Company Criteria
State License Verification
Verification of Good Business Standing
Insurance Verification
Bond Verification
Better Business Bureau Search
Criminal Records Search
Sex Offender Registry Search
Annual Re-certification
Employee Criteria
Criminal Records Search
Sex Offender Registry Search
Annual Re-certification
Company Criteria
State License Verification
Ask the Seal.com verifies annually that the company and any individuals on the Public
Interaction Employee Roster who claim to have specific state licenses have such
up-to-date and current licenses.
Ask the Seal.com recommends that website users conduct their own searches to identify
additional potentially relevant license requirements and inquire directly with the
company regarding the same.
Verification of Good Business Standing
Ask the Seal.com verifies annually that the company has made specific business filings
required by the Secretary of State including Articles of Incorporation and other
corporate filings.
Insurance Verification
Ask the Seal.com verifies annually that the company maintains general liability
insurance coverage. Ask the Seal.com also verifies annually that any company which
claims to maintain a workers’ compensation policy and insurance has such a policy
and insurance.
Bond Verification
Ask the Seal.com verifies annually that any company which claims to be bonded is
in fact bonded.
Quality and Customer Service Check
Ask the Seal.com annually searches available databases, blogs, websites and
reviews to determine if the company has a disproportionately large # or pattern
of complaints relative to the type and volume of business that company conducts
and relative to that of its comparably sized peers in that industry. Ask the Seal
does not guarantee the quality or customer service of any company and does not
guarantee your satisfaction.
Criminal Records Search
For each individual listed on End-User’s PIER roster, Ask the Seal annually
conducts a search in a national criminal database using the person’s name, date
of birth, and social security number (if available). Ask the Seal then conducts
a county level search to verify any hits on the national criminal database. Ask
the Seal then conducts a county court record search using the person’s name,
date of birth and social security number (if available) for the individual’s
county of residence. The Ask the Seal.com Seal of Approval will only be given to
those companies whose employees on the PIER roster have not been determined to
have been convicted as an adult of any of the following disqualifying offenses,
where the date of disposition of the offense or release of incarceration was
within seven years and where the records are not sealed or expunged:*
Murder;
attempted murder; solicitation of murder; manslaughter; concealment of a
homicidal death; kidnapping or child abduction; unlawful restraint or forcible
detention; indecent solicitation of a child; sexual exploitation of a child;
sexual misconduct with a person with a disability; exploitation of a child;
child pornography; assault; aggravated assault; battery; aggravated battery;
stalking; home invasion; rape; sexual assault; criminal sexual abuse; theft;
identity theft; forgery; robbery; armed robbery; aggravated robbery; burglary;
criminal trespass to a residence; arson; attempted arson; embezzlement; unlawful
use of a weapon.
*Convictions where the disposition date or release of
incarceration is more than seven (7) years from the date of the report, are not
disqualifying offenses.
The criminal records search conducted by Ask the
Seal.com is not exhaustive. Neither Ask the Seal.com nor the Ask the Seal.com
Seal of Approval guarantees in any way that a company owner, principal, or
employee on the Public Interaction Employee Roster has not been convicted of a
crime or otherwise violated the law.
Sex Offender Registry Search
Ask the Seal.com checks the state sex offender registry in the state of incorporation
of the company and the individual’s current state of residence to confirm that no
company owner, principal, or employee on the Public Interaction Employee Roster
is listed in that database as a sex offender.
Disclaimer:
The sex offender registry search conducted by Ask the Seal.com is not exhaustive.
Neither Ask the Seal.com nor the Ask the Seal.com Seal of Approval guarantees in
any way that a company owner, principal, or employee on the Public Interaction Employee
Roster has not ever been listed on any sex offender list.
Annual Re-certification
Ask the Seal will recertify the company and its employees on an annual basis. All
company information will be verfied and additional background checks will be executed
on the owner and the employees. In the event of an unsatisfactory discovery, action
will be taken to remove the employee from service and/or withdraw the companys seal
of approval.
Employee Criteria
Criminal Records SearchFor each individual listed on End-User’s PIER roster, Ask the Seal annually
conducts a search in a national criminal database using the person’s name, date
of birth, and social security number (if available). Ask the Seal then conducts
a county level search to verify any hits on the national criminal database. Ask
the Seal then conducts a county court record search using the person’s name,
date of birth and social security number (if available) for the individual’s
county of residence. The Ask the Seal.com Seal of Approval will only be given to
those companies whose employees on the PIER roster have not been determined to
have been convicted as an adult of any of the following disqualifying offenses,
where the date of disposition of the offense or release of incarceration was
within seven years and where the records are not sealed or expunged:*
Murder;
attempted murder; solicitation of murder; manslaughter; concealment of a
homicidal death; kidnapping or child abduction; unlawful restraint or forcible
detention; indecent solicitation of a child; sexual exploitation of a child;
sexual misconduct with a person with a disability; exploitation of a child;
child pornography; assault; aggravated assault; battery; aggravated battery;
stalking; home invasion; rape; sexual assault; criminal sexual abuse; theft;
identity theft; forgery; robbery; armed robbery; aggravated robbery; burglary;
criminal trespass to a residence; arson; attempted arson; embezzlement; unlawful
use of a weapon.
*Convictions where the disposition date or release of
incarceration is more than seven (7) years from the date of the report, are not
disqualifying offenses.
The criminal records search conducted by Ask the
Seal.com is not exhaustive. Neither Ask the Seal.com nor the Ask the Seal.com
Seal of Approval guarantees in any way that a company owner, principal, or
employee on the Public Interaction Employee Roster has not been convicted of a
crime or otherwise violated the law.
Sex Offender Registry Search
Ask the Seal.com checks the state sex offender registry in the state of incorporation
of the company and the individual’s current state of residence to confirm that no
company owner, principal, or employee on the Public Interaction Employee Roster
is listed in that database as a sex offender.
Disclaimer:
The sex offender registry search conducted by Ask the Seal.com is not exhaustive.
Neither Ask the Seal.com nor the Ask the Seal.com Seal of Approval guarantees in
any way that a company owner, principal, or employee on the Public Interaction Employee
Roster has not ever been listed on any sex offender list.
Annual Re-certification
Ask the Seal will recertify the company and its employees on an annual basis. All
company information will be verfied and additional background checks will be executed
on the owner and the employees. In the event of an unsatisfactory discovery, action
will be taken to remove the employee from service and/or withdraw the companys seal
of approval.