Posted by Stamper_WI on 10/12/06 1:12pm
Msg #152005

do your own back ground checks

Under the privacy act, you can request a FBI background check on yourself. Below is the link with the forms. It requires a notarized request or a statement swearing you are who you are. As far as I can see, It's free unless your decide to do a fingerprint check which is around $18.

So why not do this and have it available on request. Any third party will be doing this at little or no cost.


http://foia.fbi.gov/privacy_instruc.pdf

Reply by Stamper_WI on 10/12/06 1:28pm
Msg #152008

Oops the Freedom of information act

Misspoke

Reply by Jersey_Boy on 10/12/06 2:36pm
Msg #152059

WOW! Thanks for posting!

I am sending out my request today.... it'll be interesting to see what kind of "dirt" they can dig up.

Thanks!!

Reply by Gerry_VT on 10/12/06 3:00pm
Msg #152067

It might be wise to do your own background check, so you would have a chance to clear up any errors in your record before someone else finds them. But having it available on request wouldn't be much use, because the person you give it to has no way to know if the copy in your custody has been altered or not. Roughly the same concept as you faxing a copy of your college transcript compared to the college sending it.

Reply by Charles_Ca on 10/12/06 5:00pm
Msg #152094

Re: do your own back ground checks: Why not?

Why is it that everyone is so certain that only one business can provide this type of certification. The credibility of the certification is only as good as the process behind it. I have written many process procedures for certifying things that are far more important and even dangerous and life threatening than a simple background check. The way to do this is to have a certification procedure stating where the certification has to come from how often it needs to be renewed, and where the originals are kept so that if someone one wants to check they can. The only other thing I'd recommend is a third party inspection annually for compliance and to keep a record of that third party inspection. You can designate the third party, it could be anyone or it could be an accountant (public contests usually have the polling certified by a CPA) or you could have a reciprocal certification by another notary. Then type up a certificate of BGC and submit it with your documentation to the companies employing you. That is all there is to it. Notary networks could very easily set up an internal set of procedures do this for each other: just another nice network perk.

Reply by LawrenceOK on 10/12/06 6:34pm
Msg #152115

Re: do your own back ground checks: Why not?

My 2 cents on all the BGC BS. If a Tc or Lender requires you to have a BGC in order to do signings for them, then let them choose who they want to initiate that investigation AND pay for it. If these SS's are going to continue to require us to fax back borrower sensitive information, then they need to get out their big fat wallets and pay to have all their employees checked also. (just my own damn opinion)

Reply by Charles_Ca on 10/12/06 6:41pm
Msg #152118

You are right lawrence, what these companies don't seem to

understand is that for the convenince of having independant contractors the business expenses of the contractors get passed on to the company doing the contracting. If notaies have to have background checks then the cost of the check needs to be paid by the user of the service, there is no other way around it. For some reason there are notaries who will just eat the costs, and many companies count on that. You can't get fat by eating your costs, you'll starve to death.

Reply by LawrenceOK on 10/12/06 6:56pm
Msg #152119

Re: You are right lawrence, what these companies don't seem to

And I ain't starving (yet). I got up on the wrong side of the bed anyway and then my launch button was pushed early this morning by a stupid, know nothing, lowballing SS. Hell, I'm even primed for those NNA armchair wanna be attorneys (Now thats just my opinion)

Reply by Ndwa on 10/12/06 9:40pm
Msg #152150

Re: You are right lawrence, what these companies don't seem

All cost of doing business have to eventually passed on to the user. Remember we are being used.