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For the most part, private employers, landlords and others who perform a background check on you will not find your expunged records. After your record is expunged, in most states you are legally permitted to answer "no" when asked about criminal records on employment or rental applications.

For the most part, private employers, landlords and others who perform a background check on you will not find your expunged records. After your record is expunged, in most states you are legally permitted to answer "no" when asked about criminal records on employment or rental applications.

Expunged vs Sealed Records When a court expunges a conviction or trial record, the public does not have access and the defendant retains the right to not disclose the case when asked about his/her criminal history. Sealed cases are not eligible for disclosure in most pre-employment background checks.

Once your record has been expunged, you do not have to tell anyone that you were ever arrested or that you had a criminal record. ... Unless the law specifically requires you to disclose expunged or sealed records when you are applying for an occupational license or certificate, you don't have to.

While you may truthfully testify under oath that you have never been convicted of a crime when your record has in fact been expunged, the government still maintains evidence of your conviction and may use it against you in the narrow and specific circumstances allowed by state law, such as the situations described ...

The courts perform work on a first come, first serve basis. So the sooner a petition is filed, the sooner it will be reviewed. Since the timing of the process varies from state to state and by case, a general estimate of the time it takes to have a criminal record expunged can be anywhere from 2-6 months.

NCIC simultaneously has too much and too little information. It will have records from people who were never convicted of a crime. It will also reveal the existence of criminal records that have been expunged.

Do Expunged Records Show on FBI Background Checks? An expunged record is to have a criminal record deleted to no longer legally exist. ... Background check companies receive information from a variety of sources, so a conviction could appear in one database, but not another perhaps because the record has been expunged.

If a conviction appears in one database but not another it could be because the record has been expunged or it could be because the data is incorrect. ... For example, if the county hasn't deleted an expunged record of your potential candidate yet, it will show up in the background check report for that individual.

NCIC and CCIC can never be sealed by the Court. Law enforcement always has to have access to such records. They can be sealed and the FBI and CBI can't have such information available to the "public."

The short answer is no for a sealed record, but likely yes for an expunged record. If you seal a criminal record, it does not erase it for immigration purposes. ... There are a few instances where DHS does not need a criminal conviction for a crime in order to argue that you should be deported because of it.

The short answer is no for a sealed record, but likely yes for an expunged record. If you seal a criminal record, it does not erase it for immigration purposes. ... There are a few instances where DHS does not need a criminal conviction for a crime in order to argue that you should be deported because of it.

Many people believe that once a crime is expunged, all records of it is gone forever. This, however, is not true. While the general public will not be able to see your past crimes if they are expunged, there are still ways for certain individuals and organizations to access your criminal record.

For individuals with a DUI conviction, there are certain options that will allow for a person to have their criminal record permanently erased, which would resolve the problem of inadmissibility to Canada. ... Some states do not allow for DUI convictions to be expunged, and others do not allow expungements for any crime.

Expungement (also called "expunction") is a court-ordered process in which the legal record of an arrest or a criminal conviction is "sealed," or erased in the eyes of the law. When a conviction is expunged, the process may also be referred to as "setting aside a criminal conviction."