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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2003
                                                  Registration No. 333-_________
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM S-8


                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

          Delaware                                          61-1437565
(State or Other Jurisdiction of                          (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)                        Identification Number)

                         805 Executive Center Drive West
                                    Suite 300
                          St. Petersburg, Florida 33702
   (Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

          First Advantage Corporation 2003 Incentive Compensation Plan
          First Advantage Corporation 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
                              (Full Title of Plans)

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<s>                                                                             <c>
                Kenneth D. DeGiorgio, Esq.                                       With a copy to:
   Vice President, General Counsel, Assistant Secretary                         Neil W. Rust, Esq.
                   1 First American Way                                          White & Case LLP
                Santa Ana, California 92707                                   633 West Fifth Street
                      (714) 800-3000                                      Los Angeles, California 90071
 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code,                        (213) 620-7700
                   of Agent For Service)
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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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<S>                              <C>                <C>                    <C>                     <C>
 Title Of Each Class Of          Amount                 Proposed           Proposed Maximum           Amount of
    Securities To Be              To Be             Maximum Offering           Aggregate            Registration
       Registered             Registered(1)        Price Per Share(2)      Offering Price(2)           Fee(5)
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Class A Common shares,
   $.001 par value(3)       3,000,000 shares            $21.75                 $65,250,000            $5,278.73

------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
Class A Common shares,      1,000,000 shares            $21.75                 $21,750,000            $1,759.58
   $.001 par value(4)
------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------
                  Total:                                                                              $7,038.31
========================= ====================== ======================= ====================== ======================
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(1)  Pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
     Statement  also  covers  (a) an  indeterminate  amount of  interests  to be
     offered or sold pursuant to the First Advantage  Corporation  2003 Employee
     Stock Purchase Plan described herein and (b) any additional shares of First
     Advantage  Class A Common  Stock  which  become  issuable  by reason of any
     dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.

(2)  Estimated  solely  for the  purpose of  determining  the  registration  fee
     pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities  Act.
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(3)  Issuable under the First Advantage Corporation 2003 Incentive  Compensation
     Plan (the "Incentive Compensation Plan").

(4)  Issuable under the First Advantage Corporation 2003 Employee Stock Purchase
     Plan (the "Employee Stock Purchase Plan").

(5)  Calculated in accordance  with Section 6 of the  Securities Act of 1933 and
     Rule 457  promulgated  thereunder by multiplying  .0000809 and the proposed
     maximum aggregate offering price.

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                                     PART I
              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     All  information  required by Part I to be contained in the  prospectus  is
omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 in accordance with Rule 428
under the Securities Act.


                                     PART II
               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

     The SEC allows First Advantage to  "incorporate  by reference"  information
into this  Registration  Statement which means that First Advantage can disclose
important  information in documents we file with the SEC to you by referring you
to another document filed separately with the SEC. This  Registration  Statement
incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that First Advantage has
previously filed with the SEC. These documents  contain  important  business and
financial information about First Advantage,  including  information  concerning
its financial performance.

     First Advantage  incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement
the following documents:

     o    Pre-Effective  Amendment No. 5 to our  Registration  Statement on Form
          S-4 (Registration No. 333-102565) filed May 14, 2003; and

     o    the  description  of our  Class  A  Common  Stock,  $.001  par  value,
          contained in our  Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A,  filed May 12,
          2003,  including  any  amendment  or report  filed for the  purpose of
          updating such description.

     All documents  subsequently  filed by First Advantage  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c),  14 and  15(d) of the  Exchange  Act,  prior to the  filing  of a
post-effective  amendment which indicates that all securities  registered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this  Registration  Statement and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents,  except as to any
portion of any future report or other document that is not deemed filed with the
SEC. For purposes of this  Registration  Statement,  any statement in a document
incorporated  by reference  shall be deemed to be modified or  superseded to the
extent that a statement  contained in this  Registration  Statement  modifies or
supersedes a statement in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed,  except as so modified or superseded,  to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.

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ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

     Not applicable.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

     Not applicable.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

     The Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides for the power to
indemnify  any  directors,  officers,  employees  and agents and to purchase and
maintain  insurance  with respect to liability  arising out of their capacity or
status  as  directors,  officers,  employees  and  agents.  The  indemnification
provisions are not exclusive of any other rights to which directors and officers
may be entitled under a corporation's  certificate of  incorporation  or bylaws,
any agreement, a vote of stockholders or otherwise.

     First Advantage's  certificate of incorporation provides that its directors
will not be personally liable to First Advantage or its stockholders for damages
for breach of any duty owed to First  Advantage or its  stockholders  except for
liability:

     o    for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to First Advantage or
          its stockholders;

     o    for  any  acts  or  omissions  not in  good  faith  or  which  involve
          intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

     o    under section 174 of the DGCL regarding  negligent or willful unlawful
          payment of dividends and stock redemption; or

     o    for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
          benefit.

