What information comes up in a criminal background check?
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The not-so-simple answer is it will vary form location to location.  Search Yahoo or Google using the name of your state/province and "criminal record check" and you should get a good number of hits on the topic.\n\nGenerally though anything you got arrested for, over the age of 18, will show up.  Most minor traffic violations won't show up, unless they were converted to criminal charges (in some places getting a ton of parking tickets will mean it shows up on your criminal record).\n\nA quote from the US state of Minnesota:\n"contains information on all arrests and convictions...gross misdemeanor arrests, adult felony, gross misdemeanor, enhanced gross misdemeanor and targeted misdemeanor arrests.... [the officials] are not required to report other misdemeanor arrests, but they may report them if they choose." (so certain misdemeanors will show up some won't, it all depends)\n\nHope this helps!
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Yes, everything shows up on a background check.
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Yes, this will show up on a background check.  Any court activity (positive or negative) recorded could show up on a background check.  You can use several online tools to do a background check on yourself or a private security firm.  Depending on the job you are interviewing for it could affect it.  Security type jobs frequently will deny hiring people with pending arrest warrants.  Also, for higher paying jobs, showing that you have a judgement for back support and an arrest warrant shows a lack of responsibility on your part (not passing judgement here).  I am just giving an HR perspective to the information you have provided.\n\nGet the situation cleared up and record cleared.  If not, you might mention the situation in the interviewing process.  If not, it might seem you are trying to hide something.\n\nGood luck.
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Of course it is still on your criminal record so it will follow you for life.  But on applications or anything like that don't leave it off when it asks if you've been convicted of a crime.  If you don't put it on there and a company hires you they can fire you if they find out.  Just be honest and if they ask, explain the situation.
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If you are looking for a "no record found" status, Also make sure they clear your FBI file number or state file number,if you want it completely gone, if it can be done. I know in the state I'm in when we use to do background checks if you where ever convicted of any crime you would have a FBI file number or state file number even though the charge didn't show up. Then the said person would have to prove to the employer why said FBI file Number or state number was showing. That is for adult arrestable offense's only where they actually process and fingerprint you in a jail, no traffic or juvenile stuff.\n\nMost definitely see a lawyer about it.
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Should be on your final police report, if not then the police station should have it. It's your record, go see it.
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Usually the company that you work for will notify you if they have done a background check.  I know when I took a management position with my company, they notified me that I would undergo a security check.
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What's showing on the background check?  If it's the felony arrest (obviously, it shouldn't be the conviction), then you're basically stuck with it.  You can petition the court to have even the arrest removed from your record, but I think it's pretty unlikely.  \n\nIf, for some reason, there's a conviction listed on your background, I'd find out who the company is that provided that information to the apartment management, and contact that company.  You need to find out the source of the information they used to develop that report.
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Questionman is wrong: Criminal records are public information. The Sixth Amendment's provisions for public trial  (http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html) says so.\n\nThat said, most states charge for the time and effort it takes to find a criminal record; they aren't charging for the record itself, but rather their effort at locating it and reproducing it. \n\nSome do provide the information for free on the Web. Start with the state Web site where the person was charged.\n\nShort of that, you are probably going to have to pay.\n\nFinally, in order to get criminal records, you almost always need the person's full name and date of birth. You may also need to know his last known residence and / or other identifying information.
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lady -- if you don't know your own background, how are we going to know it?\nBelow is a link to some agencies that provide background checks.  Some of them may be able to pull your history.
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Most licensing laws only automatically preclude people with felony convictions if the conviction is somehow directly related to the job for which you are requesting licensure.  Almost universally, you will have to disclose your criminal record on your licensure application and provide an explanation of the charges, outcomes and any restitution or punishment.  They will then most likely conduct a full criminal background check to make sure you told the truth.  The results of the background check and the information you provide on your application will then be reviewed by the licensing board to determine if they feel that your past criminal record would impact your ability to perform the duties of the license you're requesting.  Any decision they make will have to be made based on the policies and or laws that govern the license.  You can obtain a copy of the relevant policies and laws by contacting the licensing board and asking for a copy or by checking out their website.
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criminal cases in most states and the offenders involved are all public record . the information can easily be found by searching court and police records.
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it depends on the state but most arrests (misdemeanor)won't show unless it's a government agency running the check. felonys almost always show up
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You have the right to know!! It's pertaining to you right? Beside all criminal histories are public!\nSend a requestto the courts or to the District Attorney who representd the presidings
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It may take you awhile but criminal case records are public record and can be found in the court clerk's office at the courthouse. They may have it cross-referenced in their computers, but if not you will just have to look through them all.
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A used to work for a background screening company, and I know for a fact that some companies don't even want to know about criminal records for an applicant if it is less than a felony.\n\nMost companies are going to have you fill out an application, and there will be a spot on the form where they ask you about that sort of thing. But read the fine print, it may ask you to omit certain things (usually traffic-related stuff, sometimes drug misdemeanors over 2 years old, etc).\n\nUnless they have asked you about it or it is implied that you should've already brought it to their attention, I wouldn't bring it up. That's a judgement call, obviously, but you don't want to sound like you think it might disqualify you from consideration. (Be confident!)
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Also, many websites have background checks for around 10 dollars a search. It will give you a complete background history on anyone if you have their social security number.