misdemeanor charges

The qualifications for to have your record expunged varies from state to state. You would have to get California to do it for you. I bet any lawyer in Oklahoma could do the leg work for you (at a price)...though you can do it for yourself. I don't know if driving convictions can be exzpunged.

Here is a link for California info on expunging your record in California

 

They have access to the vast U.S. Database that U.S. Cops use (don't remember what it is called).
They CAN run background checks at the border, or CAN run background checks for any traffic stop or Scale House check.
Criminal Background check AND DMV check....

 

In Canada, you can be granted a pardon after a certain length of time has passed on any misdemeanour charges. It's pretty standard and easy to do. Felony charges cannot be removed, I don't believe.

 

Granted a pardon? Does Canada have authority to pardon offenses that occured in America? or just for letting you in to deliver or pick up.

 

I believe this only applies to charges levied against you in Canada but I have never checked it out.

Far as I know, if you have a criminal record that meets "X" criteria, you are not getting into Canada period. Same with Canadians going into the USA. I don't know if there are exceptions or not.

Here are the rules of a pardon:

http://www.npb-cnlc.gc.ca/infocntr/factsh/pardon.htm

Wow, there are a TON of places offering to do this for you for outrageous fees!! It's $50 to do it yourself. Period. Unbelievable the scammers out there.

 

Thanks NealinNevada. I downloaded the form and mailed it off. With the exception of missing a signature, they returned the form and asked me to sign and date and re-submit. So hopefully I will get something back soon saying it has been expunged. It's crazy how much they wanted to perform this simple task. What has essentially cost me about $1.50 in postage and a little effort in searching the codes via internet, the lawyers would have charged me around $2500.

 

DarthVader, I hate to say it but I beg to differ about that 31/2 year's. With not being able to get a loan to get into school my conviction from back when I was 17 for pot (a blunt roach to be exact) is still showing up on my conviction report even after 6 years and that's why company school's are turning me down, other wise I would have done been on the road last year. Being a minor at the time and not supposed to show up on your adult record it still is and I don't know why. I've alway's been a good person growing up so not like that one thing makes me a bad person but the industry treats you like dirt when it comes to that sort of thing. I know people with DWI felonies who are driving trucks. I am completely honest on all of my app.'s so I don't know what the deal is.

 

I think the deal is more about your age than that one misdemeanor. My ex had a number of offenses, including drugs, and he had no problem finding companies to hire him. But your age is a deterrent. Most insurance carriers require you to be 23 years old.