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North Dakota background check laws
A practitioner-grade reference to North Dakota pre-employment background screening: lookback caps, ban-the-box scope, salary-history limits, cannabis testing rules, and the statutes the SafestHires compliance team applies on every order routed to ND.
The four levers at a glance
| Lookback period | 7 years (FCRA default) |
| Ban-the-Box scope | None statewide |
| Salary history | No restriction |
| Cannabis testing | Medical only |
Lookback period
North Dakota applies FCRA.
Ban-the-Box and Fair Chance rules
No statewide ban-the-box statute.
Salary history
No statewide salary-history ban.
Cannabis & drug testing
Measure 5 (2016) authorized medical cannabis. No recreational legalization.
Governing statutes & references
- N.D.C.C. §12-60-16.6 (state record access)
SafestHires compliance note
Standard drug-free workplace policies apply.