IfI was given a deferred adjudication, why isthe offensestill showing on my background check?
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IfI was given a deferred adjudication, why isthe offensestill showing on my background check?
I served all the probation and paid all of the fines. I was charged with theft under $50.
Asked on July 31, 2011 Texas
Answers:
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
A deferred adjudication of a criminal charge and conviction will still show on your record (from the arrest to the conviction) but the conviction should show in the description that this is a special type of order. If it doesn't and it doesn't show in any notes that you paid all fines and served all probation sufficient for the court to reverse it or do what it indicated it would do (see the transcripts from the original court order), it is time to contact your defense counsel. You should have your defense counsel update the court and make sure the new order updates your record and research to see if in Texas based on your underlying charges and this deferred adjudication if you can qualify for expungement of records or sealing of the same.
MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
A deferred adjudication of a criminal charge and conviction will still show on your record (from the arrest to the conviction) but the conviction should show in the description that this is a special type of order. If it doesn't and it doesn't show in any notes that you paid all fines and served all probation sufficient for the court to reverse it or do what it indicated it would do (see the transcripts from the original court order), it is time to contact your defense counsel. You should have your defense counsel update the court and make sure the new order updates your record and research to see if in Texas based on your underlying charges and this deferred adjudication if you can qualify for expungement of records or sealing of the same.
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