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5 January 2024

 

 

 

 

Background Checks

NCS makes navigating Iowa background checks easier! Whether you work in food production, manufacturing, life insurance and annuities, farm supplies, agriculture or a different industry, background checks are a critical part of the hiring process.

 

Iowa

 

Accessing Criminal Records

In Iowa, it is legal for private and public employers to conduct inquiries about an applicant’s criminal history as part of the pre-employment background screening process; this includes reviewing conviction records. NCS makes reading reports easy. Our criminal background checks report convictions and serious pending cases that belong to your applicant.

Employers are not allowed to ask about or consider arrest records that have been expunged, pertain to charges that have been dropped or dismissed or did not lead to conviction may not access sealed records, or require candidates to disclose details regarding arrests or convictions that were expunged from their criminal record. In fact, employers are required to specifically inform candidates that they are under no obligation to share any information regarding expunged charges.

In 2019, Iowa passed an expungement law that states people with certain misdemeanor convictions on their criminal records can petition for expungement if eight years have passed since the convictions, they have no pending criminal charges, and they have paid all associated court fines and fees. When expungement is granted, applicants can say they do not have any misdemeanor convictions if asked by prospective employers. Expunged misdemeanors will anot be reported on background checks.

Healthcare Employers

Employers in the healthcare industry must perform fingerprint-based criminal background checks through the Bureau of Criminal Identification and a child and dependent adult abuse and neglect background check through the Department of Human Services.

Hospital employers are also required to conduct criminal background checks on all prospective employees.

Law Enforcement and Security Employers

Law enforcement and security agencies must complete state and federal fingerprint-based criminal background checks. 

Learn More About What Records NCS Reports

 

 

Iowa

Criminal History

Our services have you covered with comprehensive, affordable pre-employment screening services. Choose one of our featured criminal history packages and add on any of the optional individual services.

  • For our Iowa customers, we recommend using our featured packages and other services for a comprehensive background check:

    • Essential
    • Enhanced
    • Expanded
    • Motor Vehicle Reports
    • Employment Credit Reports
    • Education Verification
    • Employment Verification
    • And much more

Volunteer and Tenant Screening packages are also available. 

We now offer Continuous Monitoring which is used to stay on top of applicant's criminal records after they have been hired. New arrests, pending cases and convictions will be reported. If an employer chooses to review and weigh arrest records in a hiring decision, they must thoughtfully consider EEOC recommendations, as well as anti-discrimination guidelines presented by the FCRA and in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. When a conviction record leads to the disqualification of a candidate for a position, this should be documented at each stage of the review/hiring process and be based on the relevancy of a conviction to the responsibilities of the job itself.

 Please view our Services & Pricing page to view all of our packages and pricing.

  • Charge
  • Charge degree (example: misdemeanor or felony)
  • Charge date
  • Filing date
  • Disposition
  • Disposition date
  • County where the offense took place
  • Sentence

National Crime Search reports all convictions within 7 years.

 

 

Drug Screening


With a few easy steps, your employees can schedule their drug screen at a collection site they choose at a time that is convenient for them. DOT testing and random testing are also available.

 

 

Electronic Form I-9 & E-Verify Management

NCS can help you comply with the law with our easy-to-use system that guides and stores new hire Form I-9s online and returns E-Verify results instantly.

 

 

 

Ban the Box Policies – Iowa

The City of Waterloo passed a ban-the-box law that prohibits employers from asking about criminal history information on job applications. Employers must wait until a conditional offer for employment had been extended.

Learn More About Ban-the-Box




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