# Background checks

URL: /systems/people/background-checks · Id: `capability:background-checks`

> Background checks order lawful identity, criminal, credential and employment checks on candidates and Suppliers, with consent and required notices.

Background checks order lawful identity, criminal, credential and employment checks on [Candidates](/business/nouns/candidate) and [Suppliers](/business/nouns/supplier), with [Consent](/business/nouns/consent) and every required notice.

## Contract
| Clause | Terms |
| --- | --- |
| Starts | A [Hiring](/systems/hiring) or [Supplier onboarding](/systems/supplier-onboarding) step that requires a check. |
| Authorization | The candidate signs the disclosure and authorization first, recorded as a Consent. |
| Signs | An officer certifies the permissible purpose ([Governance](/systems/legal-and-corporate/floor/governance)). |
| Adverse action | A pre-adverse notice and a waiting period come before any decline, then the final notice. |
| While held | Own. Each [Startup](/business/nouns/startup) orders checks for its own supply. |

## Verbs
| Verb | Object | Event |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Consent.create](/business/nouns/consent/create) | [Consent](/business/nouns/consent) | `Consent.created` |

## Interfaces
- [API](/code/api/reference)
- [SDK](/code/sdk/reference)
- [CLI](/code/cli/reference)
- [MCP](/code/mcp/reference)

## Upstream
verifications.services, under an Agreement.

## Example
A home-tutoring marketplace checks every tutor before a first session with a minor. One check returns a record, and the tutor gets the pre-adverse notice and five business days to respond before any decision.