Mississippi Statewide Fees
Effective Jan26th, 2025, the Mississippi Administration of Courts has updated its fees. You can locate these updates by going to your “Help Tab” and choosing the “State and County Fees” dropdown.
Updated 4/9/2025- Court Search Delays
NSOPW:
1/29/2025: The NSOPW is back up and processing, however the database continues to experience intermittent outages that occur when individual jurisdictions go down. These outages are causing delays in processing. We are monitoring the database and will provide updates if extended delays are to be expected.
West Virginia Counties:
3/11/2025: West Virginia Courts are currently experiencing system issues due to updates being made to the Public Access Terminals (PAT). At this time clerk assistance is required to complete searches. Please expect delays. We will provide updates as they become available.
Multiple Counties, Texas:
4/9/2025: Texas county searches are currently experiencing system issues, which are causing a delay in the turnaround times. We are closely monitoring this and will provide updates as they become available.
Pike County, Kentucky:
4/15/2025: Pike County, Kentucky Courts have advised the court is closed on Wednesday, 4/23/2025, through Friday, 4/26/2025 due to the hillbilly festival and will reopen on Monday, 4/28/2025. Please expect possible delays during this closure.
Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Lenoir, Nash, Northampton, Pitt, Wayne, and Wilson Counties, North Carolina:
4/23/2025: Please be advised that the Track 8 Counties in North Carolina are scheduled to migrate over to a new case management system on Monday, April 28, 2025. During this period, no searches including North Carolina Statewide, will be completed during this time. We will continue to monitor and provide updates as they become available.
Franklin County, Kentucky:
4/24/2025: Franklin County, KY Courts have opened a temporary location where the Public Access Terminal is accessible. Searches are currently being processed. Please expect delays in this jurisdiction as they work thru the backlog.
Kent County, Michigan:
4/24/2025: Kent County, Michigan's Public Access Terminal (PAT) at the courts are currently experiencing system issues. At this time clerk assistance is required to complete searches. Please expect delays. We will provide updates as they become available.
1/29/2025: The NSOPW is back up and processing, however the database continues to experience intermittent outages that occur when individual jurisdictions go down. These outages are causing delays in processing. We are monitoring the database and will provide updates if extended delays are to be expected.
West Virginia Counties:
3/11/2025: West Virginia Courts are currently experiencing system issues due to updates being made to the Public Access Terminals (PAT). At this time clerk assistance is required to complete searches. Please expect delays. We will provide updates as they become available.
Multiple Counties, Texas:
4/9/2025: Texas county searches are currently experiencing system issues, which are causing a delay in the turnaround times. We are closely monitoring this and will provide updates as they become available.
Pike County, Kentucky:
4/15/2025: Pike County, Kentucky Courts have advised the court is closed on Wednesday, 4/23/2025, through Friday, 4/26/2025 due to the hillbilly festival and will reopen on Monday, 4/28/2025. Please expect possible delays during this closure.
Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Lenoir, Nash, Northampton, Pitt, Wayne, and Wilson Counties, North Carolina:
4/23/2025: Please be advised that the Track 8 Counties in North Carolina are scheduled to migrate over to a new case management system on Monday, April 28, 2025. During this period, no searches including North Carolina Statewide, will be completed during this time. We will continue to monitor and provide updates as they become available.
Franklin County, Kentucky:
4/24/2025: Franklin County, KY Courts have opened a temporary location where the Public Access Terminal is accessible. Searches are currently being processed. Please expect delays in this jurisdiction as they work thru the backlog.
Kent County, Michigan:
4/24/2025: Kent County, Michigan's Public Access Terminal (PAT) at the courts are currently experiencing system issues. At this time clerk assistance is required to complete searches. Please expect delays. We will provide updates as they become available.
Bangladesh - Education Verifications
7.31.24 - We have been advised there is an indefinite strike in public universities and schools, and we are facing severe processing delays. We will post any updates we receive.
California Delays caused by DOB Redaction
On June 21, 2021, several CA courts have redacted DOB from their public index and files due to a 4th Appellate District Court, Court of Appeal, Division One, State of CA opinion.
We are still able to conduct name-based searches. Due to the redaction, researchers are having to use alternative methods to obtain DOB, where possible, therefore causing delays. These delays will impact County Criminal searches and Nationwide Database searches.
Counties with redactions: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Lassen, Los Angeles, Merced, Nevada, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernadino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura
We are still able to conduct name-based searches. Due to the redaction, researchers are having to use alternative methods to obtain DOB, where possible, therefore causing delays. These delays will impact County Criminal searches and Nationwide Database searches.
Counties with redactions: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Lassen, Los Angeles, Merced, Nevada, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernadino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura
Clean Slate Initiative
The Clean Slate initiative automatically seals certain non-violent conviction records if a person has remained conviction-free for a period of time (seven years for misdemeanors, 10 years for felonies).
Universal will continue to provide information that is reportable by state and federal laws.
States that are part of this initiate are as follows:
• PA
• UT
• NJ
• MI
• CT
• DE
• VA
• OK
• CO
• CA
• MN
• NY (Effective November 2024)
Please click on the below link for additional information by state. States with pending bills:
• Kentucky (HB 588)
• Missouri (HB 753)
• Rhode Island (SB 606)
• Hawaii (SB 1168)
Learn more
Universal will continue to provide information that is reportable by state and federal laws.
States that are part of this initiate are as follows:
• PA
• UT
• NJ
• MI
• CT
• DE
• VA
• OK
• CO
• CA
• MN
• NY (Effective November 2024)
Please click on the below link for additional information by state. States with pending bills:
• Kentucky (HB 588)
• Missouri (HB 753)
• Rhode Island (SB 606)
• Hawaii (SB 1168)
Learn more
SUSPENDED SERVICES
All verification services out of the following countries are suspended:
Afghanistan, Russia, Sudan, Ukraine.
Criminal searches are currently not available in Afghanistan and Palestine at this time as well.
We will continue to monitor the situation and notify you when we are able to reinstate services.
Criminal searches are currently not available in Afghanistan and Palestine at this time as well.
We will continue to monitor the situation and notify you when we are able to reinstate services.