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<\/td>'; str+=' Mississippi Statewide Fees<\/strong><\/td>'; str+=' <\/tr>'; str+='
Effective Jan26th, 2025, the Mississippi Administration of Courts has updated its fees. You can locate these updates by going to your “Help Tab” and choosing the “State and County Fees” dropdown.<\/td>'; str+=' <\/tr>'; str+=' '; str+=''; str+='
<\/td>'; str+=' Updated 4\/9\/2025- Court Search Delays<\/strong><\/td>'; str+=' <\/tr>'; str+='
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NSOPW:<\/b>
1\/29\/2025: The NSOPW is back up and processing, however the database continues to experience intermittent outages that occur when individual jurisdictions go down. These outages are causing delays in processing. We are monitoring the database and will provide updates if extended delays are to be expected.

West Virginia Counties:<\/b>
3\/11\/2025: West Virginia Courts are currently experiencing system issues due to updates being made to the Public Access Terminals (PAT). At this time clerk assistance is required to complete searches. Please expect delays. We will provide updates as they become available.

El Dorado County, California:<\/b>
4\/1\/2025: Please expect delays as El Dorado County, CA is now clerk assisted with limited staff and resources.

Florida Statewide Criminal Searches:<\/b>
4\/9\/2025: The FDLE website is experiencing delays and intermittent outages with their payment system. The FDLE is aware of the issues a... show more...<\/a><\/div>'; str+='
<\/td>'; str+=' New York Child Abuse Registry - Delays<\/strong><\/td>'; str+=' <\/tr>'; str+='
Due to the high volumes New York Child Abuse is receiving, there is an ongoing delay averaging about 10-12 weeks as a TAT. NY does not currently have an ETA on resolution\/lower volumes. Please continue to expect extended delays. <\/td>'; str+=' <\/tr>'; str+=' '; str+=''; str+='
<\/td>'; str+=' Clean Slate Initiative<\/strong><\/td>'; str+=' <\/tr>'; str+='
The Clean Slate initiative automatically seals certain non-violent conviction records if a person has remained conviction-free for a period of time (seven years for misdemeanors, 10 years for felonies). 

Universal will continue to provide information that is reportable by state and federal laws.

States that are part of this initiate are as follows:
• PA
• UT
• NJ
• MI
• CT
• DE
• VA
• OK
• CO
• CA
• MN
• NY (Effective November 2024)

Please click on the below link for additional information by state. States with pending bills:
• Kentucky (HB 588)
• Missouri (HB 753)
• Rhode Island (SB 606)
• Hawaii (SB 1168)
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<\/td>'; str+=' Bangladesh - Education Verifications<\/strong><\/td>'; str+=' <\/tr>'; str+='
7.31.24 - We have been advised there is an indefinite strike in public universities and schools, and we are facing severe processing delays. We will post any updates we receive.<\/td>'; str+=' <\/tr>'; str+=' '; str+=''; str+='
<\/td>'; str+=' California Delays caused by DOB Redaction<\/strong><\/td>'; str+=' <\/tr>'; str+='
On June 21, 2021, several CA courts have redacted DOB from their public index and files due to a 4th Appellate District Court, Court of Appeal, Division One, State of CA opinion.

We are still able to conduct name-based searches. Due to the redaction, researchers are having to use alternative methods to obtain DOB, where possible, therefore causing delays. These delays will impact County Criminal searches and Nationwide Database searches.

Counties with redactions: Amador, Butte, Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Kern, Lassen, Los Angeles, Merced, Nevada, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernadino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura <\/td>'; str+=' <\/tr>'; str+=' '; str+=''; str+='
<\/td>'; str+=' SUSPENDED SERVICES<\/strong><\/td>'; str+=' <\/tr>'; str+='
All verification services out of the following countries are suspended: Afghanistan, Russia, Sudan, Ukraine.

Criminal searches are currently not available in Afghanistan and Palestine at this time as well.

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