# Offendersearch

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/offendersearch/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

A commercial REST API (and private-beta MCP server) for nationwide US sex-offender registry screening, searching 58 US registries through one API with scored matches and per-source provenance.

## Kin Score — 10.8 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-09-02 under rubric 0.18.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 10.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 26.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Health**: 0.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 12.9 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## APIs (1)

- **Offendersearch API** — REST API for national sex-offender screening; API-key authenticated, JSON responses, synchronous and asynchronous search across all 58 US registries.

## Tags

Background Screening, Identity & risk, Trust and Safety, Public Records, Criminal data, Compliance, Sex-offender registry data, Staffing & recruiting, Tenant Screening, Healthcare, Gig marketplaces

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/offendersearch/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.