{"id":82,"date":"2017-10-23T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T10:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.bestcheck.com\/?p=82"},"modified":"2019-07-22T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:02:13","slug":"howfarback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.bestcheck.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/23\/howfarback\/","title":{"rendered":"When Ordering A Background Check, How Far Back Will It Go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>If you are requesting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestcheck.com\">criminal record<\/a> report for a prospective employee, you may wonder how far back the report that you will receive can go.\u00a0 If you are using a consumer reporting agency such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestcheck.com\">AAA Credit Screening Services<\/a>, then the answer is 7 years.\u00a0 To comply with the laws of most states or counties, we provide background checks going back 7 years.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span class=\"content_image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hrbackground.com\/images\/clipart\/clock.png?resize=174%2C174&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"background screening\" width=\"174\" height=\"174\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Consumer reporting agencies are governed by the<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Fair Credit Reporting Act and the laws of the states and counties as to how far back they can report.\u00a0 The limit is usually between 7 and 10 years, which should give you a good understanding of the applicant&#8217;s recent criminal history while complying with the guidelines for consumer protection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_item\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are requesting a criminal record report for a prospective employee, you may wonder how far back the report that you will receive can go.\u00a0 If you are using a consumer reporting agency such as AAA Credit Screening Services, then the answer is 7 years.\u00a0 To comply with the laws of most states or &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.bestcheck.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/23\/howfarback\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When Ordering A Background Check, How Far Back Will It Go?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24],"tags":[3,14,9,7,4,15],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-background-checks","tag-background-checks","tag-consumer-credit-reports","tag-credit-reports","tag-employment-background-checks","tag-employment-screening","tag-fair-credit-reporting-act"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Far Back Does a Background Check Go? 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