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originally posted by: ADAMandEVIL
a reply to: buni11687
Could your record have any future effect on international travel?
If it still exists, as in, hasn't been pardoned, I'd look into that.
I've watched lots of Border Control on Discovery and it's quite frequent that people are barred entry into a country for having decades-old records.
originally posted by: Nyiah
Forgive me, it's late & I'm liable to be confused here. If the record stands, albeit sealed, without being expunged, doesn't that still translate to having been arrested at some point? Just because no one but LEOs/gov can look doesn't mean the record is not there, correct? So wouldn't saying you've never been arrested, in any conversation context (not job app) kind of be a lie?
2) "Criminal history record information" means information collected about a person by a criminal justice agency that consists of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, informations, and other formal criminal charges and their dispositions.
(g-2) A person whose criminal history record information has been sealed under this section is not required in any application for employment, information, or licensing to state that the person has been the subject of any criminal proceeding related to the information that is the subject of an order issued under this section.
(g-3) A court may not disclose to the public any information contained in the court records that is the subject of an order of nondisclosure issued under this section.
(g-2) A person whose criminal history record information has been sealed under this section is not required in any application for employment, information, or licensing to state that the person has been the subject of any criminal proceeding related to the information that is the subject of an order issued under this section.
ETA - Ethically, yes. It would be a lie IMO. Legally though, no, not a lie.
I'm no lawyer, but to me that reads as being that nobody can compel you to disclose *why* you were arrested
originally posted by: Vector99
a reply to: burdman30ott6
I've talked with lawyers on this, it's essentially always pleading the 5th. Texas statute will conceal the record from any public or private inquiry. Only federal government inquiries can access it, usually.
source
What does a criminal record show when a conviction is set aside or expunged?
The law does not require that a conviction be removed from a person’s criminal record. It is required that the record show that the conviction has been set aside. When a conviction is expunged or set aside in Arizona, a records check will probably show the original charge and conviction. However, it should also show that the judgment was vacated and that an order of dismissal was entered.
originally posted by: Shiloh7
a reply to: buni11687
Today, TPTB seem to love to penalise ordinary people even after, if they have committed a crime and been punished. There is no closure as you point out on the arrest stain.
originally posted by: paraphi
originally posted by: Shiloh7
a reply to: buni11687
Today, TPTB seem to love to penalise ordinary people even after, if they have committed a crime and been punished. There is no closure as you point out on the arrest stain.
Crime is crime.