Imperative’s goal is to complete the research as quickly as possible without compromising the accuracy or quality of the research.
Once your caregiver completes the background investigation consent paperwork, the report will typically be ready in three to five business days–often much sooner.
Most of our research involves hands-on research of the records of the local courts–most often by actually sending our researcher into the actual courthouse. However, some jurisdictions don’t provide access for the public to search their records directly. Instead, our researcher must complete a form and the court clerk does the research. Often, they do it the same day but in other jurisdictions, we may have to wait 3-5 business days.
Sometimes we must do additional research to verify that the individual named in a court document is the same individual on whom we are conducting the investigation.
For instance, protective or restraining orders often only contain the parties’ names. We must do additional research to determine whether the order found is associated with your applicant. We won’t report the information as a name-match-only record. (If we ultimately cannot determine that the record belongs to your applicant, we won’t report it but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t really associated with them.) That process can add a day or two to the research time.