Not Legal Advice: Background checks for misdemeanors can go as far back as 7 years, in the jurisdictions where a person has lived for the past 7 years.
The criminal records searches implemented within a background check can vary significantly from employer to employer, even for Fortune 500 companies.
However, the most common criminal record check, by far, is a County Criminal Records Check in the applicant's counties of residence for the last seven years.
A County Criminal Records Check provides felony information, and it may also contain misdemeanor or infraction information.
Criminal Record Checks can uncover very old information. The information available depends on the policies of each court and applicable law. Typically, records of serious offenses are kept for a very long time, while records of lesser offenses may be purged after a few years.
See How far back does a Background Check go? for complete information about how old information can be in a background check.
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