to haunt you. Just ask the candidates in this year’s election how they feel about skeletons in their closet.

Where to Get Public Records Fast

All public records are kept on file in your local city or county clerk office. Different files may be kept in different offices, so you need to know where to look. A request to pull a record could take several days and will likely cost you something. The records may be incomplete, and you’ll spend more time hunting down other records offices to find the right paperwork.

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Skip the paperwork with a public records search engine. It focuses on public records collected from millions of public sources around the country. Enter your info – name, address, email, phone number, etc – and you’ll get a list of public records and social media profiles tied to you.

 

You may find some of the following information:

  • Criminal records
  • Social media profiles
  • Addresses History
  • Friends and family
  • Marriage information
  • Birth records
  • Death records

Cleaning Your Records

Doing a background check on yourself means facing down your ridiculous past. Old photos, embarrassing posts, maybe a few tickets for speeding – these are all things you might want to bury somewhere deep and forget about. Deleting your social media accounts won’t be too hard, but wiping away public records might mean a trip to a local government office.

You can do a background check on yourself without spending all day, a lot of money, or even leaving your computer. The information you pull from a public records search can help you decide what to do next. Chances are, all that’s in your background might be some embarrassing photos and awkward posts to old social media profiles.