Expunged Records on Background Check: Navigating the Grey Areas

#1) Do expunged records show up on background check?
Yes. When you are arrested, face criminal charges, and suffer a conviction in court for a criminal offense there is a record of this. There is an arrest record, court, and conviction. This is the case even if you use expungements to clear your cases. However, your criminal record is no visible to everyone as what .
2) There are 2 Types of background check
You can say there are two types of criminal record. One for the government and one for employers. The one for the government is used to check when you are pulled over by a police officer, for licensing purposes (with some exceptions) , or entering and leaving a country. This type of background check sees everything. For example, they can see arrest records that have not resulted in convictions and even old felony convictions that have been expunged.
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[@teksight9714]

Very good info. Thank you.

[@corymollak2093]

employers can always give you their typical default line: "resume looks great, we'll get back to you".........or........."I'm sorry, the position has been filled"

[@anarocha5844]

Question, what about background checks for renting purposes. Airbnb or just apartment rentals?

[@michaelethangross3395]

At least in California, the DOJ/FBI fingerprint background check is governed by the dissemination criteria applicable to the request for live scan service. If FBI level service is requested, the cumulative rap sheet forwards from the FBI back to the DOJ and the same criteria is applied to the federal or out of state information. In other words, it discloses or not based upon the type of position sought and the current status of the record. As you pointed out, licenses and law enforcement always see it no matter what, but even for a regular government job the DOJ/FBI report does not show the expunged record for that purpose only. In that situation, only the DOJ technician can see the raw data on the report, and must report back only which is disclosable pursuant to the request and California law, which states that on the "communique" as the so-called final response report. Also, with regard to private sector employers, in most cases the record purges from the court files according to the government code after a certain time period so it cannot be seen in any form, i.e. where is says the charges and that they were dismissed. Commercial background checks can only access and copy public records and not your live scan, so once it purges it is not visible to them even in "dismissed" form which is where the expungement may be considered second rate to it having never happened.

[@anajurado5964]

So any type of licensing? Example: medical field? 🧐

[@filipliptak9373]

Not guilty or guilty plus my case is expunged. Will I be able to renew my hazmat endorsement?