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Question by John B: I need a rental house or apartment with no criminal background check. Do realtors do background checks?
I need a rental house or apartment with no criminal background check. Do realtors do background checks? Is there a way I can avoid being subject to such background checks? My target city is Austin, TX, and I have applied twice at apartment complexes and was turned down. Now I want a rental house but want to avoid being rejected. Should I turn to a realtor?

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Answer by cmomma
What kind of criminal record do you have? Can you get section 8 housing? Most criminals can.

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Question by sherry3scott: Is it illegalwrite a check that will be held for 30 days?
i.e. when wanting to buy a car and they want more down than you have and they say they will take a post dated check and will hold the check for thiry days, giving you time to come up with the money. Someone had commented on it calling it check kiting, I don’t believe it is though.

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Answer by Melanie M
you are not allowed to post date a check. They can still cash it before that date if they try—- Don’t do it.

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Question by Jack: I have to fill out a background check for the University I am applying too?
I am transferring to this University and have to fill out a background check because I was charged and convicted of a crime in my past. It is asking me for the case number and all I have is the the file number. Is that the same thing? It also asks for the charge date, is that the date the offense took place or when I was in court for the charge?

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Answer by WRG
Probably the same thing.

It is the day you were charged with the crime.

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Question by aaron: Does the background check for purchasing a firearm have access to a person’s medical records?
I’m just curious, does the background check that is done on a person before they buy a firearm have access to their medical records? What if the person has a history of mental illness, but lies on the form. Aren’t medical records private?

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Answer by Erica
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Question by panda bear616: If you have been charged of a crime does it appear on a background check?
If you have been recently charged with a crime but have not been convicted nor have you had a court date set, does anything show up when an employer does a background check?

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Answer by davidmi711
If there is a charge pending it can show up on a background check as a pending charge.

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Question by Joseph: Which state will my employer run a criminal background check?
I am just curious. I live in Texas. My employer is out of Oklahoma. Would they have done a criminal background check in Texas or Oklahoma. Or both?

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Answer by Kilroy
If they go through the FBI, it’s nationwide.

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Question by dairyinvader: What shows up on my background check when employers search it?
A few jobs that looked promising suddenly told me they didnt want me. I keep thinking that its because of something I did when I was 18 (got caught trying to steal a video game from Target.. was not arrested or anything though, just charged by security). Does that sort of thing go on my background check? How can I view the info that comes up on my background check?

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Answer by michr
a background check uses your name, aliases, address, former addresses, birth-date, social security number and divers license/state ID number to look for PUBLIC records that relate to you. criminal records, judgments, licenses and certifications, settlements from workers comp claims etcetera. if there is no public record then the information will not be seen. did these prospective employers do a background check? did you fill out the release to have the checks performed?
if a background check was done they must provide you a copy if you request it or if it is used to make a negative employment decision.

these reports are a “consumer report” and are covered by the
Fair Credit Reporting Act

your past problem has absolutely nothing to do with why you have not found a job

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Question by Doug: I met a girl who works for 911 center she ran a background check on me illegally?
I met a gril who works for the local 911 center and before a date she ran a background check on me using the north carolina police departments system for personal use. Though I have nothing on my record or anything to hide other than a speeding ticket. She told me she had access to my social security number, even told me things I sold to a pawnshop before i didnt need anymore, she told me every gun permit I have and all of this very personal information about me, I printed everything off she wrote to me in facebook, I feel very uncompfortable about her doing this is this illegal?

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Answer by Sparky
Yes this is illegal, she seems like a stalker. You should get a refraining order

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Question by wendy and dave: Does a failure to appear show up on a employment background check?
My friend got a failure to appear and has not yet rectified it because he is trying to get the money for a lawyer. He needed a job and it seems that every place he applied looked promising til the background check. Would that be because of the failure to appear?

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Answer by lpdhcdh
A “Failure To Appear” is a warrant for his arrest, and therefore would appear in most background checks.

Your friend’s prospective employers don’t know the story behind the warrant, just that he it appears he doesn’t take care of his legal issues.

Screw waiting to save money for a lawyer. Keep it for his bond and take care of the warrant now. Have him turn up at the jurisdiction where the warrant was issued, bond him out with a new court date. Depending on the jurisdiction might take a little while, but will be better than getting arrested on the warrant. Make sure he goes to court when scheduled.

Its real easy to get caught in a sprial of warrants, arrests etc, especially if he’s driving on a suspended license (based on your other question), where the charges and fines just keep adding up.

Good luck.

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Question by monkeycor2000: What does It mean when A background check ask for a dispoosition?
Im going to get a background check done at the casino and I need to know what this means? I have had 1 dui and 1 dwi that I have to list. I got one when I was a minor 17 but am still going to list just in case. My question is when i have to list them it says….. Date of arrest- i know date Charge-I know charge date of disposition and disposition…. whats it mean.

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Answer by Smartassus
disposition means what became of the case i.e.

not guilty
guilty
etc.

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