Corporate Intelligence Consultants is an FCRA-compliant consumer reporting agency serving Dayton employers from Perrysburg, Ohio. Since 1977, our reports have been built on court records confirmed at the source and reviewed by a research and QA team before they reach you.
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Dayton hiring runs through Montgomery County, and Montgomery County court records are exactly the kind of local filings that statewide instant checks miss. CIC researches Montgomery and the surrounding counties, Greene, Miami, Clark, Warren, and Preble, at the source, plus every other county a candidate’s history touches. With aerospace and defense suppliers, healthcare systems, and advanced manufacturing all hiring across the Miami Valley, Dayton employers screen a wide range of roles, from DOT-regulated drivers to licensed clinical staff, and each one calls for a different program.
Every report passes through human review by our research and QA team before release, because using a sealed or expunged record in a hiring decision creates real legal exposure, and instant checks routinely surface records that cannot legally be considered.
The full picture of what goes into an Ohio screening program, including how far back checks go and how BCI fingerprint checks fit in, is in our complete guide to Ohio background checks, and the component list lives on our criminal background checks and court record research page.
Under Ohio Revised Code 2953.32, sealed, expunged, and pardoned records cannot be asked about or used in hiring decisions anywhere in Ohio. CIC’s human review filters them out before your report is delivered.
Ohio’s ban-the-box law applies to public employers, and several Ohio cities have local rules. The common 2026 practice for Dayton-area employers: hold the criminal history question until after a conditional offer.
Schools, childcare, home health, and direct care positions across Montgomery County carry BCI and FBI fingerprint requirements under ORC 109.572. Many regulated employers pair the required fingerprint check with a CIC screening program that covers what the government file does not.
Want to see what a hiring mistake actually costs? Try our free Bad Hire Cost Calculator, or request a consultation and we will walk through the current rules with you.
Most CIC background checks for Dayton employers complete in 24 to 48 hours, including Montgomery County court research. Components requiring in-person courthouse work or third-party verifications can take longer, with status visible in our secure client portal.
Contract requirements vary by program and facility, and many Dayton-area suppliers run employment background checks alongside whatever their contracts require. CIC scopes screening programs to the role: MVR and drug testing for drivers, verifications for technical staff, license checks for clinical roles.
CIC researches Montgomery County and surrounding county courts, Ohio state records, and federal court records, plus the counties where a candidate previously lived, with findings confirmed at the source before reporting.
Tell us about your hiring in Dayton, and we will build a screening program that fits it. A conversation, not a sales pitch. Family-owned in Perrysburg since 1977.
The Ohio background checks guide covers laws, timelines, and BCI requirements statewide, and the Bad Hire Cost Calculator shows what one wrong hire costs.
