JustWantJustice
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I've been reading these threads about DUIs. I can tell you firsthand that one of the lingering effects of having a DUI is that they do not go away. Oh no, no, no.
Seven and a half years ago, I was caught and charged with DUI. After a year in the court system, I finally had enough of my attorney trying to convince me I'd get off if I just waited it out long enough (what a bunch of baloney). So it's been almost six and a half years since this conviction.
I'm done with all of that, the license suspension, the classes, the fines, the probation, etc.
What I want to know is this:
Does anyone have knowledge about how long these things will stay available for consumer background checks? I have to move and I'm ready to submit an application. But there it is, the dreaded question: Have you ever been convicted by a court of law.
Well, yes, I have. It was a minor thing, relatively speaking, and I have never done it since then, have no plans to drink and drive, and I rarely drink at all anymore. But this could possibly cause me to be turned down by an apartment management company.
I am wondering if it's possible that since the last time I had one of these checks, it did NOT show up, after three years, will it show up now? I'm asking because I know that in the last few years, technology has gotten even better.
Does anyone have experience with this? The last time, it was only three years since it had happened, and it was in a different state. I've since moved back to the state it happened it, and I'm very concerned that I'm going to be turned down. And of course, the temptation to check "No" to that question about having been convicted by a court is there. If I check it, they know for sure. If I do not check it, they might find out via background check, or they might not.
I'm just really scared right now of everything. I'm the middle of a custody suit with my ex over my children, he is having me evicted from the apartment we shared for years, and I have got to get moved. I am terrified that this one thing is going to keep me from being able to get a lease.
This is in NC, if that matters, and this is the state where the conviction was (summer 2004). Is it possible that it's so old it won't show up? Anyone have any idea?
Thanks
Very Nervous Mom . . . who doesn't ever drink and drive anymore, hardly drink at all, for that matter.
Seven and a half years ago, I was caught and charged with DUI. After a year in the court system, I finally had enough of my attorney trying to convince me I'd get off if I just waited it out long enough (what a bunch of baloney). So it's been almost six and a half years since this conviction.
I'm done with all of that, the license suspension, the classes, the fines, the probation, etc.
What I want to know is this:
Does anyone have knowledge about how long these things will stay available for consumer background checks? I have to move and I'm ready to submit an application. But there it is, the dreaded question: Have you ever been convicted by a court of law.
Well, yes, I have. It was a minor thing, relatively speaking, and I have never done it since then, have no plans to drink and drive, and I rarely drink at all anymore. But this could possibly cause me to be turned down by an apartment management company.
I am wondering if it's possible that since the last time I had one of these checks, it did NOT show up, after three years, will it show up now? I'm asking because I know that in the last few years, technology has gotten even better.
Does anyone have experience with this? The last time, it was only three years since it had happened, and it was in a different state. I've since moved back to the state it happened it, and I'm very concerned that I'm going to be turned down. And of course, the temptation to check "No" to that question about having been convicted by a court is there. If I check it, they know for sure. If I do not check it, they might find out via background check, or they might not.
I'm just really scared right now of everything. I'm the middle of a custody suit with my ex over my children, he is having me evicted from the apartment we shared for years, and I have got to get moved. I am terrified that this one thing is going to keep me from being able to get a lease.
This is in NC, if that matters, and this is the state where the conviction was (summer 2004). Is it possible that it's so old it won't show up? Anyone have any idea?
Thanks
Very Nervous Mom . . . who doesn't ever drink and drive anymore, hardly drink at all, for that matter.