Sec. 1.5. “Expanded criminal history check” means a criminal history background check of an individual that includes:

(1) a background check by a consumer reporting agency regulated under 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. that does not include a written, oral, or other communication of information concerning the individual’s credit score, creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity, but does include a:

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 20-26-2-1.5

  • Credit Score: A number, roughly between 300 and 800, that measures an individual's credit worthiness. The most well-known type of credit score is the FICO score. This score represents the answer from a mathematical formula that assigns numerical values to various pieces of information in your credit report. Source: OCC
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(A) verification of the applicant’s identity;

(B) search of all names associated with the applicant;

(C) search of the records maintained by all counties in Indiana in which the individual who is the subject of the background check resided;

(D) search of the records maintained by all counties or similar governmental units in another state, if the individual who is the subject of the background check resided in another state;

(E) search of United States district court records from the districts in which the applicant resided;

(F) check of sex offender registries in every state or the national sex offender registry maintained by the United States Department of Justice; and

(G) multistate criminal data base search; or

(2) a:

(A) national criminal history background check (as defined in IC 10-13-3-12); and

(B) check of:

(i) sex offender registries in all fifty (50) states; or

(ii) the national sex offender registry maintained by the United States Department of Justice.

As added by P.L.121-2009, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.98-2015, SEC.1.