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# Advanced Search
The `Advanced Search` page provides a comprehensive search engine that utilizes your entire Rekor Scout® database of historical reads. Two panels are displayed on the main page to separate the search parameters from the search results.
## Search Parameters
Rekor Scout supports an advanced search in several categories:
* Plates
* Candidates
* Alerts
* Vehicle Type
* RPSN
* And through Federated partners
Each search should include the plate number, date and time of the plate read, and the case number.
Then click Search.
The search results include the site where the plate read was captured, the camera, the plate number, the vehicle make/model/color, the direction the vehicle was traveling, an estimated confidence level that the result matches the search criteria, and the time the plate was captured.
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