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Request for Criminal History Check. Criminal history background checks for individuals are available at the PATCH site or download form SP 4-164, print the completed form, and mail it. An individual background check is $22 and can be notarized for an additional $5.
- Pennsylvania Access To Criminal History
This Act also directs the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) to...
- Criminal Background Check
Online Request. The Pennsylvania State Police have...
- Pennsylvania Access To Criminal History
This Act also directs the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) to disseminate criminal history data to criminal justice agencies, non-criminal justice agencies and individuals on request. Criminal justice agencies can access all of an individual's criminal history record information (CHRI).
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.
Online Request. The Pennsylvania State Police have established a web-based computer application called "Pennsylvania Access To Criminal History (PATCH) ". Results are often received immediately when applied for online.
PATCH is the computer application that allows you to access the Pennsylvania State Police’s criminal history information. Please follow the instructions below to complete the application. Go to PATCH https://epatch.state.pa.us. Select “Submit a New Record Check”.
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.
Visit the Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History website at https://epatch.state.pa.us to complete a “Criminal History Record Check.” 2. Click on ‘Submit a New Record Check’ on the home page. An online account is not needed. 3. Read the Terms & Conditions and then click accept.