Levels of name-based criminal record check access

Depending on different factors, your level of CORI access may vary.

Categories of CORI access

Category of access	iCORI system must return	iCORI system will not return
Personal Access	All adult/youthful offender convictions, non-convictions, and pending cases, as well as all civil and non-incarcerable offenses.In addition, both civil and non-incarcerable offenses must appear in their own distinct sections of the CORI report.	Any sealed or juvenile offenses.
Required 1	All adult/youthful offender convictions and pending offenses.	Any sealed, juvenile, civil, and non-incarcerable offenses or non-convictions.
Required 2	All adult/youthful offender convictions, non-convictions, and pending offenses.	Any sealed, juvenile, civil, or non-incarcerable offenses.
Required 3	All adult/youthful offender and juvenile offender convictions, non-convictions, and pending offenses.	Any sealed, civil, or non-incarcerable offenses.
Required 4	All adult/youthful offender and juvenile offender convictions, non-convictions, and pending offenses as well as sealed case indicators. In the scenario that actual sealed record data is available, then such records will be provided along with the indication that the arraignment is sealed.	Any civil or non-incarcerable offenses.
Standard access	If the offense is a murder, manslaughter, or sex offense and the disposition is a conviction. If the offense is a misdemeanor, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date or incarceration release date is less than 5 years prior to the CORI request date, the system must return the offense and all other convicted offenses. If the offense is a felony, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date or incarceration release date occurred less than 10 years prior to the CORI request date, the system must return the offense and all other convicted offenses. If the offense is pending.	If the offense disposition is a non-conviction. If the offense is a misdemeanor, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date and incarceration release date occurred 5 or more years prior to the to the CORI request date. If the offense is a felony, the disposition is a conviction and the disposition date and incarceration release date are 10 or more years prior to the CORI request date. If the offense is sealed, juvenile, civil, or non-incarcerable.
Open access	If the offense is a murder, manslaughter, or sex offense and the disposition is a conviction, the system must return the offense no matter how old the conviction is. If the offense is a misdemeanor, the disposition is a conviction, and the disposition date or incarceration date occurred less than 1 year prior to the CORI request date. If the offense is a felony, the disposition is a conviction, and the disposition date or incarceration release date occurred less than 2 years prior to the CORI request date. If the offense is a felony that is punishable by 5 or more years in state prison provided however, that such conviction shall only be available for 10 years following the date of disposition or date of release from incarceration, whichever is later.	If the offense disposition is a non-conviction. If the offense is pending. If the offense is a misdemeanor, the disposition is a conviction, and the disposition date and incarceration release date occurred 1 or more year(s) prior to the CORI request date. If the offense is a felony, the disposition is a conviction, and the incarceration release date occurred 2 or more years prior to the CORI request date. If the case is sealed, civil, or non-incarcerable.

 

Requestor types, CORI access levels, and purposes

Requester type	Level(s) of CORI access	Purpose(s) for CORI requests
Amusement device operators	Required 1	Employment and volunteers
Assisted living facilities	Required 2	Employment and volunteers
Banks	Required 1	Employment and volunteers
Camps	Required 3	Employment, volunteers, and AmeriCorp volunteers
College, university, or technical institutions	Standard and Required 1	Standard employment and volunteers with Required 1 for clinical program placements and AmeriCorps volunteers
Consumer reporting agencies	Standard with multiple possibilities for on behalf of client requests	Standard for the purpose of screening employees with requests on behalf of a client tied to purpose of what client is entitled to
Councils on Aging	Required 2	Employment and volunteers
Basic commercial or industrial employers	Standard	Employment and volunteers
EOHHS funded vendors	Required 1	Employment and volunteers
Agencies	Required 1	Employment and volunteers
Hospitals	Required 1	Employment and volunteers
Public hospitals	Required 1	Employment and volunteers
In-home care	Required 2	Employment and volunteers
Insurance companies	Required 1	Employment and volunteers
Law firms	Standard	Employment and volunteers
State municipalities	Standard, Required 1, or Required 2	Employment, volunteer, and licensing
State agencies	Standard, Required 1, or Required 2	Employment, volunteer, and licensing
Nursing homes	Required 2	Employment and volunteers
Out of state municipalities	Standard	Employment, volunteers, and licensing
Out of state state agencies	Standard	Employment, volunteers, and licensing
Private investigators	Required 1	Employment and volunteers
Private landlords	Standard	Housing applicants
Private schools (accredited in Massachusetts)	Required 2	Employment and volunteers
Private schools (not accredited in Massachusetts)	Standard	Employment and volunteers
Private management companies	Standard	Employment, volunteers, and market-rate housing
Public property management companies	Standard and Required 1	Standard for employment, volunteers, and market-rate housing. Required 1 for public or subsidized housing.
Public housing authorities	Standard and Required 1	Standard for employment and volunteers or Required 1 for housing applicants
Public schools (accredited in Massachusetts)	Required 2	Employment and volunteers
Public schools (not accredited in Massachusetts)	Standard	Employment and volunteers
Real estate agencies	Standard	Employment, volunteers, and market-rate housing
Religious organizations	Required 2	Employment and volunteers
Security companies	Required 1	Employment and volunteers
Security system installers	Required 1	Employment and volunteers
Organizations that do programs for adults	Standard and Required 1	Standard for employment and volunteers or Required 1 for AmeriCorps volunteers
Organizations that do programs for children under 18	Required 2	Employment and volunteers