Keep your workplace safe. Vet candidates to make informed hiring decisions, avoid costly mistakes, mitigate employee risk, and protect your company.

Access to over 300 million consumer records and up to 40 years of personal history data using valuable sources & PII to streamline your background check processes.

Access millions of court records in real-time with direct-to-source retrieval – at a fraction of the cost of traditional court runners.

A lightweight, cost-effective approach for Trust and Safety teams to keep all members of your marketplace or online community safe.

Effortlessly monitor an individual’s criminal activity over time – saving your clients time, money, and resources.

Easily find driver violations and uncover recent accidents and their severity to help you assess and mitigate a driver’s potential risk.

Instantly checks that PII on a government-issued ID matches the data within authoritative sources across 51 jurisdictions.

Easily connect to our data sources through our reliable and industry-leading people-data APIs. We proudly stand behind 99.9% API uptimes and a high bar for accuracy and data quality.

Already working with a background screening platform (like Accio or TazWorks)? We’ve teamed up with platform leaders to streamline your data workflows.

Leverage our extensive search settings and 50+ filtering options to pinpoint the most valuable criminal data. Clear and relevant data means the opportunity to create a fairer screening experience.

Background data solutions for CRAs

Mitigate and manage workplace risk with pre- and post-hire employee screening solutions, powered by data from authoritative sources.

Create a safe workplace environment with background check data

Provide employers with the data they need to vet candidates, continue to monitor current employees with confidence, and reduce risk in the workplace. Empower them to make informed decisions to protect their employees, customers, and brand reputation.

Employee verification backed by comprehensive criminal data coverage

Equip your clients with the widest net of criminal data that reaches over 98% of the population and pulls information from 2,400+ government sources. Integrate accurate, up-to-date background data into your platform to mitigate employee risk and avoid costly mistakes.

Explore our suite of employment background screening solutions.

National Criminal Database

Alias & Address History

Automated Criminal Records

Safety Screenings

Continuous Monitoring

Driver History

ID Match

How our platform works

We make it easy to integrate and access criminal data from our flexible APIs.

APIs that developers trust

We partner with the best

Flexibility and fairness at our core

"Working with Tessera brings ease to our company. Being able to have multiple products and being in control of what areas we want in use and incorporate make our day to day go a lot smoother. The customer services that we have had with the company has always been extraordinary."
Angie Smallwood Office Manager, Information On Demand,Inc.

"Great Customer Support. Fast turnaround time and user-friendly interface."

Joanne Karr Office Manager, Total Screening Solutions

"We have been using Tessera for many years. We utilize their automated criminal checks for many counties and find their information to be returned quickly and accurately. Using their system streamlines our criminal records business and allows our in-house records staff to be more efficient."
Tricia Havis General Manager, Associated Background Check Inc.

Industry-specific resources to get the wheels turning.

  • Legislation

Proposed Rulemaking from the CFPB: PBSA Mid-Year 2024 Cheat Sheet

Get insight into the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's 2024 advisory opinions and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking.

  • ID Verification

How to Prevent Fraud with Identity Verification Solutions

As identity fraud continues to grow in volume and sophistication, companies should always try to stay one step ahead in the ID verification tactics they use to tackle this issue.