Montana Background Checks

Health Street's line of background checks in Montana delivers fast, meticulously researched data on an applicant's criminal history, references, education and employment. We pride ourselves on providing what employers need to inform their decisions about the people they hire. Montana employment background checks give companies the assurance that their new hires have been fully vetted and won't pose a risk. Verify if someone is being honest with you before you hire them – with Montana background checks from Health Street.

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What background checks in Montana does Health Street offer?

Health Street's criminal background check packages always start with a Social Security Number Trace. From there, you can add specific background checks, choose from one of our most popular packages, or build your own.

Court Record Package

(starting at $99)

Search the Court Record Repository at the state or county level. This background check is an investigation of court records in the counties or states that a person has used their Social Security Number.

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Build Your Own Package

(prices vary)

Mix and match a variety of our background screening services to create your perfect package. This can include criminal database checks, sanctions, resume verifications, and drug testing.

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Why Health Street For Montana Background Checks?

Criminal background check in the Big Sky Country must be done in accordance with state law. There are very specific requirements that companies must follow in order to perform a legally compliant background check, and it varies by state. Health Street's understanding of local laws combined with advanced technologies help keep you in compliance with background check laws.

A Credit Reporting Agency, or CRA, should do more than just checking a public database on your behalf. Running background checks present a pair of equally troublesome risks:

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Not uncovering criminal activity
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Revealing too much information, including things that by law cannot be considered during the hiring process

If you receive information from your CRA that you are not permitted to include in your hiring decision, you can run afoul of laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). On the flip side, if you miss a critical criminal record, it can be even more devastating. For these reasons, it's critically important to work with a CRA with experience performing comprehensive employment background checks in .

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DOT Background Screening Services

If you hire truck drivers or other vehicle operators covered by DOT, then you know you have to comply with the Department of Transportation's FMCSA modality regulations. To comply with DOT regs, you must:

  • Contact previous employers (from before January 2020)
  • Review the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse for January 2020 and later.
  • Run the Montana Motor Vehicle Report (MVR).

These measures ensure that your new hire has a safe Montana driving record and no drug or alcohol violations in the past three years.

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Resume Review and Verification Checks

Sometimes, the job candidate who seems to be most qualified is lying on his or her resume. In fact, it is quite common for people to misrepresent their education, degrees earned, and work history in order to qualify for a job that they otherwise would not obtain. An unqualified employee—especially one who forges aspects of their experience—creates serious risks for business leaders and HR executives.

Health Street's background checks in Montana can verify a person's resume, confirming the information that they have provided to you about their education, employment history, professional licensure, and degrees earned. We can even check references. Including these options on your background check in Montana gives you and your business the protection it deserves and the knowledge that you are hiring honest, qualified candidates.

Specific Background Screening Info for Montana

Background Check Laws Specific to the State of Montana

In Montana, a combination of federal laws and laws passed by the State Legislature in the last 20 years determine what both public and private employers can see when they do a standard background check on an applicant.

Nationally, the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) protects individuals by ensuring that no one can access their information beyond the scope of an employment, housing, or financial-related request. The FCRA also states that the employer must clearly get the applicant's consent in writing before conducting any background check. As per the terms of the FCRA, background checks can only reveal convictions and prosecutions (for felonies and misdemeanor offenses) that have occurred within the last seven years. If criminal records have been deferred or dismissed, they cannot be released to the public.

Additionally, Montana's state law allows that any information on bankruptcies may remain on a background check or consumer report for up to 14 years. This is particularly critical information for employers who are hiring anyone with fiduciary duties to the company or its clients.

Montana has no ban-the-box laws in effect anywhere within the state, which means that employers may ask questions about an applicant's criminal history at any point during the hiring process. However, employers should be careful that their current hiring process or background check policy does not infringe on the rights of applicants as set out by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a federal agency responsible for ensuring that all workplaces are free from discrimination.

Statistics on Crime in the State of Montana

Although navigating both state-wide and federal laws related to background checks can feel complex, it's very important to ensure you have as much information as possible when making critical hiring decisions.

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Rates of violent crime in Montana have risen 33% from 2014 to 2018. However, when you compare 2017 to 2018, overall rates of violent crime are only up by 1%.
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Overall, there were 3,556 violent crimes committed in Montana in 2018.
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Rates of homicide have risen by 10% since 2014.
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In 2018, there were 21,250 incidents of larceny-theft committed in Montana.
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Police estimate that more than $55 million was lost to property theft in Montana in 2018.
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Crimes related to methamphetamines and stimulants were up by 100% since 2014, with opioid and heroin usage up by 34% in the same amount of time.