QUESTION
sealed case will it show on a fingerprint check
Asked on Apr 05th, 2014 on Criminal Law - Massachusetts
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I was arrested the case was a noll pros and was sealed by a judge in mass I got a job at a school will this show up on a fingerprint check
1 ANSWER
The short answer is yes. Massachusetts may have sealed your arrest record and you can state on employment applications that you have no record; but, if the employer does a fingerprint check your arrest will be revealed. In Massachusetts all fingerprints are forwarded to the FBI. There is a way to update the FBI record to at least confirm that the matter was nolle prosqued. The blog section of my website has a more extensive discussion on this issue. Go to www.johnedevito.com/blog.
Answered on Apr 07th, 2014 at 8:30 AM