Background checks are basically where you take the public records for someone and then put them into a single easy-to-read document, which details everything from their financial standing to their past criminal convictions. In the past, background checks were notoriously slow, with some secretive company taking several days to post out your report. Nowadays, the Internet has made instant background checks a reality, but which one is the best?

The best instantaneous background check service will do several things very well. The first is proving the reports & information instantly (or within a few seconds of your search). This not only allows you to quickly see the information you need but also allows you to correct any mistakes you make in a few seconds, rather than a few days. The other aspects of the service which the best background check companies should offer is a complete set of public records for people and easy-to-read reports.

Fortunately, the Internet has gifted us with a lot of background checks websites, all promising to help us perform instant background checks on '100's of millions' of records. This is possible because these new sites have actually taken all the public records they can find (from courthouses and police stations all over the country) and have put them into a central digital database. This database is then able to be searched from their website, compiling the background checks when you want them.

These websites not only allows you to instantly search over 400 million separate records, but it also gives you a complete report into someone's background. Each background check you perform lists everything from the person's marital status to their financial information.