I had a simple assualt charge brought against me but the prosecution withdrew the charge.?

I was never charged with anything but will that come up in a background check and can it hurt in anyway? Thanks

Pure Logic2010-05-20T11:18:52Z

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I had a charge, went to court, and had it dropped pre-trial. Since then I have had background checks and it's never come up. My rule of thumb, when in doubt, put it down. If the charges were dropped, they can't be used against you.

Anonymous2010-05-20T11:26:08Z

Employers, in the US, are not allowed to ask about or consider just arrests, only convictions.
Will the arrest show up? If the charges were dropped in court they might since the private data base companies get their info from the public court files.
If the charge was dropped before you ever went to court then it will not show anywhere except to legitimate law enforcement and then only as an arrest with charges dropped.
Expungement would get the arrest off of official records but has no effect on private data bases.
Some lawyers push expungment because it is a money maker for them with little time spent working.

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Democracy, it can happen to you2010-05-20T11:18:45Z

if you are never convicted of a crime you will not have a record of a crime

?2010-05-20T11:18:10Z

make sure it gets expunged