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Wyoming background check laws
A practitioner-grade reference to Wyoming 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 WY.
The four levers at a glance
| Lookback period | 7 years (FCRA default) |
| Ban-the-Box scope | None statewide |
| Salary history | No restriction |
| Cannabis testing | Illegal |
Lookback period
Wyoming 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
Wyoming has not legalized cannabis in any form. Standard drug-testing policies apply.
Governing statutes & references
- Wyo. Stat. §7-19-106 (state record access)
SafestHires compliance note
Wyoming requires a signed authorization to release state criminal-history records.