Many people meet others online and that leads to unknown factors but that does not have to be the case when you do a marriage license search along with other public records searches. Recently, a friend of mine met this great guy online and wanted to meet him for lunch. I am the skeptical type, so I wanted to check him out before I let her go.

Marriage License Search

Before I let my friend go meet up with some stranger, I wanted to make sure this guy wasn’t married. After all, what is the point of meeting with a guy who has a wife and kids at home? We went online and imputed his name in the marriage license search. It came back with ten names. Neither one matched the city or state. So, we thought we were good on that. The guy hadn’t been married. I was satisfied he had not lied to her about that.

Criminal Background Check

Some people may call me paranoid, but this is my best friend we are talking about and her safety means the world to me. I do not want my friend to go out with some deranged killer. Even if he is not a deranged killer, I do not want to her to go with a criminal period.

On the same website, I clicked over to the criminal records. From there, I entered his first and last name again and clicked search. I had to select which one was him based on his age and where he lived. We discovered he didn’t have anything wrong with him but you never know. This time he didn’t.

Sex Offender List

The easiest thing to search for is sex offenders. Federal law says all sex offenders must be registered. I went online to the national family watchdog registry and typed in his name. Then I selected the state. Thankfully, his name did not come up but if it did, you can bet she would not have gone.

More Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Records

Thanks to FOIA, you may uncover marriage license searches and do it all in the privacy of your own home. You don’t have to hire your own private detective to get the info that you need anymore. You never have to wonder if someone is telling you the truth again because you can check yourself.

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