Does an expunged record show up on a NCIC report ?
| National Crime Information Center or NCIC is a computerized database containing all the information pertaining to criminal justice. This information includes data on list of fugitives, criminal history of a person, stolen property and missing persons. |
Access to NCIC database is restricted and is only available to an authorized criminal justice agency assisting them in enforcing criminal justice, trace missing persons, locating stolen properties and apprehending fugitives.
Every state has its own individual NCIC database. An NCIC report of an individual contains his complete profile including name, identification marks, tattoos, details of near and dear and his entire criminal record including arrest, charges, fingerprints, conviction, crime, parole, probation and expunged data. However, the entire information can be scrutinized only by law enforcement officers, courts and in situations when a person requires national security clearance. National Security clearance is required when a person is supposed to join armed forces or is being recruited into a government job.
Data from the records is expunged primarily to clear the name of a person who has been arrested but never charged or acquitted. A person has to file a petition in the court of law in order to get his name expunged from the records. A person who has been convicted on criminal charges can never get his data expunged. Once the court of law issues an order to the state law enforcement agency all the criminal records of the individual are expunged from the database. However, an individual can apply to get his record expunged just once.
Expunged criminal record of an individual cannot be accessed by private employers.
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