Voluntary Dismissals on a Criminal Record

[smichael]

My question involves criminal records for the state of: North Carolina
I recently ran a background check on myself and came upon charges that a State Trooper gave me in 2009. He gave me citations for:
(I) FICT/ALT TITLE/REG CARD/TAG
(T) DRIVE/ALLOW MV NO REGISTRATION
(T)EXPIRED REGISTRATION CARD/TAG
(I) FAILURE TO WEAR SEAT BELT - DRIVER
I did not have a fictitious tag, as soon as he let me go I found a local police officer and asked him to run my tag...it came up as mine. My vehicle was also registered in GA where I was within the limits before having to have my registration renewed (NC is something like 15 days, in GA it's 30). I was not wearing my seat belt however.
I went to the DA's office and told them these bogus charges needed to be dealt with and the rogue state trooper needed to be reprimanded and now I have on my record, in the same order as the charges above:
VOL DISMISSAL BY DA
DISMISSED BY DA
DISMISSED BY DA
WAIVED
What does a voluntary dismissal mean and how does it interact with background checks? Is a waived charge different from a dismissed charge? Will these charges hold me back from employment/school opportunities?
Thanks for your time and help.

[Mr. Knowitall]

A voluntary dismissal by the D.A. would be a dismissal initiated by the prosecutor on his own motion. As you can see from your record, the charges and their dispositions appear on your record. How various people might respond to seeing those dismissed charges on your record isn't really something we can answer - different people will respond in different ways.

To the extent that any of the offenses you list in fact are criminal charges, misdemeanors, you can explore expungement.