Q: How do I calculate how old my felony is? Is it from the time I was charged or when I completed parole?
I was sentenced 2007 to 9 yrs in prison and i was release Aug 2012 on parole and completed parole in Feb 2016 and I wanting to know how do I know how old my charges are. I am trying to apply for jobs and it says on that after 7yrs that you charge doesn't show up on a background check and I am wanting to know if that is true or how far back do they generally go when doing a back ground check? I also heard that they can go back as far as they want but that it is costly to due so.
A: The case will ALWAYS show on a criminal background check unless you are pardoned by the Governor of Texas and then file for an expunction. There is a seven-year rule for negative information on a credit report. The confusion comes from the fact that some employers use the fact that a credit check can also contain criminal history and was historically cheaper to obtain than a criminal background check. These days a criminal background check is cheap so you should not assume that a potential employer won't see it.
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