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.