Do Professional Licensing Boards in Georgia have access to arrest records that were expunged?
I was arrested in Georgia and the prosecutor later approved my request for expungement. Thanks!
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You have to report an expunged arrest, so whether the board has access to those records doesn't matter.
An expunged record is the equivalent to NO record except in the case of future FEDERAL investigations. If you asked to run your record in Georgia, it would show up as clean. You are not required to reveal an expunged record and it will not show up in licensing or employment searches. You are free to list yourself as having no convictions.
When an expungement order is approved the court will issue a copy of the expungement order to the court files, the police, the state criminal data base, etc. However in some states you have to pay a fee to have this done. Check with the clerk of courts to insure that the expungement has been filed and then ask the state data base providers to check and insure that it is expunged. After which you can apply for your license.
i would not apply however until you have verified that the record is expunged and not just that the DA is willing to allow an expungement. These are two different things and if you apply for a license and the expungement is not complete, they may bar you from reapplying for the license.
Just go through the steps, make sure that it is expunged, and you will be fine.
best wishes
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