1. The credit union division may conduct a background investigation on an applicant for employment with the division. The division shall inform an applicant that the position requires a background investigation and shall obtain the applicant’s written authorization prior to conducting the investigation.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 533.106A

  • credit union: is a lso a "supervised financial organization" as that term is defined and used in chapter 537, the Iowa consumer credit code. See Iowa Code 533.102
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Record: means the same as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 554E.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. The background investigation may include, without limitation, a review of at least the following subjects:

 a. Work history and educational credentials.
 b. Financial review.
 c. Criminal history data, including a national criminal history check through the federal bureau of investigation.
 3. If a background investigation is conducted, the applicant shall provide the applicant’s fingerprints to the credit union division. The division shall provide the fingerprints to the department of public safety for submission through the state criminal history repository to the federal bureau of investigation.
 4. An employee of the credit union division may be subject to a national criminal history check through the federal bureau of investigation at least once every five years, or whenever circumstances arise giving the division reason to believe that the employee has been arrested, charged, or indicted for a crime as described in section 533.106, subsection 6.
 5. The credit union division shall pay the actual cost of the background investigation, including fingerprinting and the national criminal history check, if any.
 6. The results of a background investigation, including a criminal history check, shall not be considered a public record under chapter 22.
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