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Accurint® for Law Enforcement Tip Sheet - LexisNexis

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Product <strong>Tip</strong> <strong>Sheet</strong><br />

Accurint<br />

®<br />

<strong>for</strong> <strong>Law</strong> En<strong>for</strong>cement<br />

Accurint <strong>for</strong><br />

<strong>Law</strong> En<strong>for</strong>cement<br />

Signing On <strong>Tip</strong>s<br />

1. Go to www.accurint.com<br />

2. Click on Account Login Button on the Bottom<br />

Left-hand corner.<br />

3. Enter your User Name and Password<br />

4. Reproduce the verification characters above<br />

the bottom field.<br />

5. Announcement screens are displayed that<br />

introduce new content or features on Accurint.<br />

Read and press continue to view the main<br />

menu screen.<br />

Verification Characters provide you with greater security.<br />

We ask that you enter the numbers found in the box<br />

provided. Automated programs can't 'read' the numbers<br />

you see in the box, only humans can. By entering the<br />

numbers, it ensures that you are logging into our system<br />

from the correct URL.<br />

Main Menu<br />

Main Menu Overview<br />

1. People = Basic In<strong>for</strong>mation about individuals,<br />

including addresses, phone numbers, full dates<br />

of birth and Social Security Numbers.<br />

2. Directory Assistance = Phone look-ups and<br />

reverse phone look-ups in real time.<br />

3. Businesses = Public records available <strong>for</strong><br />

businesses, including business locator and<br />

secretary of state filings, DBA’s and FEIN numbers.<br />

4. Assets = Property, vehicles, watercraft and aircraft<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

5. Licenses = License in<strong>for</strong>mation, including DLs<br />

and state professional licenses – another source<br />

of person locator in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />

6. Courts = All court documents, including civil<br />

filings and criminal records.<br />

7. My Account = Links in this section include the<br />

change password link, Customer Support and<br />

Frequently Asked Questions. Users classified as<br />

system administrators will have access to<br />

additional links that allows them to manage the<br />

account and users.


A Terms and Conditions Screen will always appear when<br />

you select a Search Type from the Main Menu.<br />

Simply click on the Accept button to verify your<br />

agreement with the terms and conditions and to select<br />

DPPA and GLBA permissible uses.<br />

Person Search<br />

If you know the subject's Social Security Number (SSN),<br />

use it alone in your first search. Searching on a SSN<br />

gives you a chronological list of addresses <strong>for</strong> an<br />

individual and any name variations or aliases.<br />

Use the Radius Field to help focus on a geographical<br />

area of interest.<br />

Click on Yellow Fields <strong>for</strong> additional tips.<br />

There are no required fields, so you can start searching<br />

with whatever piece(s) of in<strong>for</strong>mation that you have.<br />

The amount and type of in<strong>for</strong>mation that you enter will<br />

affect the results that you retrieve.<br />

If you are unsure of the spelling of a person's name, try<br />

checking the Search <strong>for</strong> the other possible name<br />

spellings box that searches <strong>for</strong> variations of the<br />

subject's name if no exact match is found.


Comprehensive Report<br />

Click on<br />

to generate the Comprehensive Report.<br />

The comprehensive report will link additional<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation on the individual searched, including all<br />

data elements listed below.<br />

You can choose to deselect Neighbors OR you can<br />

receive in<strong>for</strong>mation on a maximum of 6 neighbors <strong>for</strong><br />

up to 10 different addresses.<br />

You can choose to deselect Relatives OR<br />

you can choose a maximum of 3 degrees<br />

of separation <strong>for</strong> relatives.<br />

Comprehensive Report Summary<br />

The Comprehensive Report will provide you with a<br />

Summary of the report and a listing of data sources<br />

searched along with linked results.<br />

Hyperlinks allow <strong>for</strong> quick navigation that enables users<br />

to quickly access additional in<strong>for</strong>mation contained in the<br />

comprehensive report.<br />

Click on<br />

to launch Relavint.<br />

RelavintTM<br />

- Visual Link Analysis<br />

Relavint creates a visual link chart <strong>for</strong> your subject,<br />

displaying possible relatives and associates, addresses,<br />

AKAs, vehicles, property and businesses that are linked to<br />

the person. In addition, known criminal records and<br />

concealed weapons permits will be identified with icons.<br />

You can double click on any icon in the diagram to "drill<br />

into" any of the objects on the chart to instantly discover<br />

links to other associated entities. This allows you to<br />

continue to create diagrams to help you visualize the<br />

relationships between people and their possible relatives<br />

and associates, vehicles, property and businesses.<br />

You can right click on any Relavint icon to run a<br />

comprehensive search on that entity.


Locating Business Records<br />

Coverage = Click the coverage icon<br />

on any search page to show the state<br />

and county coverage areas <strong>for</strong> each<br />

particular data source.<br />

Help = Click on the help icon on any search page to<br />

provide additional search instructions and/or search tips<br />

to help generate the best results.<br />

Various business searches are available within the<br />

Business Menu tabs, such as Corporation, UCC Filing,<br />

Dun & Bradstreet, and Delaware Corporation Searches.<br />

Fill-in-the-blank search fields allow you to enter the<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation that you have and/or allow you to tailor your<br />

search <strong>for</strong> the desired result(s).<br />

For more in<strong>for</strong>mation or a free trial CALL 1-866-242-1440, or visit www.accurint.com/le<br />

Accurint is a member of the <strong>LexisNexis</strong> group of companies. Accurint <strong>for</strong> <strong>Law</strong> En<strong>for</strong>cement is not a consumer report as that term is defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") and may not<br />

be used <strong>for</strong> any purpose permitted under the FCRA.<br />

Lexisnexis and the Knowledge Burst logo are registered trademarks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc. used under license. Accurint is a registered trademark of Seisint, Inc. Other products and services<br />

may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. © 2005 <strong>LexisNexis</strong>, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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