     The Bylaws of First Advantage provide that:

     o    subject to applicable law and certain qualifications,  each person who
          was or is made a party  or is  threatened  to be made a party to or is
          otherwise involved in any action,  suit or proceeding,  whether civil,
          criminal,    administrative    or    investigative    (hereinafter   a
          "proceeding"),  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  he or she is or was a
          director  or officer of First  Advantage  or is or was  serving at the
          request  of First  Advantage  as a  director  or  officer  of  another
          corporation  or  of a  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust  or  other
          enterprise,  including  service with respect to employee benefit plans
          (hereinafter an "indemnitee"), whether the basis of such proceeding is
          alleged action in an official  capacity as a director or officer or in
          any other  capacity  while serving as a director or officer,  shall be
          indemnified and held harmless by First Advantage to the fullest extent
          permitted by the DGCL (but, in the case of any future amendment to the
          DGCL,  only to the extent that such amendment  permits First Advantage
          to  provide  broader   indemnification  rights  than  permitted  prior
          thereto),   against  all  expense,   liability  and  loss   (including
          attorneys'  fees,  judgments,  fines,  excise taxes or  penalties  and
          amounts  paid or to be  paid in  settlement)  reasonably  incurred  or
          suffered  by  such  indemnitee  in  connection  therewith,   and  such
          indemnification  shall  continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to
          be a  director  or  officer,  and shall  inure to the  benefit  of the
          indemnitee's  heirs,  executors  and  administrators.   The  right  to
          indemnification  described in this  paragraph is a contract right and,
          to the extent not prohibited by applicable law,  includes the right to
          be paid by First Advantage the expenses incurred in defending any such
          proceeding  in  advance  of  its  final  disposition  (hereinafter  an
          "advancement of expenses");  provided,  however,  that, if the DGCL so
          requires,  an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee in his
          or her  capacity  as a  director  or  officer  shall be made only upon
          delivery to First Advantage of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such
          indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be
          determined by final  judicial  decision from which there is no further
          right to

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               appeal that such indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for
               such expenses.

          o    First Advantage is permitted to secure insurance on behalf of any
               director,  officer,  employee  or  agent of  First  Advantage  or
               another  business  entity  for any  expense,  liability  or loss,
               regardless of whether the DGCL would permit indemnification.

     Pursuant to the  Agreement  and Plan of Merger,  dated  December  13, 2002,
among First  Advantage,  US SEARCH.com  Inc. ("US SEARCH") and the other parties
thereto,  First  Advantage  has agreed to indemnify  and hold  harmless the then
present and former  officers,  directors,  employees and agents of US SEARCH and
its subsidiaries (each, an "Indemnified  Party") in respect of acts or omissions
occurring on or prior to the effective time of the mergers  contemplated thereby
to the extent provided under US SEARCH's and its  subsidiaries'  certificates of
incorporation  (or  equivalent  organizational  documents)  and  bylaws  or  any
indemnification  agreement with US SEARCH's and its  subsidiaries'  officers and
directors to which US SEARCH and/or its subsidiaries is a party, in each case in
effect on the date of the merger agreement;  provided that such  indemnification
shall be subject to any  limitation  imposed from time to time under  applicable
law. First Advantage also agreed under the merger agreement that for a period of
six years after the effective time of the mergers,  First Advantage will use its
reasonable best efforts to procure officers' and directors'  liability insurance
in respect of acts or omissions  occurring on or prior to the effective  time of
the mergers  covering each  Indemnified  Party currently  covered by US SEARCH's
and/or its subsidiaries'  officers' and directors' liability insurance policy on
terms substantially similar to those of such policy in effect on the date of the
merger agreement (the "D&O Insurance"),  provided that First Advantage shall not
be required to maintain the D&O Insurance with respect to a specific  officer or
director if the premium for  obtaining  the D&O  Insurance  exceeds  200% of the
amount per annum US SEARCH paid in fiscal year 2002 (the  "Premium  Limit").  If
First  Advantage is unable to obtain the D&O  Insurance,  it will obtain as much
comparable  insurance  as possible  for an annual  premium  equal to the Premium
Limit.  In the event First Advantage would be required to spend in excess of the
Premium Limit per year to obtain the D&O Insurance,  First Advantage will notify
each  Indemnified  Party  who  would be  covered  thereby  and  permit  any such
Indemnified  Party to pay the excess  amount over the Premium  Limit that may be
necessary to maintain such D&O Insurance covering such Indemnified Party.

     Present and future directors and officers of First Advantage are covered by
a policy of  liability  insurance  obtained by The First  American  Corporation,
First  Advantage's  parent  company,  which insures against the cost of defense,
settlement or payment of a judgment under certain circumstances.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

     Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

     The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

Exhibit
Number         Description
------         -----------

4.1            Form of  certificate  representing  shares  of First  Advantage's
               Class A common stock.

4.2            Description of First  Advantage's  capital stock in Article IV of
               First  Advantage's  First  Amended and  Restated  Certificate  of
               Incorporation  (included  in  Exhibit  3.1 of  First  Advantage's
               Registration  Statement  on Form S-4 filed  January  17, 2003 and
               incorporated by reference herein).

