Accurint® for Law Enforcement Tip Sheet - LexisNexis
Accurint® for Law Enforcement Tip Sheet - LexisNexis
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 />
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