• Read through the directions.
• Click the button for “Yes, I agree to the terms of the statement”
• Click “Continue”

Screen 2: Position Search

• Click on “Student Criminal Background Check Application”
• (If the Option isn’t available for “Student Criminal Background Check Application”, please choose your school, “Go Search” and then click on “Student Criminal Background Check Application”)

Screen 3: Student Criminal Background Check Application

• Under “To apply for this position, please enter Your SSN and password” enter your Social Security Number and a password

·    You will make up a password. Make sure you will remember it or make a note of it. You may need it again.

• Click “Apply Now”

Screen 4: Prequalifying Questions

• Read the instructions in the first box.
• Click the link for PayPal to pay the background check fee.
• Enter the transaction number from PayPal.
• Read the rest of the instructions.
• Click “Begin Application”.

Screen 5: Basic Information

• Enter the required information
• Click “Next”.

Screen 6: Date of Birth

• Enter your date of birth
• Disclose criminal history
• Click “Next”.

Screen 7: Release form

• Click on the blue/green “PRINT” button in the gray box. A new screen pops up with your completed release form. Verify that this information is correct. Print that page, close the pop-up box, and SIGN & DATE the printed form.
• You can submit your release through fax, email, or mail (least preferred).

·                            Fax to 216-226-0777 OR

·                            Scan and Email it todiana@pre-check.com OR

·                            Mail to Pre-Check Company, P.O. Box 45375, Westlake, OH 44145

• Go back to the main application page, and click “Next”.

Screen 8: Final Confirmation

• Enter your full first name and full last name (NO MIDDLE, NO INITIALS).
• Enter the last 4 digits of your social security number.
• Click “Confirm,” and print the page for your records.

***YOU WILL NOT BE CONTACTED ABOUT YOUR RELEASE UNLESS THERE IS A PROBLEM.***

Pre-Check uses PayPal, the number one payment site on the Internet, for processing our credit card payments. In order to request your background check for your school or institution, you must first click on the PayPal link and make your payment. 

After you click the payment button below, you will be taken to the PayPal website. On the left, you are asked to sign in to your PayPal Account. If you do not have a Paypal account, click on "New to Paypal? Sign Up" below the log in.  After you have made your payment to info@pre-check.com, record your transaction number to be used later in your online application.  At that time, your transaction will be complete and a receipt for your purchase will be emailed to you.

If you have a PayPal account and paid using it, you may log in to the PayPal website at any time to view the details of this transaction. You should receive a receipt in your e-mail that the payment went through and you are free to complete the rest of the process.

During the course of completing this request, you will be asked to provide a signed release. The release must be printed, signed, and faxed to Pre-Check  at (216) 226-0777.

If you have any difficulty with this process, please e-mail Diana@pre-check.com