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Category: Expungement / Criminal Record Sealing
If you are seeking employment, a new apartment or home, or if you need to get a loan, there’s a very high likelihood that the people in charge of deciding whether or not you’ll get what you want are going to do a background check on you.
Why should you care?
Because background checks contain all kinds of important information about you. Personal information. Employment information. Financial information.
They also bring up your criminal record.
No big deal, though, right? After all, you don’t have a criminal record… right?
You’d better be sure, because if you do have a record, it can drastically impact your chances at getting any of those things mentioned above.
How can you discover whether or not you have a criminal record? One surefire way is to run a background check on yourself.
In this post, we’re going to cover some of the benefits of doing a background check on yourself, what you should look for, how to do it, and how to seal any criminal records you find.
When you run a thorough background check on yourself, you get to:
You have the right to view most, if not all, of the records compiled about you in background checks. You also have a right to dispute and seek correction of any inaccuracies that may be contained in those records.
The critical information that you should check during a self-background check includes:
A lot of your information is available online, and accessing it is often free. Some of the most popular sites for do-it-yourself background checks include the following:
BeenVerified.com – This is an accurate tracking site that shows you where you have lived as well as your relatives. It will tell you your addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.
Credit Karma/Credit Sesame – these are free credit reporting services that can give you your credit information.
NSOPW – This site gives you sex offender data that’s been provided by the National Sexual Offender Public Registry.
PeekYou.com – This site provides you with data from social media and several other public records.
TruthFinder.com – This site provides your background information, including some of your criminal records.
Though criminal records are not routinely available online, during your self-background check, you may stumble upon a record that’s eligible for expungement. As such, you may want to petition the court to expunge or seal such a record.
Examples of criminal records that might be eligible for full expungement include:
Even if you do not qualify for full expungement, you might still be eligible for partial expungement. To find out exactly where you stand, the best thing to do is contact a knowledgeable Denver defense attorney who can take a look at your records and make a professional assessment.
Don’t be caught unaware. You can get rid of your criminal record – but only if you know you have one in the first place.
About the Author:
Denver-based criminal defense and DUI attorney Jacob E. Martinez is a knowledgeable and experienced litigator with a record of success providing innovative solutions to clients facing criminal charges of any severity. Mr. Martinez has been designated a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by the National Trial Lawyers and has been awarded both the Avvo Client’s Choice Award and Avvo Top Attorney designation, evidencing his reputation for his exemplary criminal and DUI defense work and high moral standards.
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