COVID-19 Response (3/01/2020)
The number of court closures and delays is beginning to increase as the number of Covid-19 cases increases across the U.S. See the list below of courts that are closed or in some state of delay.
NOTICE REGARDING COURT CLOSURES - Possible Use of Statewide Criminal Records Information:
This notice is provided regarding the possible use of Statewide Criminal Records information in place of county records due to COVID-19 driven court closures. Some states have records equivalent to those found at the courthouse, and can be used without hesitation. Another group of states have records that are not, meaning the records maintained by states are not identical to those at the courthouse, ESR generally considers these to be supplemental and not primary sources.
While COVID-19 court closures are in effect, and instead of onsite county court research, all clients may choose to use available courthouse equivalent statewide sources, and those clients that acknowledge and accept the limitations, may also choose to use supplemental statewide searches.
States with courthouse equivalent records:
Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Maryland, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin.
States with less than courthouse equivalent records:
Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas.
Click Here to Read COVID-19 Closures / Delays (3/01/2020)
State/County |
Court Status |
CA - Alameda |
Delayed |
CA - Los Angeles |
Delayed |
CA - Marin |
Delayed |
CA - Monterey |
Delayed |
CA - Orange |
Delayed |
CA - San Bernardino |
Delayed |
CA - San Joaquin |
Delayed |
CA - San Mateo |
Delayed |
CA - Santa Barbara |
Delayed |
CA - Santa Clara |
Delayed |
CA - Solano |
Delayed |
DE - Kent |
Delayed |
DE - New Castle |
Delayed |
DE - Sussex |
Delayed |
GA - Bibb |
Delayed |
GA - Clayton |
Closed |
GA - Fayette |
Closed |
GA - Greene |
Delayed |
GA - Gwinnett |
Delayed |
GA - Houston |
Delayed |
GA - Polk |
Delayed |
GA - Spalding |
Delayed |
GA - Walton |
Delayed |
IL - Cook |
Delayed |
IN - Saint Joseph |
Delayed |
KY - Adair |
Delayed |
KY - Allen |
Closed |
KY - Boone |
Delayed |
KY - Bourbon |
Closed |
KY - Boyd |
Delayed |
KY - Bullitt |
Delayed |
KY - Campbell |
Delayed |
KY - Carlisle |
Delayed |
KY - Carroll |
Closed |
KY - Christian |
Closed |
KY - Daviess |
Delayed |
KY - Fayette |
Closed |
KY - Franklin |
Delayed |
KY - Graves |
Closed |
KY - Grayson |
Delayed |
KY - Greenup |
Delayed |
KY - Hardin |
Closed |
KY - Hopkins |
Closed |
KY - Jefferson |
Delayed |
KY - Johnson |
Delayed |
KY - Kenton |
Delayed |
KY - Knox |
Delayed |
KY - Laurel |
Closed |
KY - Lawrence |
Delayed |
KY - Lyon |
Closed |
KY - Marion |
Delayed |
KY - Mccracken |
Closed |
KY - Mercer |
Closed |
KY - Nelson |
Closed |
KY - Ohio |
Closed |
KY - Oldham |
Delayed |
KY - Owen |
Delayed |
KY - Pike |
Delayed |
KY - Pulaski |
Delayed |
KY - Rockcastle |
Closed |
KY - Scott |
Delayed |
KY - Simpson |
Closed |
KY - Taylor |
Delayed |
KY - Todd |
Delayed |
KY - Union |
Delayed |
KY - Warren |
Delayed |
KY - Washington |
Delayed |
MA - Bristol |
Delayed |
MA - Essex |
Delayed |
MA - Franklin |
Delayed |
MA - Hampden |
Delayed |
MA - Hampshire |
Delayed |
MA - Middlesex |
Delayed |
MA - Norfolk |
Delayed |
MA - Plymouth |
Delayed |
MA - Suffolk |
Delayed |
MA - Worcester |
Delayed |
ME - Cumberland |
Delayed |
MI - Alcona |
Delayed |
MI - Alger |
Delayed |
MI - Allegan |
Delayed |
MI - Barry |
Delayed |
MI - Bay |
Delayed |
MI - Berrien |
Delayed |
MI - Calhoun |
Delayed |
MI - Cass |
Delayed |
MI - Charlevoix |
Delayed |
MI - Eaton |
Delayed |
MI - Genesee |
Delayed |
MI - Grand Traverse |
Delayed |
MI - Hillsdale |
Delayed |
MI - Houghton |
Delayed |
MI - Ionia |
Delayed |
MI - Isabella |
Delayed |
MI - Kalamazoo |
Delayed |
MI - Kalkaska |
Delayed |
MI - Kent |
Delayed |
MI - Lapeer |
Delayed |
MI - Livingston |
Delayed |
MI - Mackinac |
Delayed |
MI - Macomb |
Delayed |
MI - Marquette |
Delayed |
MI - Mason |
Delayed |
MI - Mecosta |
Delayed |
MI - Midland |
Delayed |
MI - Missaukee |
Delayed |
MI - Monroe |
Delayed |
MI - Montcalm |
Delayed |
MI - Oakland |
Delayed |
MI - Oceana |
Delayed |
MI - Osceola |
Delayed |
MI - Ottawa |
Delayed |
MI - Roscommon |
Delayed |
MI - Saginaw |
Delayed |
MI - Sanilac |
Delayed |
MI - Tuscola |
Delayed |
MI - Van Buren |
Delayed |
MI - Washtenaw |
Delayed |
MI - Wayne |
Delayed |
MS - Warren |
Delayed |
NV - Clark |
Delayed |
OH - Harrison |
Delayed |
TN - Bledsoe |
Delayed |
TN - Bradley |
Delayed |
TN - Cheatham |
Delayed |
TN - Coffee |
Delayed |
TN - Cumberland |
Delayed |
TN - Grainger |
Delayed |
TN - Henderson |
Delayed |
TN - McMinn |
Delayed |
TN - Robertson |
Delayed |
TN - Sequatchie |
Delayed |
TN - Sevier |
Delayed |
TN - Williamson |
Delayed |
WV - Jackson |
Delayed |
Compliance Update
Employment Screening Resources (ESR) stands at the forefront of compliance and one of our primary goals is to ensure that ongoing procedures and best practices are observed in order to keep ESR and our clients in line with any new or changing laws and regulations.
What is it
ESR has developed a tool that allows clients that use the ESR manual background check ordering solution to upload signed, mandatory background check related documents at the time the order is entered.
The mandatory documents are:
End-User FCRA Certifications,
Background Check Disclosure,
Rights and Acknowledgements,
Consumer Authorization.