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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » GBS - General Business » Article 25 - Fair Credit Reporting Act » 380-H – Restrictions on Investigative Consumer Reports.
§  380-h. Restrictions on investigative consumer reports. (a) Whenever
a consumer reporting agency prepares an investigative  consumer  report,
no adverse information in such report, other than information which is a
matter of public record, may be included in a subsequent consumer report
unless  such  adverse  information  has  been verified in the process of
making such subsequent consumer report, unless the  adverse  information
was received within the three month period preceding the date upon which
the subsequent report is furnished.

(b) Each investigative consumer report shall be in writing, and a copy thereof shall be retained by the consumer reporting agency for at least one year after it is issued.