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Old license on background check

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Unclepete20, Mar 4, 2020.

  1. Mar 4, 2020 #1
    Unclepete20

    Unclepete20 Bobtail Member

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    Dumb question -

    took a job with Pepsi Co as a geo box driver.

    background:
    I moved out of state about 7 years ago and moved back a year later - gave them the out of state license and obtained my current instate license.

    a year or so later I got my cdl.

    cue to present - I applied for job, got the job, now doing the background check. The out of state one pops up on my background check. It says expired.

    will this be a problem or they just look at it and say “oh ok this guy lived out of state then moved back”

    just wondering if it’s a problem or do they just dismiss it.
     
    Unclepete20, Mar 4, 2020
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  3. Mar 4, 2020 #2
    boneebone

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    If your current CDL is valid, that’s all that matters.

    If they’re going to dig deeper for whatever reason, than they can go kick rocks.
     
    boneebone, Mar 4, 2020
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  4. Mar 5, 2020 #3
    x1Heavy

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    If they pull my old Maryland CDL it better be dead. Invalid, kaput, its gone Jim, vaporized etc. I still have the original dl number from high school through Class A and then CDL to my current arkansas car license. It would only take a road trip, fees and tests etc to get CDL back in my state minus a minimum time with permit.
     
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  5. Mar 5, 2020 #4
    Moose1958

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    And that CDL history will follow you for a while to go. It's coming from the federal CDL database that was designed to stop duplicate CDLs. It's virtually impossible today to have more than one CDL. Once you move a CDL from one state to another that old CDL becomes null and void automatically. No harm no foul, keep on trucking hand!
     
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  7. Mar 5, 2020 #5
    WesternPlains

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    You'll find out real quick if that company is competent.
     
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  8. Mar 5, 2020 #6
    Unclepete20

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    Haha thanks, I appreciate the answers
     
    Unclepete20, Mar 5, 2020
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  9. Mar 5, 2020 #7
    wis bang

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    Sometimes the company providing the MVR service includes a foot note of the 'surrendered' former XYZ state CDL.....
     
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  10. Mar 5, 2020 #8
    Linte_Loco

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    They just did a background check on your driving history. Most cases it’s 3 years, sometimes more. If you had another state license within 3 years in most cases, it will show up. As long as it was clean(no suspension). You’re golden
     
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