Background check laws by state
Each state adds its own rules to the FCRA: when you can ask about records, which ones you can use, how long the candidate has to respond, and what courts and the DMV charge. Pick a state.
- California5+employees and the Fair Chance Act applies
- TexasNonestatewide ban-the-box law for private employers
- FloridaNonestatewide ban-the-box law for private employers
- New York10+employees and Article 23-A applies
- Illinois15+employees wait until the interview to ask
- Pennsylvania10 daysbusiness days to respond in Philadelphia
- GeorgiaNonestatewide ban-the-box law for private employers
- New Jersey15+employees and the Opportunity to Compete Act applies
- OhioNoneban-the-box law for private employers
- North CarolinaNoneban-the-box law for private employers