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Background Check & Public Records Search
See what public records reveal about you, or run an authorized public-records search as part of a security or fraud investigation. Enter a name to pull the address history, phone numbers, and past locations tied to it in public records, address and phone databases, and known breach datasets. This is an OSINT and public-records tool, not an FCRA background-screening service.
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Check your own public record first
The safest, most common way to use a background check is on yourself. Running a free background check on your own name shows the same public record anyone else could pull: the address history tied to your name, phone numbers on file, past locations, and any aliases the records have picked up. People do a self background check to see what is exposed before an employer, a landlord, or a scammer looks. It also helps you catch a wrong address or an outdated number and start correcting it at the source.
Run an authorized public-records search
Security, fraud, and investigations teams use a public-records search to build a subject's public footprint from a single name during an authorized investigation, mapping the address history, phone numbers, and past locations to corroborate or rule out a lead. Enter a first and last name, add a state or city to narrow the results, and the details group into one profile. Use it for authorized due diligence and threat-intelligence work, never to make decisions the law reserves for FCRA-compliant screening.
Important: this is not an FCRA background check
Revealer is a public-records and OSINT tool, not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). You may not use these results to make decisions about employment, tenant screening, credit, or insurance. For any of those purposes, use an FCRA-compliant screening service instead. Revealer is built for checking your own exposure and for authorized investigations, not for vetting other people.
What a public-records search covers
A name search returns the public record connected to that name: an address history of current and past addresses, phone numbers on file, past locations, and any aliases or name variations that appear in the data. Enter a first and last name, add a state or city to narrow it down, and the results group these details into one clear view. It is built to show what public records already hold, not to profile or track a person.
What you can and cannot confirm
A public-records search can point you to the address history, phone numbers, past locations, and aliases connected to a name. It cannot guarantee that every record is current or court-verified, and matches are drawn from public data that may be outdated or belong to a different person with a similar name. Treat results as leads, not proof, and confirm anything important against a second source before you act on it.
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Frequently asked questions
What does a background check show?
A public-records background check surfaces the address history, phone numbers on file, past locations, and aliases connected to a name, drawn from publicly available records. It shows what is already public — nothing it returns is private or investigative.
How do I run a background check on myself?
Enter your own name to run a self background check. It returns the same public record anyone else could pull — your address history, phone numbers on file, and aliases — so you can see what is exposed and correct anything that is wrong or out of date.
Can I use this for hiring, renting, or credit?
No. Revealer is not an FCRA consumer reporting agency, so results may not be used for employment, tenant screening, credit, or insurance decisions. Use an FCRA-compliant screening service for those. Revealer is for checking your own exposure and for authorized investigations.
Is the background check free?
You can start for free. Free accounts get a limited number of lookups; paid plans add unlimited public-records searches, breach monitoring, and exposure alerts.
Where does the information come from?
Results are drawn from public records, address and phone databases, and known breach datasets, queried live at the moment you search. Revealer does not own any of that data and does not retain your search data.
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