If you want to know what's in your FBI file, request a copy.
If you want to know what's in your FBI file, request a copy.
An FBI records check will show any arrest reported by the arresting agency. It will show the charges filed and the disposition of the charges-dismissed or guilty. If your facts are correct, in your case it will most likely show as court dismissed.
What will it show in the case of an expungement? Nothing, or that the charge was "expunged?"
Again, if you want to know what is in your FBI file, order a copy. Beyond that, you should start your own thread.
What will it show in the case of an expungement? Nothing, or that the charge was "expunged?" At the relevant courthouse, the record will show nothing. However arrest records still exist with the police department that made the arrest and they may be other records of the arrest and conviction (if any) available through other sources.
The FBI check has everything you ever did. I've seen those print outs before, and they can do a 'quick screen' that only searches for convictions or a full search that pulls up any and ALL interactions youve had with law enforcement, arrests, court appearance records, etc.
As for the questions you answered 'no' to, reading this leads me to believe you were arrested and never convicted of a crime. So, you dont have to mention them since technically they arent convictions. Being charged with a crime is differnt than being convicted.
The FBI check has everything in it that has been abstracted to the FBI, that the FBI has deemed appropriate to keep in your file. In some cases that may translate into "everything you ever did" but in others there will be holes. It is unwise to gamble on a criminal conviction not appearing in your FBI file, particularly if your prospective employer is doing that intense of a background check.