Paul Lindsey Sadler (born April 29, 1955) is an American attorney from Henderson , Texas , now residing in San Antonio , Texas who served from 1991 to 2003 in the Texas House of Representatives . He was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 2012 .
The general time parameter for a background check is about 7 years. Other states might allow records that go back 10 years. It depends upon the application for the background check. Job applications might hearken back to a high school or college record.
When most people think of a background check they think of a simple criminal history check. In reality, a background check is much more than that. Itâs the process by which you find your best candidate by looking at, yes, criminal records, but also education and employment history, civil records, references, etc. lot of companies that run background checks start with a number of direct court searches in the jurisdictions where the person lived in the recent past and supplement that with a multi-jurisdictional criminal database search to make sure they do not miss records from places where the applicant worked or traveled.