How can I check my record?
Question by Satisfaction : How can I check my record? When I say “record”, I mean like legal history… I haven’t been in trouble at all, arrested or anything like that but I’m applying for a new job and I’d like to see what they’re seeing. There’s a form I have to sign that authorizes a background check, but I don’t know if whatever information is out there is totally valid, like my address and stuff. I want everything to be clear and okay before I sign anything. Best answer:
Answer by hottotrot1_usa
1. If you haven’t been convicted of a crime, then you have nothing to worry about.
2. If they find that you have been convicted of a crime, and they don’t hire you because of that, then they have to inform you of what they find.
3. I run an employment agency. We do criminal background checks. We type in name, social security and date of birth. The computer tries to find people who match on all three fields, but it will sometimes show people who match only on name. Then we ignore the ones who have the wrong birth dates. The criminal background check does not tell us your address. It only tell us about criminal convictions and prison time served and changes in parole status.
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You don’t know what data base system or company the background investigator is using.
There are hundreds, all with varying degrees of accuracy.
If you have never been arrested or in any trouble there is no official government record for you to check. (Unless J.Edgar Hoover thought you were a commie). You could file multiple Freedom of Information Request forms with the different Federal and local offices like sheriff and police and they would release anything they had but if you never got into trouble they ain’t got nothing.
If you know anyone who was in trouble and wants to check the FIR with the arresting department is the first step. Each FIR with each agency has to be separate.
Other than that the only stuff they can get is your credit report.
You can get copies of your report(s) from the big 3 companies once a year for free.This is a legitamate site
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp
If you go to other web sites they try to charge you for extra services but you so not need those services to check. See something wrong on the report just follow the instructions to try to get it changed.