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The following free resources are provided for all visitors to our site. These links all lead to websites outside of BackgroundFerret.com and we no control over the content of any of these sites. Therefore, we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information provided by them. No information contained on BackgroundFerret.com is intended as legal advice or meant to take the place of advice from a legal professional.

Fre e Background Check Tools

Free National Sexual Offender Registry - This link will bring you the Department of Justice National Sex Offender Registry. This site allows you to perform a free sexual offender search of all states except for Oregon and South Dakota.

BirthDatabase.com - This site allows you to enter in person's name (and if you wish, their approximate age). This free search claims to have dates-of-birth for over 120 million different people. This does not include everyone in the U.S. and they can not guarantee the accuracy of all of the information, but it can sometimes prove useful.

Landlord Employer Resources

Fair Credit Reporting Act - The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) contains essential information on the obligations of landlords, employers, and apartment managers when using information derived from different types of consumer reports as a means to screen potential applicants.

Fair Housing Laws - This link will bring you to a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development website that explains different aspects of complying with laws that affect all apartment managers and landlords. Familiarity with these laws is essential in helping to avoid potential fair housing and discrimination lawsuits.

Fair Housing Act - This link will bring you directly to the full text of the Fair Housing Act, without any type of added explanations of the provisions of this important set of laws and requirements.

Nolo.com - This website specializes in the law. This link in particular will bring you directly to Nolo.com's Landlords and Property Management section of their website, which includes all kinds of valuable information on how to comply with the legal aspects of setting up a tenant screening policy and help avoid housing discrimination lawsuits. Nolo.com also has a special section of their website dedicated to finding various Federal and State Laws Statutes.

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