Asurint Background Check Errors

If a Asurint background check is standing between you and a job, an inaccurate report is not something you have to accept. Asurint is a consumer reporting agency under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), so you can see what it reports and force it to correct mistakes. You can learn more on our Employment Background Checks page.

What is Asurint?

Asurint is a Cleveland, Ohio-based employment background-screening company. It provides criminal, court-record, and identity screening to employers nationwide and reports the results as a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA.

How to contact Asurint

You can request your report and file a dispute directly:

• Company: Asurint, Cleveland, OH
• Website: asurint.com (consumer / applicant portal)
• Request: ask for a copy of your report and dispute errors through Asurint

Confirm the current dispute address on your report before mailing anything, and keep copies of what you send.

Common Asurint errors we see

• A criminal record matched to you because you share a name or date of birth
• Expunged, sealed, or dismissed cases still showing as open or as convictions
• The same case reported more than once
• A charge reported as a conviction, or a misdemeanor reported as a felony
• Records reported beyond the FCRA's limits (generally seven years for certain older items)
• Incorrect personal information — wrong name, address, or Social Security number

How a Asurint error hurts you

Because a background report usually lands after a conditional offer, one inaccurate entry can make an employer withdraw the job. The FCRA gives you the right to see the report and dispute it first.

Asurint's track record with regulators

Asurint and the screening industry it belongs to have drawn steady FCRA scrutiny.

Asurint appears on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's public list of consumer reporting companies and draws consumer complaints at the CFPB and the Better Business Bureau over report accuracy, and federal regulators have pressed background-screening companies on FCRA compliance. Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. If your Asurint report is inaccurate, that supports demanding a correction.

Your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Asurint must follow the FCRA. It must use reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy (§1681e(b)); it must reinvestigate disputes (§1681i); public-record information reported for employment must be current and complete (§1681k); and before an employer rejects you, it must give you the report and a summary of rights (§1681b(b)(3) pre-adverse-action).

How to dispute a Asurint background check

1. Ask the employer for the copy of the report and summary of rights they must provide.
2. Identify every inaccuracy and gather proof — court dispositions, expungement orders, ID.
3. Dispute in writing to Asurint, enclosing copies and keeping a dated record.
4. Ask the employer to hold the decision while the dispute is investigated.
5. If it is not corrected, or the report already cost you the job, contact an FCRA attorney.

This information is general and is not legal advice for your specific situation.

Did an inaccurate Asurint background check cost you a job?

Employment background reports are consumer reports under the FCRA, and Asurint has to follow strict accuracy rules. When a report is wrong and it costs you a job, you may be entitled to money damages — and our review is free.

How The Kim Law Firm helps

We are consumer-protection lawyers who handle FCRA cases nationwide. We help people whose Asurint report is inaccurate — wrong person, expunged records, outdated or duplicated cases. We do not help people trying to hide accurate records. If your report is wrong, we pursue the correction and any damages, and you do not pay unless we win.

Frequently asked questions

How do I dispute an Asurint background check?

Get the report from the employer or Asurint, identify the errors, and dispute them in writing with documents. If it is not fixed, an FCRA attorney can help.

Can I sue Asurint for a background check error?

Possibly. If Asurint reported inaccurate information or ignored the FCRA's adverse-action rules and you were harmed, you may have a claim.

What if the report already cost me the job?

That is the concrete harm the FCRA addresses. Keep the paperwork and contact us.

Is the case review really free?

Yes. Wherever you are located, we can help, and you pay nothing unless we win.