Are there normally costs associated with a search of county records?
• When using a 3rd party like HireRight or trying to contact the courthouse directly, there are usually 2 components of cost. The first is the time associated with researching court records. The second is any cost levied by the courthouse, the state or any entity contracting with the courthouse in order to access the information. It has been estimated that about 1/3 of counties in America charge some fee or surcharge, with the highest single amount charged currently being by New York counties at $55/search. An average order with county records will have about $2 per county added to it based on these surcharges, but in the case of HireRight no profit or mark-up is added to these government charges.
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