Is It Worth Getting Your Record Expunged? Attorney Chris Combs from Combs Waterkotte answers the question, “Is it worth getting your record expunged?” Criminal Defense Lawyers in Missouri.
Episode Transcript
Jessica Ambuehl: So is it actually worth getting your record expunged?
Chris Combs: Absolutely. I think it’s one of the most important tools, particularly with the Missouri legislature opening up way more offenses than were eligible before to get expunged.
Of course, if you get a criminal record expunged, housing, employment, and just your life in general will be much easier when you don’t have a criminal record following you around.
Jessica Ambuehl: So an employer can’t use an expungement against you.
Chris Combs: No, they cannot.
Jessica Ambuehl: They actually don’t have access to that information in the first place. Is that correct?
Chris Combs: For the most part, yes. Now, of course, I can’t speak for every employer and every background check company out there, but for the most part, yes.
Again, as you go up to higher level professions, doctor, lawyer, security clearance at Boeing, or some type of national safety, things like that. Then of course I’m sure they’ll be able to see it.
But no, for the large majority, they will not be able to see it. Employers will not be able to see it.
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