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I am applying for a program at a college. The program is in the health field and the application states I will need to receive a state and/or national background check at my own expense. Last year I was arrested for simple assault 1 misdemeanor but charges were dropped in court and i was not convicted. It was a dismissed case. I am in the process of having this expunged. Would this background check show any of this?
If the charges were dropped it should not be on your record, you should not need an expungement, and even if you did you would not be eligible until a year after you were let out of jail or finished probation.
If the charges were dropped it should not be on your record, you should not need an expungement, and even if you did you would not be eligible until a year after you were let out of jail or finished probation.
Regardless of disposition, the arrest is a public record and will be on file with the clerk of courts office.
I agree with most here.. If you were never convicted.. Shouldn't show up in any normal report.
That being said.. If you have a record expunged.. There's so much data collection that goes on.. The fact that the record was ordered expunged may not matter to all companies that collect the data. And if it were a conviction and it were expunged.. That doesn't mean that it WON'T show up somewhere.
Now.. Does anyone know if you have a good lawsuit if that does happen?
in NY when LE checks your record for a pistol permit (or during a subsequent arrest) all arrests regardless of dispositions will show up. but this is when the police fingerprint you. otherwise an arrest that did not lead to a conviction will be sealed
Joe-I don't know how other states work it but in NY only a pending arrest or an arrest that led to a criminal conviction are public records
an arrest that did not lead to a conviction (acquittal, dismissal, ACD) would be sealed and not public
Interesting. That is not how it works in Ohio; everything is public record regardless of court disposition. I like your way better.
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