As previously communicated on Thursday, May 2, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) became unavailable due to a data source outage that started on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. As of Friday, May 3, 2024, the California and Delaware Sex Offender Registries remain unavailable as part of the Department of Justice (DOJ) National Sex Offender Public Website (NSOPW) search. As a result, Sterling is unable to conduct and report sex offender searches in California or Delaware at this time.
In order to allow remaining searches to run without delay, the following disclosure will appear on consumer reports until California and Delaware Sex Offender Registries are accessible:
The California and Delaware Sex Offender Registries are currently unavailable as part of the Department of Justice Sex Offender Public Website search. As a result, sex offender registry searches were not conducted in California or Delaware for this order.
We are closely monitoring the situation and will provide updates as they become available. Thank you for your patience.