Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73
§1681l Restrictions on investigative consumer reports
Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 41— - CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - CREDIT REPORTING AGENCIES › § 1681l
Summary
Background-check companies must not put old negative information (except public records) into a new report unless they verify it or they got it within the three-month period before the new report.
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Title 15, §1681l
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Whenever a consumer reporting agency prepares an investigative consumer report, no adverse information in the consumer report (other than information which is a matter of public record) may be included in a subsequent consumer report unless such adverse information has been verified in the process of making such subsequent consumer report, or the adverse information was received within the three-month period preceding the date the subsequent report is furnished.
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Effective Date
Section effective upon the expiration of one hundred and eighty days following Oct. 26, 1970, see section 504(d) of Pub. L. 90–321, as added by Pub. L. 91–508, set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.
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15 U.S.C. § 1681l
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73