HILLSBORO — The Highland County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents that it does not conduct, process or release background checks online, after its records division fielded a wave of complaints from people who paid outside websites for checks and believed the agency was holding up their requests.
In an official public notice, the records division said anyone who paid a website for an “online background check” did not go through the sheriff’s office, and the agency cannot access or verify records produced by third-party sites.
“If you paid for an ‘online background check’ through a website, you did not do so through our agency, and we cannot access or verify those records,” the records division said in the notice.
All Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and FBI background checks through the sheriff’s office are completed in person at the records division, 130 Homestead Ave. in Hillsboro, with a photo ID and a fingerprint scan, the office said. According to the office’s website, fees are $30 for a BCI check, $32 for an FBI check and $62 for a combined BCI/FBI check, and results are mailed from BCI or the FBI.
Residents with questions can reach the Highland County Sheriff’s Office at (937) 393-1421.
This article is based on a public notice issued by the Highland County Sheriff’s Office.
