Q: Am applying for a job at jail her in Texas and in there application says You must never have been convicted of a felony
was back in 2003 and i got expunged in 2010 so what do i answer on the application aldo its a government job i know that they can see it even that its expunged???
A:
If it was expunged then you were probably not convicted. The only way to get a conviction expunged is if you are first pardoned by the Governor of Texas... and that is rare so I suspect you woulda mentioned that if it happened.
If you were arrested but the charge was dismissed then you might have an expunction. It is a crime for any government employee to use expunged recrods for ANY purpose... but since you are applying for a job at the Sheriff's Office I'm not sure who would enforce that.
If you were arrested and completed deferred adjudicsation then it is SEALED with an order of nondisclosure but not expunged. Law enforcment does 100% do have access to sealed records.
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