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You can check your criminal history request online at the PATCH site. Make sure that you have the control number and the date that you requested your PATCH check. If you mailed your request in, call 888-783-7972, and choose option 1 to obtain your control number. Go to Record Check Status.
- Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History (PATCH)
PSP established the Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History,...
- Pennsylvania Access To Criminal History
Check the status of a Record Check. Registered PATCH...
- Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History (PATCH)
PSP established the Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History, or PATCH, for agencies, companies, and others to request criminal background checks on individuals. The information provided by the requestor will be checked against the criminal history database maintained by the Pennsylvania State Police Central Repository.
Criminal history reports shall be no more than five (5) years old at the time of employment. See Act 114 of 2006 for further detailed information on PA background check requirements. Following are procedures for obtaining the PA State Police background clearance. Fee: $22.00 payable to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Electronic Submission
Check the status of a Record Check. Registered PATCH Accounts. (Only used by pre-approved organizations) Why does PATCH exist? Its purpose is to better enable the public to obtain criminal history record checks.
Record Check Status. To perform a search on a record check request you must enter in all the data exactly as it was entered for the original record check request. if a middle name was entered on the original request the you must enter the name exactly.
Find information about obtaining clearances, associated laws and regulations, answers to frequently asked questions, and additional resources below. In addition, consider reviewing 24 P.S. §1-111, as amended, and the Child Pro tective Services Law concerning background checks, for more information.
GUIDE FOR COMPLETING THE ACT 34 PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE BACKGROUND CHECK. Visit the Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History website at https://epatch.state.pa.us to complete a. “Criminal History Record Check.”. Click on ‘Submit a New Record Check’ on the home page. An online account is not needed.
