Human Resource Management

Personnel and Benefits Administration

Criminal Records and other Background Checks

(last updated: January 14, 2010 )

Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Advisory on CORI Law: Mandatory Criminal Record (CORI) Checks

Massachusetts Criminal History Systems Board (CHSB)

• Gain a better understanding of the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) used by public safety agencies;
• Obtain Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI);
• Obtain National Criminal History Record Information (CHRI);
• Firearms licensing and gun sales;
• Victim certification and notification program .

Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI)

Current Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Request Processing Time
Upcoming CORI Training

• CORI Regulations
• CORI Unit Overview
• Publicly Accessible CORI
• Certification to Access CORI
• Requesting Criminal Records
• General Grants of Access to CORI
• Acts Protecting Children
• How to Read a Criminal Record
• CORI Forms and Applications
• Frequently Asked Questions About CORI
• Model Policy

Frequently Asked Questions About Chapter 385:

Chapter 385 of the Acts of 2002 , pertains to CORI access for agencies that commonly have access to children. This new law primarily affects schools, camps, volunteer organizations, and taxi cab companies or other entities that transport children.

• schools and taxi cab companies

Sex Offenders Registry Board - Downloadable Forms

Please select the necessary form below and click on the link to download:

• Sex Offender Treatment Status Report
• Victim Participation and Notification Form
• Sex Offender Registration Form
• SORI Request Form
• Request for Sex Offender Information from City/Town Police Departments
• Instructions for Completing SOR Form 1-R
• Post-Classification Address Audit of Registered Sex Offenders
• SORB Regulations