**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**SECTION 302CERTIFICATION**

 

I,Eric J. Boden, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewedthis Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of HireRight, Inc.;

 

2.             Based on myknowledge, this Quarterly Report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this Quarterly Report;

 

3.             Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this Report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this Quarterly Report;

 

4.             The registrant’sother certifying officers and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)), for the registrant andwe have:

 

(a)           designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this Quarterly Report is being prepared;

 

(b)           evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this Quarterly Report our conclusions about the effectiveness ofthe disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered bythis report based on such evaluation; and

 

(c)           disclosed in thisQuarterly Report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.             The registrant’sother certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or personsperforming the equivalent functions):

 

(a)           all significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrols over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

(b)           anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.

 

 
| Date:  August 7,  2008 | By:      | /s/  Eric J. Boden        |
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|                                  |     | Eric  J. Boden            |
| * *                              | * * | *Chief Executive Officer* |

 

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