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by spongeworthy
Sun May 04, 2014 4:18 pm
Forum: The "Waiting Room"
Topic: Why does the background check take so long?
Replies: 13
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Re: Why does the background check take so long?

amckee wrote:
jbarn wrote:DPS does their own backgrounds, save for the FBI fingerprint check. No local agencies are involved.

DPS sends an employee into each county where you have lived for the last 5 years (5 I believe) to conduct an in person background. They check the county and district criminal clerk and District civil clerk. The tax assessor is also queried.
What happens if you've lived out of state in the past 5 years? I've lived in 2 other states. If they have to do that level of detail in the other states, I'll probably be waiting forever...
Not necessarily. I fit your out-of-state description as well and my background took one day according to their website and a phone call I made to DPS, which finally got my application noticed in the first place. I'm curious about the process DPS uses as well.

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