Background Research

Background Checks with professional results means that your business background investigation is being conducted by an experienced investigator. Tristar Investigation offers high quality background investigation that produces professional results every time. Good per employment background checks protect your investment in training new employees. (If you are looking for background checks in other areas, select Personal Background Checks, Insurance Criminal Background Check, or Legal Background Investigation.)

Get started by choosing a type of service from the Background Investigation Options grid at the bottom of this page

Pre-employment and due diligence are the two most common uses of background investigations for business. Other uses include loss prevention and competitor research. There are many quick and easy low tech pre-employment background searches available in the marketplace. They essentially involve throwing a name in a database and reporting what comes out. These are fine for employees that do not involve a substantial investment in training and who are not in management positions.

At Tristar Investigation we conduct thorough background checks that produce professional results. An experienced fraud examiner conducts the background investigation, carefully analyzing all the data and performing crucial cross referencing to guarantee the accuracy and integrity of the search. Nothing is left to chance or vague assumptions. At Tristar you get data that is in debt and reliable.

The chart below describes the various services we offer for Background Checks Professional Results. Note that the last category on the chart describes the Background / Asset combination. Choose this search if you want to know about a person’s assets as well as their background. For a free consultation or to get started right away on your process service project, call us for service throughout California and the US at (800) 487-0947, e-mail us or download our fax form.

Background Investigation Options

Search Level	Description	Cost
Level One Background (Pre-employment search)	Name and Social Security number verification Age and year of birth scan Local court search for misdemeanors Countywide search for felonies Countywide search for superior court civil cases Department of Motor Vehicles driving record Employment verification and education verification	Fixed Fee- $275*
Level Two Background	Includes Level One plus additional sources Includes search for relatives, associates, and marital status Includes fraud scan for aliases and false Social Security numbers Address history with dates of residence Also includes bankruptcies, judgments, foreclosures, evictions, tax liens and many other indicators such as civil cases, divorces Countywide court search for misdemeanors Statewide felony search in California Local search for municipal civil cases, statewide superior court civil cases in California	Fixed Fee- $485*
Level Three Background	Includes Level One and Level Two Background Investigations Education, business and professional history, military service Source of income, and business affiliations Includes confidential source information Family background and marital history Search for Federal criminal cases Nationwide bankruptcies and tax liens	Avg $3,000 & up
Background & Asset Combination
Background & Asset Combination	Combines Level Two Asset and Level Two Background Investigations A complete wide-ranging profile of your subject Asset portion gives a broad asset profile to gauge net worth; including real property, vehicles, business affiliations and ownership, liabilities, bankruptcies, etc Background portion gives personal profile, including criminal research, (felonies and misdemeanors), civil cases, divorces, driver record, age confirmation, aliases, relatives, address history and false Social Security numbers Often used for business due diligence, prenuptial, dating and executive pre-employment	Fixed Fee $950*

*Some persons with common names, evasive behavior or extremely active profiles may require an additional research fee of up to $125.