Your reason code comes from the employer, school or licensing board that requested your background check. It ties your check to the specific Ohio law that applies to your job or license.

You usually need both checks when Ohio law or your licensing board requires a state and a national search, or when you have lived outside Ohio within the past several years.

Ohio WebCheck is the electronic fingerprinting system used to send fingerprints to the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) for Ohio and FBI background checks.