Background check length and /or duration (employment, credit, apply, employer)

[Superhornet]

Anybody recently applied to a private sector job in Virginia that required a background check.

If how, how far back did they go?

Mods-I posted a similar question in the "Virginia" sub forum. Please lock/close that other thread.

[joe from dayton]

There are many types of background checks. Assuming it is the usual and fairly minimal check, three days to a couple of weeks is a pretty typical.

[Rabrrita]

Criminal, drivers license, credit and similar regulated checks are limited to 7 years. Former employment, education and certifications are as far back as the prospective employer is will to pay to have it cheeked. This is for non-government positions or non-regulatory required background checks.

[Superhornet]

@Rabrrita-If I'm reading it right, an employer can go back further than 7 years for convictions.

Also....again, ASSuming I'm reading it right, there are about 11 states that can't go back further than 7 years, but the other states CAN.
There also was/is a salary exception that let them go back more than 7 years if the salary was more than $75k.

Am I reading this stuff wrong?

Thanks for your response and looking forward to being wrong on most of the stuff above.

[joe from dayton]

The FCRA has a 7 year lookback on a number of things, which mostly includes finances and arrests that do not result in conviction. Criminal convictions do not have a lookback window limitation, so any criminal conviction is fair game, as is employment history, military service, educational records, etc. You are correct that the lookback period does not apply for positions paying more than 75k per year.

A number of states have a "ban the box" law, and each state has it's own laws regarding background checks. Those are easy enough to find using a google search.