4.3            First  Advantage  Corporation  2003 Incentive  Compensation  Plan
               (incorporated  by reference  from  Exhibit 4.19 of  Pre-Effective
               Amendment No. 1 to First  Advantage's  Registration  Statement on
               Form S-4, filed April 4, 2003).

                                      -3-

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4.4            First  Advantage  Corporation  2003 Employee  Stock Purchase Plan
               (incorporated  by reference  from  Exhibit 4.20 of  Pre-Effective
               Amendment No. 2 to First  Advantage's  Registration  Statement on
               Form S-4, filed April 4, 2003).

5.1            Opinion of White & Case LLP.

23.1           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants to
               The First American Corporation Screening Technology Division.

23.2           Consent of Pricewaterhouse  Coopers LLP, independent  accountants
               to US SEARCH.com Inc.

23.3           Consent of White & Case LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1           Power of Attorney


ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file,  during the period in which  offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

          (i) to include  any  prospectus  required  by Section  10(a)(3) of the
     Securities Act;

          (ii) to reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising after
     the  effective  date of the  Registration  Statement  (or the  most  recent
     post-effective amendment thereof) which,  individually or in the aggregate,
     represent  a  fundamental  change  in  the  information  set  forth  in the
     Registration Statement; and

          (iii) to include any additional or changed material information on the
     plan of distribution;

     provided,  however,  that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
     information required to be included in a post-effective  amendment by those
     paragraphs is contained in periodic  reports filed with or furnished to the
     SEC by First  American  pursuant  to Section 13 or 15(d) of the  Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
     Statement.

     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof.

     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

     (4) That,  for purposes of determining  any liability  under the Securities
Act, each filing of the registrant's  annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 that is  incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (5) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the  registrant  pursuant  to  the  foregoing  provisions,   or  otherwise,  the
registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission  such  indemnification  is

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against  public  policy as expressed in the  Securities  Act and is,  therefore,
unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such
liabilities  (other than the payment by the  registrant of expenses  incurred or
paid by a  director,  officer or  controlling  person of the  registrant  in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as  expressed  in the  Securities  Act and will be  governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.


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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the city of St. Petersburg,  state of Florida, on this 5th day of
June, 2003.

                               FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION


                               By:      /s/ John Long
                                  --------------------------------------
                                           John Long
                                      Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:




  Date:  June 5, 2003          By:      /s/ John Long
                                  ------------------------------------------
                                           John Long
                                       Chief Executive Officer
                                      (Principal Executive Officer)




  Date:  June 5, 2003          By:      /s/ John Lamson
                                   ------------------------------------------
                                             John Lamson
                                     Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                                    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)






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         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:


         Date: June 5, 2003         By:                      *
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                                   John Long, Director




         Date: June 5, 2003         By:                      *
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                                   John Lamson, Director




         Date: June 5, 2003         By:                       *
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                                Kenneth D. DeGiorgio, Director




By:       /s/ Kenneth D. DeGiorgio
    -----------------------------------------
      Kenneth D. DeGiorgio, Attorney in Fact




     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933, the trustees
(or other person or persons who  administer  the Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan)
have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its or their behalf
by the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  in the city of St.  Petersburg,
state of Florida, on this 5th day of June, 2003.

                             FIRST ADVANTAGE CORPORATION 2003 EMPLOYEE
                             STOCK PURCHASE PLAN


                             By:                   /s/ John Long
                                -----------------------------------------------
                                               John Long




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number         Description
------         -----------

4.1            Form of  certificate  representing  shares  of First  Advantage's
               Class A common stock.

4.2            Description of First  Advantage's  capital stock in Article IV of
               First  Advantage's  First  Amended and  Restated  Certificate  of
               Incorporation  (included  in  Exhibit  3.1 of  First  Advantage's
               Registration  Statement  on Form S-4 filed  January  17, 2003 and
               incorporated by reference herein).

4.3            First  Advantage  Corporation  2003 Incentive  Compensation  Plan
               (incorporated  by reference  from  Exhibit 4.19 of  Pre-Effective
               Amendment No. 1 to First  Advantage's  Registration  Statement on
               Form S-4, filed April 4, 2003).

4.4            First  Advantage  Corporation  2003 Employee  Stock Purchase Plan
               (incorporated  by reference  from  Exhibit 4.20 of  Pre-Effective
               Amendment No. 2 to First  Advantage's  Registration  Statement on
               Form S-4, filed April 4, 2003).

5.1            Opinion of White & Case LLP.

23.1           Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants to
               The First American Corporation Screening Technology Division.

23.2           Consent of Pricewaterhouse  Coopers LLP, independent  accountants
               to US SEARCH.com Inc.

23.3           Consent of White & Case LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).

24.1           Power of Attorney



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