# Checkr National Criminal Search API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/checkr/checkr-national-criminal-search-api/  
**Provider:** Checkr — https://apis.io/providers/checkr/  
**Base URL:** https://api.checkr.com/v1  
**Documentation:** https://docs.checkr.com/

Checkr National Criminal Search API is one of 56 APIs that [Checkr](https://apis.io/providers/checkr/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include National Criminal Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

Checkr conducts a National Criminal Database Search as a routine part of all criminal background checks. The search queries 3,200 counties and over 900 million records across the United States, and provides a quick means to evaluate which courts or jurisdictions should be searched more thoroughly for any given candidate. The National Criminal Database Search is used only as a "pointer search" to determine which courts or jurisdictions to search. Records returned from this database do not appear on the final report. For more information, please see [National Criminal Database Search](https://help.checkr.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001686567) in the Checkr Help Center.

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/national_criminal_searches/{id}` | Retrieve an existing National Criminal Search |

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/checkr/refs/heads/main/openapi/checkr-national-criminal-search-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.checkr.com/
- **APIReference** — https://docs.checkr.com/
- **PostmanCollection** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/checkr/refs/heads/main/collections/checkr.postman_collection.json
- **OpenCollection** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/checkr/refs/heads/main/collections/checkr.opencollection.json

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## Tags

National Criminal Search

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