*The comprehensiveness of the NCD varies by state. Our background check does not exclude service professionals unless the crime at issue is a felony. Businesses or owners convicted misdemeanors or felonies, or who have dismissed charges or arrests on their records involving rape/incest, sex offenses, or lewd and lascivious behavior at any point in time will not be admitted to our network. Business owners or principals with felony arrests that carry a pending decision or who are convicted of felonies in the past 7 years ago will not be admitted to the network. Our third-party vendor uses a national criminal database ('NCD') to screen service professionals. We use a third-party vendor to conduct a criminal records search in the county in which the business owner or principal works. As always, we recommend that you conduct your own research on the businesses you hire, including making inquiries directly with the businesses regarding their employee background check policies. Unfortunately, we cannot perform a background check on every employee of a business-the background checks are performed only on the owner or principal.
The owner or principal of each business in HomeAdvisor's network (with the exception of Corporate Accounts) must pass a background check. Criminal Background Check Who does HomeAdvisor background check?
