Connecticut
Background Checks
Important background check guidelines and information regarding national criminal background checks, criminal record checks, criminal history checks, court and MVR fees in the state of Connecticut.
State Laws in Connecticut
Need To Run Background Screenings in Connecticut?
Hire Image provides comprehensive Connecticut background checks including the following:
- Employment background checks
- Criminal background checks
- Drug screening tests
- Educational verifications
- Driving record searches
- Ban the Box/Fair Chance Hiring Rules
Currently, Connecticut employers with one or more employees are prohibited from inquiring about an applicant’s Criminal History on an initial employment application.
- Credit History Bans
Currently, Connecticut employers are prohibited from requiring an employee (or prospective employee) to consent to a request for a Credit Report that contains information about the employee’s (or prospective employee’s) credit score, credit account balances, payment history, savings or checking account balances or savings or checking account numbers as a condition of employment.
- Medical or Recreational Marijuana Laws
Currently, Connecticut allows the use and possession of marijuana by individuals for medical purposes by qualifying patients who have a recommendation from a doctor to use Medical Marijuana. Adults 21 and older in Connecticut may use and possess Recreational Marijuana up to 1½ ounces (and up to 5 ounces in a locked container in their home or in their car’s glove box or trunk). The new legislation will also expunge past convictions for marijuana possession.
- Salary History Bans
Currently, Connecticut employers are prohibited from asking (directly or through a third party) about a prospective employee’s wage and Salary History unless the prospective employee volunteers the information. Employers are not prohibited from inquiring about other elements of a prospective employee’s compensation structure, as long as such employer does not inquire about the value of the elements of such compensation structure.
- Connecticut Access Fees
Connecticut County Criminal Search Access Fees
No County Access Fees
Connecticut Statewide Criminal Search Access Fees
Connecticut Statewide Access Fee $0.00
Connecticut MVR Access Fees
Connecticut MVR Access Fee $18.00
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