Indiana § 20-26-2-1.5 - "Expanded criminal history check"
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§ 20-26-2-1.5. "Expanded criminal history check"
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:
(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.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 20-26-2-1.5 (""Expanded criminal history check"") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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