NOTE TO APPLICANTS –Thoroughly read and carefully follow the applicable instructions below

before answering the criminal history question(s). California: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. If the position for which you are applying is located within California select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In California – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.”

California: At any time prior to employment: Applicants should not disclose convictions that have been sealed, expunged, or statutorily eradicated or any misdemeanor convictions for which probation has been successfully completed or otherwise discharged and the case has been judicially dismissed. Applicants should not disclose information regarding arrests or detentions for which a diversion program has been successfully completed. Cal. Code Regs., tit. 2, § 7287-.4. Applicants shall not disclose records of arrest, indictment, information, misdemeanor complaint, or conviction of a crime that, from the date of disposition, release, or parole, antedate the report by more than (7) seven years. Further, these items shall not be reported if in the case of a conviction a full pardon has been granted, or in the case of an arrest, indictment, information, or misdemeanor complaint a conviction did not result. Cal. Civ. Code §1785.13.6. Applicants should not disclose any juvenile convictions – including any information related to an arrest, detention, processing, diversion, supervision, adjudication or court disposition that occurred while the applicant was subject to the process and jurisdiction of juvenile court law. Cal. Labor Code § 432.7. Applicants shall not disclose marijuana-related convictions entered by the court more than 2 years ago that involve: unlawful possession of marijuana; transportation or giving away of up to 28.5 grams of marijuana, other than concentrated cannabis, or the offering to transport or give away up to 28.5 grams of marijuana, other than concentrated cannabis; possession of paraphernalia used to smoke marijuana; being in a place with knowledge that marijuana was being used; or being under the influence of marijuana. Cal Health & Safety Code §§11357(b) or (c), 11360(b) (formerly subdivision (c) of section 11360), 11364, 11365, or 11550. Colorado: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. If the position for which you are applying is located within Colorado, select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In Colorado – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.”

Connecticut: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. If the position for which you are applying is located within Connecticut, select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In Connecticut – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.”

Connecticut: At any time prior to employment: Applicants are not required to disclose the existence of any arrest, criminal charge, or conviction, the records of which have been erased. Criminal records subject to erasure are records pertaining to a finding of delinquency or the fact that a child was a member of a family with service needs, an adjudication as a youthful offender, a criminal charge that has been dismissed or nolled (not prosecuted), a criminal charge for which the person was found not guilty, or a conviction for which the offender received an absolute pardon. Any person whose criminal records have been erased is deemed to have never been arrested within the meaning of the law as it applies to the particular proceedings that have been erased, and may so swear under oath. Conn. Gen. Stat.

§31-51i(c).

Georgia: Applicants are not required to disclose information pertaining to any “first offender discharge.” Ga. Code Ann. § 42-8-63.

Illinois: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. If the position for which you are applying is located within Illinois, select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In Illinois – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.”

Maryland: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. If the position for which you are applying is located within Maryland, select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In Maryland – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.”

Minnesota: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. Minn. Stat. § 364.021. If the position for which you are applying is located within Minnesota, select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In Minnesota – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.” Montana: Applicants should be aware that Consumer Reporting Agencies may not report convictions which, from date of disposition, release, or parole, antedate the application by more than seven (7) years. MCA §31-3-112. Nevada: Applicants should not disclose any criminal proceeding which antedates the application by more than seven (7) years. NRS598C.150.

New Mexico: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. If the position for which you are applying is located within New Mexico, select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In New Mexico – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.”

New Mexico: Applicants should not disclose arrests and indictments pending trial, or convictions of crimes, whose date of release or parole antedates the application by more than seven (7) years. NM Ch. 56 Art. 3 §6. New York: Applicants should not disclose sealed offenses or youthful offender adjudications. NY Executive Law

(HRL) 296(15).

Oregon: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. If the position for which you are applying is located within Oregon, select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In Oregon – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.”

Virginia: Applicants should not disclose any arrest, criminal charge or conviction for simple possession of marijuana. Code of Va. § 19.2-389.3.

Washington: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. If the position for which you are applying is located within Washington, select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In Washington – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.”

Washington: Applicants should be aware that employers may not inquire into convictions or imprisonment that did not occur within the immediately preceding ten (10) years or does not reasonably relate to any of the job duties for which the applicant is applying. Wash. Admin. Code § 162-12-140 d. Columbia, MO: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. If the position for which you are applying is located within Columbia, MO, select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In Columbia, MO – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.” Rochester, NY: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. If the position for which you are applying is located within Rochester, NY, select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In Rochester, NY – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.” St Louis., MO: Applicants should not provide and are not to provide criminal history information on a preliminary employment application. If the position for which you are applying is located within Columbia, MO, select from the dropdown box (in answer to the criminal history question) the response “Position Is In St. Louis, MO – No Response.” DO NOT SELECT “YES” OR “NO.”