Massachusetts Free Background Check Resources

Here's how to contact public records for each state and county:

 

State InformationCounty Information
MASSACHUSETTS STATE INFORMATION:
(617) 725-4005 

MASSACHUSETTSS STATE WEB SITE: 
www.state.ma.us 


Criminal History
Criminal History Systems Board
200 Arlington Street
Chelsea MA 02150
(617) 660-4600
(617) 660-4613
www.state.ma.us/chsb

Department of Correction
 

Driving Records
Registry of Motor Vehicles
1135 Tremont St
Boston MA 02120
(617) 351-9213
(617) 351-9219 (fax)
www.state.ma.us/rmv


Vehicle Ownership Information

Registry of Motor Vehicles
Customer Assistance
1135 Tremont Street
Boston MA 02120
(617) 351-9458
(617) 351-9524 (fax)
www.state.ma.us/rmv

 

Vital Statistics
(birth, death,  marriage)
[divorce records available only at county level]
Registry of Vital Records
470 Atlantic Ave
Boston MA 02210-2224
(617) 740-2600
(617) 825-7755 (fax)
www.state.ma.us/dph/bhsre/rvr

/vrcopies.htm


Business/Corporate Records
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Corporation Division
One Ashburton Pl.
Boston MA 02108
(617) 727-2850
(617) 742-4538 (fax)
www.state.ma.us/sec/cor/coridx.htm

 

Workers Compensation
Department of Industrial Accidents
600 Washington St.
Boston MA 02111
(617) 727-4900 x301
(617) 727-4440
www.mass.gov/dia


UCCs and Tax Liens
Secretary of the Commonwealth
UCC Division
One Ashburton Pl
Boston MA 02108
(617) 727-2860
fax number not provided) 
http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/

portal/UCC/UCCMain.htm



Barnstable County
3195 Main St., Rm 6A
Barnstable, MA 02630-3195
(508) 375-6684


Berkshire County
44 Bank Row
Pittsfield, MA 01201
(413) 499-7487


Bristol County
11 Court St.
P.O. Box 567
Taunton, MA 02780
(508) 823-6588


Dukes County
P.O. Box 237
Edgartown, MA 02539
(508) 627-4668 


Essex County
36 Federal St.
Salem, MA 01970
(978) 687-7463


Franklin County
P.O. Box 1495
Greenfield, MA 01302-1495
(413) 774-5535


Hampden County
50 Stable St.
Springfield, MA 01102-0559
(413) 735-6016


Hampshire County
33 King St.
Northampton, MA 01060-3298
(413) 584-5810


Middlesex County
40 Thorndike St.
E. Cambridge, MA 02141
(617) 494-4010


Nantucket County
16 Broad St.
Nantucket, MA 02554
(508) 228-2559


Norfolk County
649 High St.
Dedham, MA 02026
(781) 326-1600
 


Plymouth County
P.O. Box 3640
Plymouth, MA 02361
(508) 583-8250 
ONLINE:  Plymouth County Recorder
http://regdeeds.co.plymouth.ma.us/

tview.html


Suffolk County
Office of the Clerk
Boston, MA 02101-1706
(617) 788-7677


Worcester County
City Hall, Room 206
455 Main St.
Worchester, MA 01608
(508) 770-1899