How far back do companies pull MVR's for employment?

MVR is previous three years, for each state the applicant has held a license or learner's permit in, and must be sourced from the state licensing agency's CDLIS records. This can come from a third party, but must accurately reflect the CDLIS record of the driver.

§ 391.23 Investigation and inquiries.
(a) Except as provided in subpart G of this part, each motor carrier shall make the following investigations and inquiries with respect to each driver it employs, other than a person who has been a regularly employed driver of the motor carrier for a continuous period which began before January 1, 1971:

(1) An inquiry, within 30 days of the date the driver's employment begins, to each State where the driver held or holds a motor vehicle operator's license or permit during the preceding 3 years, to obtain that driver's motor vehicle record covering that driver's prior 3-year driving history.

 

What's required and what's practiced can be anything. We pull as far back as possible. Some states will go back as far as computer records go.

 

Most of the insurance companies I dealt with only looked back 3 years while state MVR will run a little longer.

For my last 12 years I got mine through my insurance broker and I would see where he struck off the stuff older than 3 years when using them for our renewal.

I got a copy of everyone's MVR from him after he got them for renewal purposes to use for the annual review.

Most states report the past 3 - 5 years unlike New Jersey which never deletes anything until the 'page' fills up and the driver gets to start another one.